Applying the AWS Well-Architected Framework to Amazon WorkSpaces Applications

Mohamed Wali, Amazon Web Services

This guide covers best practices for applying the AWS Well-Architected Framework when you use Amazon WorkSpaces Applications. WorkSpaces Applications is a fully managed application streaming service that enables you to stream desktop applications to users without rewriting them.

The AWS Well-Architected Framework helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructures for a variety of applications and workloads. It also provides a consistent approach for users and AWS Partners to evaluate architectures and implement scalable designs.

The AWS Well-Architected Framework is built around six pillars:

• Operational excellence

• Security

• Reliability

• Performance efficiency

• Cost optimization

• Sustainability

This guide discusses how these pillars and best practices apply to using WorkSpaces Applications.

Intended audience

This guide is for:

• Cloud architects and engineers who design and implement WorkSpaces Applications solutions, and need to ensure that their architectures follow AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices.

• IT operations teams that manage and maintain WorkSpaces Applications environments; handle fleet management, scaling, and monitoring; and need to optimize costs and performance.

• Organizations or businesses that are considering or already using WorkSpaces Applications, want to stream desktop applications to their users, and need to build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructures.

Objectives

Following the best practices in this guide helps you:

• Build a secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for streaming desktop applications in the AWS Cloud.

• Apply a consistent approach when evaluating WorkSpaces Applications architectures and implementing scalable designs.