

Customers can also add various versions of Microsoft Office Professional 2016 for an additional cost or build their own custom images. Windows 10 desktops include applications such as Internet Explorer 11 and Firefox. Customers can add additional software from the Amazon Linux repositories with yum. Linux desktops include applications such as LibreOffice, Firefox and Evolution mail. If deploying Windows desktops, companies can use their own Windows 10 Enterprise licenses (if they meet Microsoft’s licensing requirements) or pay for them as part of the WorkSpaces subscription.Īmazon offers a default set of applications with each WorkSpace depending on the operating system. Customers are charged for only the WorkSpaces they use and can pay either monthly or hourly.Ĭompanies can provision either Linux or Windows desktops on a wide variety of virtual hardware and storage configurations. Pricing: Monthly or hourly dependent on geographic regionĪmazon launched WorkSpaces, its proprietary cloud desktop service, in 2013. Public cloud compatibility: Amazon Web Services
