AWS’ Workspaces desktop virtualization suite includes three services. The first provides the ability to create and manage cloud-based virtual desktops through a management interface provided by AWS.

In creating these articles, I relied heavy on Amazon's WorkSpaces documentation, and in particular their Amazon WorkSpaces Proof-of-Concept document. The basic Amazon architectural diagram below shows ...

The newly debuted WorkSpaces Thin Client is AWS’ entry into the thin client market. It’s a compact, rectangular device that workers can use to log into virtual desktops hosted on the cloud ...

Ahead of its AWS re:Invent 2023 event this week, the cloud computing giant has unveiled the new Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a pint-sized PC that's ideal for hybrid working and virtual desktop ...

Zoom and Microsoft appear to have benefited from the remote work boom more than Amazon, but AWS apps WorkSpaces and Connect have surged, an exec says. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

ControlUp Announces Support for Amazon WorkSpaces on AWS, Brings Real-Time Monitoring and End-to-End Visibility to Cloud Desktops. ControlUp . Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 9:03 AM 2 min read.

That can now be converted into an AMI used to boot an AWS Workspace, an arrangement that Amazon says will make it easier to bring your own license.

I set up a small Simple AD with an organization name of tjfaws and a directory DNS name of tjfaws-WorkSpaces.local. It took about 5 minutes for AWS to create the Simple AD directory; during this time, ...