What is Amazon WorkSpaces Family?
Amazon WorkSpaces Family is a fully managed virtual desktop service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows organizations to provision cloud-based Windows or Linux desktops for their users and enable them to access these desktops from any supported device, including PCs, Macs, tablets, Chromebooks, and smartphones.
Some key features of Amazon WorkSpaces Family include:
- Choice of Windows and Linux desktop bundles optimized for knowledge workers, power users, graphics users, and more
- Persistent cloud-based storage for user data and custom applications
- Integration with Microsoft Active Directory for identity and access management
- Data encryption both in transit and at rest
- Flexible per user/per app licensing options
- High availability across multiple AZs within a region
- Scalability to support tens of thousands of desktops
Amazon WorkSpaces Family offers a turnkey desktop virtualization service for organizations looking to enable workforce mobility without managing complex infrastructure. It can handle mission-critical, graphics-intensive Windows and Linux workloads.