![]() ![]() The two Plus-Bundles come with Microsoft Office 2010 Professional (Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Publisher and Access) and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services. ![]() Four different hardware and software configurations, which Amazon calls Bundles, are available: Bundleĭepending on the Bundle you choose, some applications are already pre-installed. If multiple users are supposed to work with one desktop, they have to share one account. A WorkSpace is a virtual desktop for one user-that is, only one account is able to log on. You pay a monthly rate for each provisioned WorkSpace. ![]() Managing the virtual desktops means that you are responsible for updating Windows, installing the software, configuring Group Policy, etc. The infrastructure part is, of course, the entire hardware on the server side however, it also includes software such as the connection broker, the provisioning tools, and the Active Directory domain controllers. This essentially means that Amazon takes care of the “I” in “VDI,” and you have to manage the “VD” part. However, I think it would be more correct to talk in terms of a semi-managed service. The client software is available for Windows, Mac, iPad, Kindle Fire, and Android tablets.Īmazon calls WorkSpaces a fully managed desktop computing service. Users connect via Teradici’s PCoIP protocol to their virtual desktops using Amazon’s WorkSpaces client. Server Manager running on WorkSpace - Remote Desktop Services role is not installed Instead, each WorkSpace runs on a single-user Windows Server instance using the Desktop Experience role of Windows Server 2008 R2. In Server Manager, on my WorkSpace, I could verify that Remote Desktop Session Host role isn’t installed. A cloud service where customers have to buy their own standalone Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) license (PDF) for each client device doesn’t make sense. Whereas “ the other guy” at claimed that WorkSpaces is based on Remote Desktop Session Host, VDI guru Brian Madden correctly remarked that Amazon can’t use Remote Desktop Session Host because of Microsoft’s licensing policy. A virtual desktop in Amazon’s cloud is called a WorkSpace.Īmazon WorkSpace - Windows Server 2008 R2 with Desktop Experience The virtual desktops in WorkSpaces run a Windows 7–like desktop provided by Windows Server 2008 R2. For the sake of completeness in this review, I will repeat a few things here. In my series about the Amazon Web Services, I gave an overview of WorkSpaces. ![]()
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