Amazon WorkSpaces Reviews and details

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• Find Unknown Table

  You need to provide more info. Is it this? Which tier? https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/. Source: 10 months ago

• Accessing a powerful windows desktop

  Looking for a powerful windows desktop that will compile faster than my laptop, ideally a virtual desktop like Fully Managed VDI – Amazon WorkSpaces Family – Amazon Web Services. The machine needs to run windows and be able to install Quartus Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 20.1.1 for Windows. Source: about 1 year ago

• Delivery delays with laptops for new hires. What are my options?

  I was thinking this.. a VDI should tide them over, or an AWS workspace perhaps? https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Best Solutions to Reducing E-Waste

  Virtualization has continued to improve with technology and the speed of the internet.  You can enhance your device by merely leveraging the high-performance computers in the cloud without having to worry about how good your computer is.  Upgrades are as simple as a click of a button.  Try services like Shells or Amazon Workspaces. Source: over 1 year ago

• How can I run Firefox from AWS?

  Yes, that should be possible. https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ might be easier. But either is going to be expensive to run with a usable amount of RAM. Why are you trying to do this? Source: over 1 year ago

• Looking for the most reliable virtual PC, with $500k in the line

  I run an Amazon workspaces desktop for a crypto trading bot. Haven't had a blip on two years. Not sure it's the cheapest/best but it was easy and has been reliable. https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Can I automatically stop EC2 when no one is logged in.

  Maybe look into AWS WorkSpaces. They support auto-start / auto-stop. They might not meet your other requirements, but it's worth a look. Source: over 1 year ago

• Creating a simple virtual desktop

  Does WorkSpaces not meet your requirements? Source: over 1 year ago

• Best EC2 instance for replacing office machines.

  I think you're looking for aws workspaces. Source: over 1 year ago

• Lightsail and RDP

  If you're looking to save money over an RDS farm and are willing to rejig a bit, you should look at Amazon AppStream 2.0, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Amazon WorkSpaces Web. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Advice for Linux environment via web browser???

  Depending on your budget and data sensitivity, you could try Amazon Workspaces. If you have access to Chrome or Firefox (and maybe Edge) it says it will work in your web browser: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/userguide/amazon-workspaces-web-access.html. Source: almost 2 years ago

• EC2 vm's in multiple locations able to talk to each other

  Also, have you considered Amazon AppStream 2.0 or Amazon WorkSpaces? Might be easier than managing your own fleet of RDP hosts, and possibly cheaper depending upon your scaling patterns (and maybe use of Elastic fleets). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Build a QGIS Environment on Amazon WorkSpaces

  QGIS is a cross-platform open-source GIS software that can browse, edit, and analyze geographic information systems. This time, we try to build a QGIS execution environment using the Windows environment of Amazon WorkSpaces 👍. - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

• Does anybody use Chromebook?

  I met a DN once who was very happy with his Chrombook. He used an Amazon Workspace whenever he needed to do something that needs Windows. Source: about 2 years ago

• My company has fallen in love with giving all our developers slow VDIs

  Is this post talking about Amazon workspaces? (https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/). Source: about 2 years ago

• Selfhosted DaaS / VDI setup

  Hi everyone! I saw this post 2 days ago and there were really good answers, but none actually met the requirements. I have been looking for something similar actually. I switched to Linux desktop recently and when I lose my laptop from work soon (internship ending) I'd still like to use Microsoft Word and such. For that, I thought I'd setup something similar to what Shells and AWS Workspaces offer, but... Source: over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)

  Amazon WorkSpaces - https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/| Software Engineer | Bellevue | Onsite | Full Time The Amazon WorkSpaces team is looking for talented engineers to join us on our journey to reinvent the way enterprises do work. We are beginning a multi-year effort to reinvent the way we do resource management and capacity planning. This is an opportunity to join a new team on the ground floor and own... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Managed AD RDP from on-prem

  You can also use an EC2 instance if you want to RDP to something within your VPC, or use AppStream 2.0/WorkSpaces. Both are VDI products that can eliminate the need for an RDP/EC2 instance to get to RSAT. Source: over 2 years ago

• TWS or IBGateway on Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB)

  I run IBKR on one of those using AWS Workspaces (https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/) because IBKR is so resource intensive. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Crazy New Ideas

  > easier to pay Mighty to "virtualize" the browser, than it is to keep all computers up to date and without malicious extensions. Not denying your other points but Amazon Workspaces[1] is a product that perfectly fits their needs. From a top-level exec's stand point I would imagine they would be more willing to buy something like Amazon Workspaces which gives them 100% control and peace of mind Vs piecemeal... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Might Makes Google Chrome Faster

  It's basically a big Windows desktop (16GB RAM) running in the Cloud that I can just access like any other window. It consumes around 500MB of memory on my machine itself. For highly interactive or latency-bound applications this is probably not an option but for asynchronous work (me launching jobs that take 5 minutes to run) I really appreciate this flexible cloud extension to my current setup. [0]... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago