AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the Amazon WorkSpaces ImportWorkspaceImage API operation.

Syntax

Import-WKSWorkspaceImage
-ImageName <String>
-Application <String[]>
-Ec2ImageId <String>
-ImageDescription <String>
-IngestionProcess <WorkspaceImageIngestionProcess>
-Tag <Tag[]>
-Select <String>
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
-Force <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonWorkSpacesConfig>

Description

Imports the specified Windows 10 or 11 Bring Your Own License (BYOL) image into Amazon WorkSpaces. The image must be an already licensed Amazon EC2 image that is in your Amazon Web Services account, and you must own the image. For more information about creating BYOL images, see Bring Your Own Windows Desktop Licenses.

Parameters

-Application <String[]>
If specified, the version of Microsoft Office to subscribe to. Valid only for Windows 10 and 11 BYOL images. For more information about subscribing to Office for BYOL images, see Bring Your Own Windows Desktop Licenses.
  • Although this parameter is an array, only one item is allowed at this time.
  • Windows 11 only supports Microsoft_Office_2019.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesApplications
-ClientConfig <AmazonWorkSpacesConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.WKS.AmazonWorkSpacesClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Ec2ImageId <String>
The identifier of the EC2 image.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Force <SwitchParameter>
This parameter overrides confirmation prompts to force the cmdlet to continue its operation. This parameter should always be used with caution.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ImageDescription <String>
The description of the WorkSpace image.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ImageName <String>
The name of the WorkSpace image.
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-IngestionProcess <WorkspaceImageIngestionProcess>
The ingestion process to be used when importing the image, depending on which protocol you want to use for your BYOL Workspace image, either PCoIP, WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol (WSP), or bring your own protocol (BYOP). To use WSP, specify a value that ends in _WSP. To use PCoIP, specify a value that does not end in _WSP. To use BYOP, specify a value that ends in _BYOP.For non-GPU-enabled bundles (bundles other than Graphics or GraphicsPro), specify BYOL_REGULAR, BYOL_REGULAR_WSP, or BYOL_REGULAR_BYOP, depending on the protocol.The BYOL_REGULAR_BYOP and BYOL_GRAPHICS_G4DN_BYOP values are only supported by Amazon WorkSpaces Core. Contact your account team to be allow-listed to use these values. For more information, see Amazon WorkSpaces Core.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
Changes the cmdlet behavior to return the value passed to the ImageName parameter. The -PassThru parameter is deprecated, use -Select '^ImageName' instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'ImageId'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.WorkSpaces.Model.ImportWorkspaceImageResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.WorkSpaces.Model.ImportWorkspaceImageResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Tag <Tag[]>
The tags. Each WorkSpaces resource can have a maximum of 50 tags.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesTags

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

System.String or Amazon.WorkSpaces.Model.ImportWorkspaceImageResponse
This cmdlet returns a System.String object. The service call response (type Amazon.WorkSpaces.Model.ImportWorkspaceImageResponse) can also be referenced from properties attached to the cmdlet entry in the $AWSHistory stack.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z