Amazon WorkSpaces is used to provide a consistent environment for remote workers for testing purposes. Software testing is typically run on those desktops.
Technical Lead, AWS at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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Aug 27, 2025
We migrate the current VDI on-premise solution to Amazon WorkSpaces in the cloud on AWS. Organizations using Citrix, Horizon View, VMware Horizon View, or Citrix ZenApp, ZenDesktop who want to move to a cloud solution or cloud VDI solution often look for effective solutions such as Amazon WorkSpaces.
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.
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.
Senior System Engineer - Microsoft Azure Cloud at a retailer with 51-200 employees
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Sep 27, 2023
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 are a work-from-home company, permanently working from home. Sometimes our employees face issues with their laptops. So we configure Amazon WorkSpaces for them, and they download the Amazon WorkSpace client on their computer, then log in to that. The solution provides our employees with a virtual desktop environment. We use Amazon WorkSpaces as an alternative to laptops.
Sometimes for security purposes in AWS, I need to log the IPs. So I use WorkSpaces to ensure it doesn't disrupt my work. AWS has a lot of IPs, and using WorkSpaces helps me with that.
Technical Lead, AWS at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
May 18, 2023
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.
Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) solution provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows users to access a virtual desktop environment in the cloud from various devices, including laptops, tablets, and thin clients.
With Amazon WorkSpaces, users can have a complete desktop experience with their familiar applications and data, while the underlying infrastructure and management tasks are handled by AWS. The virtual desktops provided by Amazon WorkSpaces are...
Amazon WorkSpaces is used to provide a consistent environment for remote workers for testing purposes. Software testing is typically run on those desktops.
We migrate the current VDI on-premise solution to Amazon WorkSpaces in the cloud on AWS. Organizations using Citrix, Horizon View, VMware Horizon View, or Citrix ZenApp, ZenDesktop who want to move to a cloud solution or cloud VDI solution often look for effective solutions such as Amazon WorkSpaces.
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.
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.
I used it for a particular project for a customer. We used it as a VDR solution.
We use the solution to provide people with a virtual workspace.
We use Amazon WorkSpaces for security purposes.
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 are a work-from-home company, permanently working from home. Sometimes our employees face issues with their laptops. So we configure Amazon WorkSpaces for them, and they download the Amazon WorkSpace client on their computer, then log in to that. The solution provides our employees with a virtual desktop environment. We use Amazon WorkSpaces as an alternative to laptops.
Sometimes for security purposes in AWS, I need to log the IPs. So I use WorkSpaces to ensure it doesn't disrupt my work. AWS has a lot of IPs, and using WorkSpaces helps me with that.
We use the solution as a virtual machine to run applications.
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.
We use the solution for our regular day-to-day work. It's a BYOD: bring your own device and use WorkSpaces to connect to the company network.
We are using Amazon WorkSpaces for our everyday office use. For our software development, we use Azure Desktop.
I use it as my laptop. It's my virtual machine. I use it for everything I do at work, including using it for managing the systems and the servers.