Amazon Workspaces Core Managed Instances Details IaaS Discounts
Region Compute
VM Class Hourly Billing
Desktop Configuration Monthly Billing
License Type Storage
VM Disk Size GP2
VM hrs/mo
Number of VMs
Recommendation:
Estimated Cost / Month
Hourly Billing Monthly Billing
Compute - -
Storage - -
Networking* - -
Dedicated instances region fee - -
Total IaaS / mo - -
IaaS / desktop / mo - -
Note: Estimate does not include Windows license costs.
Networking includes bandwidth cost estimates.
Resources listed below are for Reserved Instances
Category AWS Resources AWS SKU Quantity Storage Estimated $/Desktop/mo
Compute Dedicated Instance
Storage Storage
Networking Gateways
Networking Gateway Storage
Networking Enterprise Connector
Networking Enterprise Connector Storage
Dedicated instances region fee
Instructions
Amazon Workspaces Core Managed Instances Details
Enter details of the desktop pool.
1. Region: Select the region from the dropdown where you want to set up your desktop pool
2. VM Class: Select the VM class from the dropdown
3. Desktop Configuration: Select the configuration of the desktop from the dropdown
4. License Type: Based on the use case, select the license type from the drop down (persistent or non-persistent)
5. VM Disk Size: Select the storage that you would want to attach to the VM
6. VM hrs/mo: Enter the expected number of hours per month for each VM in your pool (typical knowledge worker VMs run 160 hours per month)
7. Number of VMs: Enter the number of VMs expected to be in the desktop pool
Customer IaaS Discounts
Enter the discounts you might have received from your IaaS provider.
1. Hourly Billing: Enter the discounts that you get for Hourly Billing
2. Monthly Billing: Enter the discounts that you get for Monthly Billing
3. GP2: Enter the discounts that you get on GP2 storage disks
Estimated Cost / Month
The estimated costs for running the desktop pool are summarized here.
1. A monthly $ estimate of the resources required to run the desktop pool based on a choice between Hourly Billing and Monthly Billing. It recommends the cheapest option of the two
2. Summary provides a split of compute, storage and networking costs.
3. Overview of all the resources that would be required based on the resources you have selected along with their quantity, size, estimated $/Desktop/mo