Amazon WorkSpaces Reviews

Whenever there is an issue or incident that happens with the server part, I will provide support.

We are using Amazon WorkSpaces for some tools and testing purposes.

We utilize the Workspace for running long-term scripting tasks.

I have used the persistent storage feature for users in Amazon WorkSpaces.

Persistent storage helps to maintain consistency and data availability across sessions.

The multi-factor authentication in Amazon WorkSpaces is a good security feature.

The product offers strong compliance and data security through multi-factor authentication.

It is easy to understand at the user interface level. The management console is very easy to use. 

As per the current condition, it is easy, but we are still new to it, so we are experiencing more and need to drill down to understand the alerts, environment, and causes.

So many custom policies are already built in. On-premises, we need to create each policy based on customer requirements. But here, more than 300 policies are already built in. We just need to pick and attach them to our policies. That is a benefit for us.

The infrastructure is readily available, with minimal latency, which each user can benefit from. That is a good thing.

We use the solution to provide people with a virtual workspace. 

The tool has low latency and multimedia support. For instance, running Zoom calls on Amazon WorkSpaces seamlessly supports local microphones, speakers, and web cameras. This feature is transparent for applications, allowing me to use the Zoom application without requiring exceptional support for remote web cameras or microphones. Amazon WorkSpaces provides this functionality at the operating system level, enabling effortless video conferencing. To my knowledge, Microsoft Remote Desktop does not offer the same support.

It's on a remote desktop. Currently, we need to operate on physical laptops and physical desktops. For organizational purposes, everything will be on the Cloud. In that cloud environment, we will use AWS, which is a cloud environment. 

In that cloud environment, we will create one virtual machine that has the credentials for working professionals. Working users will simply need to log on to their laptops or systems. They need to connect to that particular virtual machine, the Amazon WorkSpaces virtual machine, with their own credentials. They need to do all office-related work. Everything will be inside that workspace only. Safe and secure.

The best feature is that it operates very quickly. It depends on the regional location. If we choose a nearby location, nearby servers, it will be best for users to use.

We just create a computer on the cloud, then create a visual desktop VDI, and set a connection, username, and password. That user connects to the VDI machine on AWS with very limited access to a static application, and then they start to work for that company. When a company terminates the agent, it can then terminate the VDR and create a new VDR for the new agent.

We can deploy it in different regions. We had a lot of agents working outside of the US. It works in China and Malaysia. We can create a VDI for a different agent on AWS and assign that to the user. It has good speed and connects well with computers.

There are certain applications in media industry that we use it for which are only on either Windows or Linux platform. And we use MacBook pro for our office and laptop. So for those applications, we use Workspace.

Some of these applications are for very specific tasks, and there is not much other options available for many different platforms. We don’t use these applications regularly and it is more like for occasional use. So the pay as you go option from Amazon Workspace is very helpful for us.

It's like another virtual machine we want to access globally.

It support our remote work deployment.

Amazon WorkSpaces is a virtual desktop platform. So, instead of having your laptops, and desktops, you can have your data on the cloud. Also, it is a scalable solution. So you need not have to install the OS and update the patches. All those will be taken care of by Amazon or whoever is the public platform holding, and we don't have to worry about such things. You can access it over the webmail, or you can access all the browsers or the web client on the laptop.

Security, streaming, faster performance, scalability, and the fact that it is very much cost-effective, are some of the solution's valuable features. Also, your data is secured, and there is a backup on Amazon WorkSpaces. So, there is no need to worry about the data since data loss won't happen because there are multiple types of backup options allowing a person to restore the data anytime.