We’re excited to share that Workspot, an enterprise-class Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution partner, has announced general availability of their offering built on Amazon WorkSpaces Core. As the first VDI partner to leverage newly released WorkSpaces Core functionality, while supporting Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Workspot is delivering a comprehensive solution that enables organizations [...]

Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0 join Citrix, Dizzion, Omnissa, and Workspot as part of the Virtualization solution recommended for Chrome Enterprise

AWS today announced Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances availability in US East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Middle East (UAE), and Europe (Spain), bringing Amazon WorkSpaces capabilities to these AWS Regions for the first time. WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances in these Regions is supported by partners including Citrix, Workspot, Leostream, and Dizzion. Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances simplifies virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) migrations with highly customizable instance configurations. WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances provisions resources in your AWS account, handling infrastructure lifecycle management for both persistent and non-persistent workloads. Managed Instances provide flexibility for organizations requiring specific compute, memory, or graphics configurations. With WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances, you can use existing discounts, Savings Plans, and other features like On-Demand Capacity Reservations (ODCRs), with the operational simplicity of WorkSpaces - all within the security and governance boundaries of your AWS account. This solution is ideal for organizations migrating from on-premises VDI environments or existing AWS customers seeking enhanced cost optimization without sacrificing control over their infrastructure configurations. You can use a broad selection of instance types, including accelerated graphics instances, while your Core partner solution handles desktop and application provisioning and session management through familiar administrative tools. Customers will incur standard compute costs along with an hourly fee for WorkSpaces Core. See the WorkSpaces Core pricing page for more information. To learn more about Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances, visit the product page. For technical documentation and getting started guides, see the Amazon WorkSpaces Core Documentation.

AWS today announced Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances availability in US East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Middle East (UAE), and Europe (Spain), bringing Amazon WorkSpaces capabilities to these AWS Regions for the first time. WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances in these Regions is supported by partners including Citrix, Workspot, Leostream, and Dizzion. Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances simplifies virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) migrations with highly customizable instance configurations. WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances provisions resources in your AWS account, handling infrastructure lifecycle management for both persistent and non-persistent workloads. Managed Instances provide flexibility for organizations requiring specific compute, memory, or graphics configurations. With WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances, you can use existing discounts, Savings Plans, and other features like On-Demand Capacity Reservations (ODCRs), with the operational simplicity of WorkSpaces - all within the security and governance boundaries of your AWS account. This solution is ideal for organizations migrating from on-premises VDI environments or existing AWS customers seeking enhanced cost optimization without sacrificing control over their infrastructure configurations. You can use a broad selection of instance types, including accelerated graphics instances, while your Core partner solution handles desktop and application provisioning and session management through familiar administrative tools. Customers will incur standard compute costs along with an hourly fee for WorkSpaces Core. See the WorkSpaces Core https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces-family/core/pricing/ for more information. To learn more about Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances, visit the https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/core. For technical documentation and getting started guides, see the https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces-core/.

AWS today announced Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances availability in US East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Middle East (UAE), and Europe (Spain), bringing Amazon WorkSpaces capabilities to these AWS Regions for the first time. WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances in these Regions is supported by partners including Citrix, Workspot, Leostream, and Dizzion. Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances simplifies virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) migrations with highly customizable instance configurations. WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances provisions resources in your AWS account, handling infrastructure lifecycle management for both persistent and non-persistent workloads. Managed Instances provide flexibility for organizations requiring specific compute, memory, or graphics configurations. With WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances, you can use existing discounts, Savings Plans, and other features like On-Demand Capacity Reservations (ODCRs), with the operational simplicity of WorkSpaces - all within the security and governance boundaries of your AWS account. This solution is ideal for organizations migrating from on-premises VDI environments or existing AWS customers seeking enhanced cost optimization without sacrificing control over their infrastructure configurations. You can use a broad selection of instance types, including accelerated graphics instances, while your Core partner solution handles desktop and application provisioning and session management through familiar administrative tools. Customers will incur standard compute costs along with an hourly fee for WorkSpaces Core. See the WorkSpaces Core pricing page for more information. To learn more about Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances, visit the product page. For technical documentation and getting started guides, see the Amazon WorkSpaces Core Documentation.

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ACS on a virtual desktop -- My client was using VMWare Horizon as their VDI. They are in the process of switching to Workspot and we are having a lot of issues with ACS. Since the Horizon VDI works correctly, we think this has to be in the Workspot configuration somewhere. We have gotten IBM involved and they are asking for wireshark network traces but getting that installed on the VDI has opened a whole different can of worms. We are trying to work through this but it has become overly painful. Has anyone successfully used ACS and Wo...