18.Other Services
Amazon WorkSpaces (alternate of VDI)
Managed Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution to easily provision Windows
or Linux desktops
• Great to eliminate management of on-premise VDI (Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure)
• Fast and quickly scalable to thousands of users
• Secured data – integrates with KMS
• Pay-as-you-go service with monthly or hourly rates
Amazon AppStream 2.0
• Desktop Application Streaming Service
• Deliver to any computer, without acquiring, provisioning infrastructure
• The application is delivered from within a web browser
Amazon AppStream 2.0 vs WorkSpaces
Workspaces
• Fully managed VDI and desktop available
• The users connect to the VDI and open native or WAM applications
• Workspaces are on-demand or always on
AppStream 2.0
• Stream a desktop application to web browsers (no need to connect to a VDI)
• Works with any device (that has a web browser)
• Allow to configure an instance type per application type (CPU, RAM, GPU)
Amazon Sumerian
• Create and run virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 3D applications
• Can be used to quickly create 3D models with animations
• Ready-to-use templates and assets – no programming or 3D expertise required
• Accessible via a web-browser URLs or on popular hardware for AR/VR
AWS IoT Core
• IoT stands for “Internet of Things” – the network of internet-connected devices that
are able to collect and transfer data
• AWS IoT Core allows you to easily connect IoT devices to the AWS Cloud
• Serverless, secure & scalable to billions of devices and trillions of messages
• Your applications can communicate with your devices even when they aren’t connected
• Integrates with a lot of AWS services (Lambda, S3, SageMaker, etc.)
• Build IoT applications that gather, process, analyze, and act on data
Amazon Elastic Transcoder
• Elastic Transcoder is used to convert media files stored in S3 into media
files in the formats required by consumer playback devices (phones etc..)
• Benefits:
• Easy to use
• Highly scalable – can handle large volumes of media files and large file sizes
• Cost effective – duration-based pricing model
• Fully managed & secure, pay for what you use
AWS Device Farm
• Fully-managed service that tests your web and mobile apps against desktop browsers, real mobile devices, and tablets
• Run tests concurrently on multiple devices (speed up execution)
• Ability to configure device settings (GPS, language, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, …)
AWS Backup
Fully-managed service to centrally manage and automate backups across
AWS services
• On-demand and scheduled backups
• Supports PITR (Point-in-time Recovery)
• Retention Periods, Lifecycle Management, Backup Policies, …
• Cross-Region Backup
• Cross-Account Backup (using AWS Organizations)
CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
• Quickly and easily recover your physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers into AWS
• Example: protect your most critical databases (including Oracle, MySQL, and SQL
Server), enterprise apps (SAP), protect your data from ransomware attacks, …
• Continuous block-level replication for your servers
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