© 2014 Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates. All rights reserved. May not be copied, modified, or distributed in whole or in part without the express consent of Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon WorkSpaces:
Fully Managed Desktops in the Cloud
Paul Duffy, Amazon Web Services
March 26th 2014
What we’ll cover:
• Why WorkSpaces?
• What WorkSpaces offers you
• Demo!
• Integrating with your existing infrastructure
• Another demo!
• Q&A
Why did we build WorkSpaces..?
Some Customer Challenges
• Realizing the “Virtual Desktop Dream”
• BYOD is increasingly popular
• Workforces are increasingly diverse
• Tablet adoption significant
• Keeping all these desktops secure
What does WorkSpaces offer you..?
• Fully Managed
• Support Multiple
Devices
• Keep Data Secure
and Available
• Choose Software &
Hardware
• Pay as You Go
• Corporate Directory
Integration
Sample Use Cases (there are many more)
• Mobile Device Access
• Secure WorkSpaces
• Remote Employees
• Seasonal Workers
• Student WorkSpaces
• Developer WorkSpaces
Fully Managed
• Launch the number of WorkSpaces you need
• All heavy lifting taken care of by AWS
• Users receive email to install clients and connect
WorkSpaces
Demo:
Let’s provision a WorkSpace!
(and have a look at the console!)
Support Multiple Devices
• iPad
• Kindle Fire HDX (Keyboard & Mouse)
• Android Tablet
• Microsoft Windows
• Mac
Demo:
Let’s look at mobile device support
Keep Data Secure and Available
• No data stored on end-user device
• Only Pixels delivered to users (PCoIP)
• User volume backed by Amazon S3
Keep Data Secure and Available
• Securely backup and sync users data
• Install on the WorkSpace and a PC or Mac
• Data is backed up to Amazon S3
• Users can access their data when they need it
Choose Software and HardwareWorkSpaces Bundle Hardware Resources Applications
Standard 1 vCPU, 3.75 GiB Memory, 50
GB User Storage
Utilities (Adobe Reader, Internet
Explorer 9, Firefox, 7-Zip, Adobe
Flash)
Standard Plus 1 vCPU, 3.75 GiB Memory, 50
GB User Storage
Microsoft Office Professional
2010, Trend Micro Worry-Free
Business Security, Utilities
(Adobe Reader, Internet
Explorer 9, Firefox, 7-Zip, Adobe
Flash)
Performance 2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB Memory, 100
GB User Storage
Utilities (Adobe Reader, Internet
Explorer 9, Firefox, 7-Zip, Adobe
Flash)
Performance Plus 2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB Memory, 100
GB User Storage
Microsoft Office Professional
2010, Trend Micro Worry-Free
Business Security, Utilities
(Adobe Reader, Internet
Explorer 9, Firefox, 7-Zip, Adobe
Flash)
All WorkSpaces Bundles provide the Windows 7 Experience to users (provided by Windows Server 2008 R2 with RDS).
Install your own software
• No technical restrictions on software installation
• Use the tools you already use to distribute
• Check with your ISV
• Ask for WorkSpaces support
Pay as You Go
WorkSpaces Bundle Monthly Price
Standard $35
Standard Plus $50
Performance $60
Performance Plus $75
• No up-front commitment
• Delete WorkSpaces at any time
• Price includes infrastructure (compute/storage/bandwidth) application access
WorkSpaces Connect: AD Integration
• Users: Get to use existing Enterprise Credentials
• IT: WorkSpaces behave like regular desktops
Corporate Directory Integration
• Manage WorkSpaces like any other desktop– Group Policy
– Software Distributions Tool
– Install agents
• Store in the OU that makes sense to you
• Don’t change the way you manage– Just less heavy lifting
Corporate Directory Integration Steps
• Ensure existing AD is reachable (via VPC)
• This could be on-premises or in EC2
• Configure WorkSpaces Connect
• Launch WorkSpaces in connected directory
Corporate Directory Integration
Subnet 2
Subnet 1
AZ ‘A’
AZ ‘B’
Workspaces API
End-point
(Customer
Network)
VPN
Connection
OAuth
Gateway
Public IP
Secure Auth (443)
Public IP
WS
User1
Public IP
WS
User2
On-premises
Domain Controllers
Directory
Join
Directory
Join
WorkSpaces
Connect
WorkSpaces
ConnectOn-premises
Resources
Resource Access
Subnet 2
AZ ‘A’
AZ ‘B’
Workspaces API
End-point
(Customer
Network)
VPN
Connection
OAuth
Gateway
Public IP
Secure Auth (443)
Public IP
WS
User1
Public IP
WS
User2
On-premises
Domain Controllers
On-premises
Resources
Subnet 1 Subnet 3
Subnet 4
Demo:
Corporate Directory Integration
How to get started?
• Quick Start: Evaluate easily
• Integrate with Corporate Active Directory
• Select Users to receive WorkSpaces
• Choose WorkSpaces Bundle
• Launch WorkSpaces
• Users receive email when provisioned
• Users connect to WorkSpaces
Availability
• WorkSpaces is now available to all customers
• AWS region availability:– US-East-1 (N.Virginia)
– US-West-2 (Oregon)
• Further regions to follow soon
Recap
• Amazon WorkSpaces is available to all customers
• Fully-managed desktops
• No commitment – provision in minutes
• Choice of bundles of hardware and software
• Securely sync data
• Support multiple devices
• Integrate with your corporate Active Directory
© 2014 Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates. All rights reserved. May not be copied, modified, or distributed in whole or in part without the express consent of Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon WorkSpaces:
Fully Managed Desktops in the Cloud
Paul Duffy, Amazon Web Services
March 26th 2014
Thank you!