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Cost Optimizer for Amazon Workspaces

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Cost Optimizer for Amazon Workspaces
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Do you want to monitor your Amazon WorkSpaces usage and optimize your costs? Deploy Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces to review your WorkSpaces usage and manage costs.
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End User ComputingAWS Well-Architected Framework
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Cost OptimizationAmazon WorkSpaces
AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 years ago18 views

Why do you need this solution?

The Cost Optimizer for Amazon Workspaces analyzes all of your usage data and automatically converts your WorkSpaces to the most cost-effective billing option, depending on your individual usage.

Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces

You can use Cost Optimizer for Amazon Workspaces solution with a single account, or with AWS Organizations across multiple accounts, to help you monitor your WorkSpace usage and optimize costs.

Implementation guide

See this implementation guide for architectural considerations and configuration steps for deploying the Cost Optimizer for Amazon Workspaces solution on the AWS Cloud.

How does it work?

Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces calculates hourly WorkSpace usage once per day.

Solving with AWS Solutions: WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer

Watch this video to learn more about how Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces calculates hourly WorkSpace usage.

Amazon Workspaces console

Use the console to manually change the billing model at any time.

How do you deploy this solution?

First, review the solution implementation guide for best practices and considerations. Then, download the AWS CloudFormation template and scripts from GitHub, and then deploy the solution.

Solution implementation guide

Before you launch the automated deployment, review the cost, architecture, network security, and other considerations in the solution implementation guide.

AWS CloudFormation templates and scripts

Download CloudFormation templates and scripts from the GitHub repository that you can use to automate the deployment of this solution on the AWS Cloud.

Deploy the solution

Follow these step-by-step instructions to configure and deploy Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces into your account.

Related resources

See the following resources related to Cost Optimizer for Amazon Workspaces.

Best practices for deploying WorkSpaces

See the best practices for deploying Workspaces and optimizing your costs.

How to manage Amazon WorkSpaces cost optimization at scale

This blog post covers the available options to dive deeper into Amazon WorkSpaces cost and usage and how to identify cost optimization opportunities for your organization.

Update the solution

If you have previously deployed the solution, you can update the solution on AWS CloudFormation stack to get the latest version of the solution’s framework.

Related questions

See the following questions and answers related to Cost Optimizer for Amazon Workspaces.

WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer hourly/full month conversion

Answer to a common customer question about WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer hourly and full month conversions.

Costsaving options for WorkSpaces with low usage

Answer to a common customer question about cost savings options available for Workspaces with low monthly usage.

WorkSpaces utilization report

Answer to a common customer question about the Workspaces utilization report.

WorkSpaces chargeback per user

Answer to a common customer question about the Workspaces chargeback for each user.
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