As Amazon states, Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution. What is Amazon WorkSpaces (WS)?Īmazon WorkSpaces is one of the more mature cloud remote desktop solutions on the market. You can apply a lot of policies and ensure you have the appropriate security in place like anti-virus software, web filtering and data encryption. Remote desktops are particularly useful for heavily regulated industries like financial services or public sector, because it’s a very controlled environment. You no longer need to purchase expensive hardware because you’re essentially renting on demand. That way, you only pay for the compute time that you consume. If you have users or a business process that requires advanced computing resources, for example dedicated graphics or high-performance compute, you can provision these in a separate host pool. They can very quickly and easily create a secure environment for users.
Instead of a company having to go out and buy laptops, business owners can tell staff they can use their own devices. Secure remote access to the right applications that people need, from anywhere, at any time. That’s another cost efficiency exercise we can carry out. The way you set up the environment isn’t to sync up the documents, it’s to simply have them open on demand. If you choose Microsoft WVD, you’re using Microsoft 365 is in Microsoft Azure as well, and you have SharePoint and OneDrive there to save and store documents to the cloud. We can add extra layers of security too, like multi-factor authentication (MFA) where a user is only granted access by presenting two or more evidence.īecause you’re in the cloud, you don’t need to sync all your documents with your laptop and pay for the storage in the application itself. It’s just like walking into the office, booting up your work PC, and away you go. You still have access to your usual applications. You’re not sharing anything between your personal and corporate environments.Īny corporate policies that have been rolled out still apply in the remote desktop. If you’re working from home on your personal desktop, once you’ve logged into the remote desktop, all business data and applications become completely separate to your personal data.
Remote desktops replace the need for VPNs. You need a way of keeping data within the secure confines of your corporate network. Without the ability to manage the user’s endpoints, the risk increases of suffering a data breach or ransomware and virus threats. It is important to prevent data leakage to uncontrolled personal desktops that are not managed, or that don’t have the appropriate security in place such as anti-virus software, web filtering and encryption. You don’t know exactly where your data is being saved and stored – it’s out of your control.
The risk is that when businesses open up their network to employees using VPNs, company files can be leaked from company file shares to personal desktops. In the past if you wanted staff to work remotely, they would need to use a VPN to get access to corporate data and applications. What are Remote Desktops and Why Do You Need Them?
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Solution Architect, Andrew Rigg, explores everything you need to know about virtual desktops, plus how to choose between Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop.
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