Amazon WorkSpaces

Fully Managed Desktops in the Cloud

Paul Duffy

Agenda

• 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 needed

• 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 Hardware

WorkSpaces 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 control 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 users in connected domain

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

Connect On-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

• Choose WorkSpaces Bundle

• Select Users to receive WorkSpaces

• 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

Q&A