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Public sector customers can now leverage Amazon WorkSpaces; a fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can provision a high-quality cloud desktop experience for any number of users at a cost that is highly competitive with traditional desktops and half the cost of most virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions.
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Amazon WorkSpaces
Fully Managed Desktops in the Cloud
Alaa Badr – Business Development Manager [email protected]
David Crews – Account Manager [email protected]
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Objectives
Understand VDI
Understand why customers need VDI and current IT challenges
Value proposition of Workspaces
Key sales scenarios and audience
Demo
Challenges of Document Access and Sharing
Overview of Amazon Zocalo
Demo
Q & A
Amazon Web Services Confidential – Shared Under NDA
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 & 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
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
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Workspaces Use Cases (there are many more)
• Overhaul of on
premise VDI
• Mobile Device Access
• Remote Employees
• Contract Workers
• Student WorkSpaces
• Developer WorkSpaces
• Acquisition of new
companies
Key Benefits
• Fully Managed
Infrastructure
• Support Multiple
Devices
• Keep Data Secure
and Available
• Choose Software &
Hardware
• Pay as You Go
• Corporate Directory
Integration
• Security
Fully Managed Infrastructure
• Launch the number of WorkSpaces needed
• All heavy lifting taken care of by AWS
• Users receive email to install clients and connect
WorkSpaces
Support Multiple Devices
• iPad
• Kindle Fire HDX (Keyboard & Mouse)
• Android Tablet
• Microsoft Windows
• Mac
Keep Data Secure and Available
• No data stored on end-user device
• Only Pixels delivered to users (PCoIP)
• User volume backed by Amazon S3
Choose Software and Hardware
WorkSpaces Bundle Hardware Resources Applications
Standard 1 vCPU, 3.75 GiB Memory,
50 GB User Storage
Utilities (Adobe Reader,
Internet Explorer 9, Firefox,
7-Zip, Adobe Flash, JRE)
Standard Plus 1 vCPU, 3.75 GiB Memory,
50 GB User Storage
Microsoft Office Professional
2010, Trend Micro Worry-
Free Business Security,
Utilities (Adobe Reader,
Internet Explorer 9, Firefox,
7-Zip, Adobe Flash, JRE)
Performance 2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB Memory,
100 GB User Storage
Utilities (Adobe Reader,
Internet Explorer 9, Firefox,
7-Zip, Adobe Flash, JRE)
Performance Plus 2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB Memory,
100 GB User Storage
Microsoft Office Professional
2010, Trend Micro Worry-
Free Business Security,
Utilities (Adobe Reader,
Internet Explorer 9, Firefox,
7-Zip, Adobe Flash, JRE)
All WorkSpaces Bundles provide the Windows 7 Experience to users (provided by Windows Server 2008 R2 with RDS).
Pay as You Go
WorkSpaces Bundle Monthly Price
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) and bundle’s software
Corporate Directory Integration
• Users: Get to use existing Enterprise Credentials
• IT: WorkSpaces control like regular desktops
Files On The Go
• Securely backup and sync users data
• Install on the WorkSpace and a PC or Mac
• Data is backed up to Amazon S3
• Users can access their data when they need it
Typical Project StructureRequired:
• User profiles/classification of data
• VPC Design/Architecture
• AD Integration/user management/GPO
• Management of Workspaces environment
• Migration of user environment
Optional:
• Custom image creation/image management/patch management
• Migration existing Windows Workloads with Workspaces
• New Custom Applications
Getting started – steps you can take now….
• Fire up some Workspaces & test them
• Look into users that require VDI and test their apps with Workspaces
• Look into TCO savings with on premise VDI replacement opportunities
• Easier to start small then go big
• For device opportunities – consider Kindle with mouse/kbd.
• Explore monitoring, management and integration opportunities
• Go beyond the desktop and lift/shift complementary Windows Workloads
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Amazon Zocalo Discussion
Alaa Badr
Business Development Manager
Amazon Confidential – Covered under NDA
How do you share documents today?
What are your challenges, if any?
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What Our Customers Have Told Us
Problems:
• Want secure access to documents on the road, at home, on any device
(multi-device, multi-platform)
• Want simplified sharing
• Growing workloads outside the enterprise
Current solutions:
• Too much in email
• Hard-to-use document / CMS Systems
• Costly and unused network storage
• Unsanctioned personal storage services
• Lack of tracking & control
Amazon Confidential – Covered under NDA
Amazon Zocalo is Secure Storage & Sharing…
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.
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Corporate Value: Fully Managed & Secure
Regional
Control
Encryption
At Rest and
On Wire
System and
Document
Redundancy
Document &
Folder Access
Controls
External
Sharing
Control
Auditable
Owne
r
Contributor
s
Viewers
Admins
Document
Access
Logins / AD
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Customer Resources TCO comparison vs. on prem VDI
Introduction to Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI), 3 minute video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsqI7KU3S8I
Amazon WorkSpaces overview, by Gene Farrell / AWS WorkSpaces product manager, at AWS re:Invent conference in Nov 2013 (29 minutes), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNyCC7fJ-uU
Amazon WorkSpaces slides, from product launch at AWS re:Invent, http://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/amazon-workspaces-desktop-computing-in-the-cloud-ent104-aws-reinvent-2013
Q & A
