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Dhananjai Pai
Dhananjai Pai

Reputation: 6015

What is the difference between AWS Workspaces and a RDP enabled EC2 instance?

AWS Workspaces provide RDP machines but are more costly compared to EC2 instances. Also the control is less than what we can achieve running EC2 instances on the cloud. Are there any advantages ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3840

Answers (3)

Leon
Leon

Reputation: 717

WorkSpaces provides a PCoIP protocol optimized for desktop experience. EC2 does not.

ref:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/6c8jdm/ec2_equivalent_of_aws_standard_workspace/dhtdt36?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

http://www.teradici.com/what-is-pcoip/pcoip-ultra

Upvotes: 0

user10250014
user10250014

Reputation: 11

I think EC2 is best for the development of applications. see What is Amazon EC2

AWS Workspaces, on the other hand, is a manged multi-purpose desktop as a service offering like V2 Cloud's WorkSpaces

Upvotes: 0

John Hanley
John Hanley

Reputation: 81356

Amazon WorkSpaces support Windows 10.

EC2 does not support Windows 7/8/10 except on Dedicated Hosts and Dedicated Instances and you must provide your own licenses (BYOL). EC2 only supports Windows Server versions otherwise.

Upvotes: 5

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