Amazon WorkSpaces Personal PrivateLink Support for Streaming Traffic

Amazon WorkSpaces Personal has introduced a new feature that allows you to securely route streaming traffic between your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and WorkSpaces virtual desktops using AWS PrivateLink. This means your data never has to travel through the public internet, ensuring privacy and security.

With this capability, you can stream your WorkSpaces through private IP addresses within your VPC or from on-premises environments using AWS VPN or AWS Direct Connect. This feature is designed to help you meet compliance requirements by keeping streaming traffic within trusted networks.

To start using PrivateLink with WorkSpaces, you’ll need to create a WorkSpaces VPC endpoint for the DCV streaming protocol in your chosen Amazon VPC. Then, specify the VPC endpoint when setting up a new WorkSpaces Personal directory or updating an existing one. Your users can then utilize the VPC endpoint when streaming their DCV WorkSpaces.

This new feature is available for WorkSpaces Personal running the DCV protocol in all AWS Regions where Amazon WorkSpaces is supported, except for the China (Ningxia) Region. You can configure this feature through the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), or Amazon WorkSpaces APIs. For detailed instructions and requirements, refer to the Amazon WorkSpaces documentation.