Summary of AWS blogs for the week of Mon Nov 20

In the week of Mon Nov 20 2023 AWS published 95 blog posts – here is an overview of what happened.

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Desktop and Application Streaming

Desktop and Application Streaming

Desktop and Application Streaming is an important part of the End User Computing (EUC) solution offered by Amazon Web Services. It provides an efficient way to offer virtual applications and desktops to users without the need for complex and costly on-premises infrastructure.

Seamless and secure end-user computing at Intuit with Amazon WorkSpaces

Intuit is a global financial technology platform that powers prosperity for 100 million customers with its connected products and services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), self-employed individuals, freelancers, individual taxpayers, and tax professionals. To provide a better experience for their customers, Intuit needed an end-user computing solution that could deliver a seamless and secure experience. Initially, Intuit opted for on-premise virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), however, they soon realized that they needed a flexible and cost-effective solution that could scale to meet their needs. This led them to Amazon WorkSpaces.

Amazon WorkSpaces provided Intuit with a way to reduce complexity and costs of their VDI while meeting their security and compliance needs. Furthermore, Amazon WorkSpaces allowed Intuit to improve agility and give their customers a better experience with up-to-date applications and a secure access to their data.

Getting the most out of VMware Horizon 8 with Amazon WorkSpaces Core

Organizations running on-premises VDI solutions face pressures to improve agility and reduce costs. Amazon WorkSpaces Core provides an opportunity for organizations using VMware Horizon 8 to combine their existing VDI management software with the security and reliability of the AWS Cloud. Amazon WorkSpaces Core helps organizations to reduce complexity and cost of their VDI while meeting their security and compliance needs.

By using Amazon WorkSpaces Core with VMware Horizon 8, organizations can benefit from increased agility, reduced complexity, and improved cost savings. Amazon WorkSpaces Core also offers organizations the flexibility to choose their own operating systems, licenses, and applications, allowing them to reduce costs while providing the best experience to their users.

Streamlining migration of virtual desktop infrastructure to AWS End User Computing

Migrating to the cloud can be a complex process, especially when it comes to migrating existing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Amazon WorkSpaces Core is an AWS managed virtual desktop infrastructure that is integrated with third-party VDI solutions to improve the migration process. It provides improved security, reliability, and cost savings, while also allowing organizations to maintain their existing VDI management software and applications.

Amazon WorkSpaces Core enables organizations to migrate their VDI solutions to the cloud with minimal disruption. It also allows organizations to benefit from increased agility, reduced complexity, and improved cost savings. Furthermore, Amazon WorkSpaces Core offers organizations the flexibility to choose their own operating systems, licenses, and applications, allowing them to reduce costs while providing the best experience to their users.

Convert desktop apps to SaaS without refactoring using Amazon AppStream 2.0

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who are not cloud native face a common challenge – migrating their portfolio of traditional desktop applications to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). This process can be time-consuming and costly, as it requires refactoring the applications to fit the cloud environment. Amazon AppStream 2.0 simplifies this process by allowing ISVs to quickly and easily migrate their desktop applications to the cloud without the need for refactoring.

Amazon AppStream 2.0 provides a secure, reliable, and cost-effective way for ISVs to migrate their applications to the cloud. Furthermore, Amazon AppStream 2.0 simplifies the process by providing a consistent experience to end users, regardless of the type of device they are using. With Amazon AppStream 2.0, ISVs can quickly and easily migrate their applications to the cloud, allowing them to reduce costs and provide a better experience to their users.

Understand user access patterns and optimize Amazon WorkSpaces with Amazon CloudWatch

To gain additional insight into how end users are connecting to Amazon WorkSpaces, organizations can use Amazon CloudWatch to track and report on IP addresses, platforms, and client versions being used to access WorkSpaces. Amazon CloudWatch can also be used to better understand operating system resource utilization within the WorkSpace.

By using Amazon CloudWatch, organizations can gain valuable insights into their users’ access patterns, allowing them to optimize their Amazon WorkSpaces for a better user experience. This increased visibility can also help organizations to better troubleshoot user issues and identify opportunities for cost savings.

Migrating to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise at scale on Amazon WorkSpaces

Amazon Web Services offers two choices to run Microsoft Office productivity applications on Amazon WorkSpaces services. The first option is to license Microsoft Office as part of a WorkSpaces application bundle. As of August 1, 2023, organizations have the option to bring Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise licenses to use on Amazon WorkSpaces services.

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise provides a more cost-effective way for organizations to run Office applications on Amazon WorkSpaces services, as it eliminates the need to purchase additional licenses for Office applications. Furthermore, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise offers organizations the ability to easily manage and deploy Office applications at scale on Amazon WorkSpaces.

How Cloud2 Can Help

At Cloud2, our experienced team of AWS certified professionals can help your organization to get the most out of its End User Computing (EUC) solution. We have extensive experience in helping organizations to streamline their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) migration to the cloud, and can help you to take advantage of Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0. Our team can also guide you in leveraging Amazon CloudWatch to gain additional insight into user access patterns and to optimize your Amazon WorkSpaces for a better user experience.

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