There is also a WorkDocs Sync client which lets the user synchronize documents across two or more computers, including their WorkSpace. You can integrate with on-premises Active Directory via Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud combined with a VPN connection. WorkSpaces ties in with several other AWS services. In order to bring your own license, you need a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement with Software Assurance. Windows 7 is only available on Microsoft's own Azure cloud for test and development. This is for licensing reasons, since Microsoft has stringent limitations around the use of Windows 7 in a virtual environment. Unless you bring your own license and create your own operating system image, a WorkSpace is Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Windows Desktop Experience. Standard Windows RDP clients are not supported. There are clients for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and Chromebook other operating systems such as Windows Phone and Linux are not supported. In addition, you can pay $15.00 extra per month for Microsoft Office Professional, or you can save $4.00 if you bring your own Windows 7 desktop license. There are three specification levels: Specification WorkSpaces provides a Windows desktop on Amazon's cloud. It is time for another hands-on, but first a quick recap. "Don't dive in: it will get better," was my conclusion. We took an early look, but encountered several niggling problems. Amazon Web Services (AWS) released WorkSpaces, Windows desktop-as-a-service, towards the end of March 2014.
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