This session provides an overview and demonstrations of the key features and benefits of Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon Zocalo. Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud that allows you to easily provision cloud-based desktops that allow users to access the documents, applications, and resources they need. Amazon Zocalo is a fully managed enterprise storage and sharing service that offers enhanced security, strong administrative controls, and feedback capabilities. Users can access both services wherever they are with a device of their choice, including PCs and Macs as well as iPad, Kindle Fire, or Android tablets. Attend this session to learn more about these services, including how to manage them, what the experience is like for users, and how to get the most out of these services.

2. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

3. What is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)?
Better application compatibility; charge by total users
VM-level isolation; persistent experience
High scalability; charged by max concurrent users
Not persistent and no customization
VDIFull client desktops running as virtual machines (VMs)
Individual client VMs
Session virtualization Single-server desktop being shared via sessions
Single-server desktop

4. Current customer challenges
Virtual Desktop
(Non-Persistent)
Remote Desktop
Services
Virtual Desktop
(Persistent)
Windows or non-Windows devices
Current
state
At what cost did you
enable agility ?
How do we sustain TCO while enabling flexibility and provide compliance?
Personas/profiles; access & security; data rights management; application lifecycle
Need access to apps & data
Windows environment
Traditional VDI requires a significant
investment in infrastructure and licensing
x4
x4

8. WorkSpaces

11. Value Plus
All WorkSpaces bundles provide the Windows 7 experience to users (provided by Windows Server 2008 R2 with RDS)
Value
1 vCPU, 2 GB memory
10 GB storage
Standard Plus
Performance Plus
Performance
2vCPU, 7.5 GiB memory
100 GB storage
Standard
2vCPU, 4 GB memory
50 GB storage

12. WorkSpaces Bundle
Monthly Price
Value
$25
Value Plus
$40
Standard
$35
Standard Plus
$50
Performance
$60
Performance Plus
$75
•No up-front commitment
•Delete WorkSpaces at any time
•Price includes infrastructure (compute/storage/bandwidth) application access
•U.S. pricing shown (will vary based on region)

18. •Lack of tracking and control

19. An access point to documents anywhere, anytime
An easy way to share documents with your colleagues
A place to review and markup any document
A central place for organizational control and auditing
… with a simple end-user experience

20. Corporate value: fully managed & highly secure
Regional
control
Encryption
at rest and
on wire
System and
document
redundancy
Document &
folder access
controls
External
sharing
control
Auditable
Owner
Contributors
Viewers
Admins
Document
access
Logins / AD

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