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Nathan Thomas, Amazon WorkSpaces
Greg Smith, UMUC
Piotr Zielinski, George Washington University
November 30, 2016
BAP203
How Higher Ed Graduated from
Traditional Desktops to DaaS Using
Amazon WorkSpaces
What to Expect from the Session
- Learn how Higher Ed experts use Amazon WorkSpaces to:
- Serve faculty, staff, and students
- Provide access to applications and information
- Provide access from classrooms, labs, and remotely
- Manage desktops securely and simply
- Save money by paying as they go
- Build innovative products on top of Amazon WorkSpaces
Panel Participants
Nathan Thomas, General Manager, Amazon WorkSpaces
Greg Smith, AVP Enterprise Operations, University of
Maryland University College (UMUC)
Piotr Zielinski, Director of IT, The George Washington
University School of Business
Amazon WorkSpaces Are Cloud Desktops
Native Experience
Client Choice
Global Availability
Pay As You Go
Hybrid Cloud Desktop Management
Identity
Authentication
APIs for Automation
Customer-Driven Innovation
Higher Ed End User Computing Is Changing
Campus and Distance Learning Merging
Students Have a Device and a Network
Security Scope Is Expanding
Everyone Still Need Desktop Apps
Amazon WorkSpaces Is Ready
Mobile By Design
Enables BYOD
No Data on Devices
Use Existing Desktop Apps
UMUC
UMUC
• Part of the University of Maryland system
• 84,000 students world-wide, 95 degree
programs and certificates
• Students all over the world, in all
conditions
UMUC – Current Use Cases
• Information Technology staff
• Consultants/Contractors – BYOL
• Distributed labs and testing centers
• “The Classroom” – Project Triton
UMUC – Project Triton
• Provide access to specialized software
to support the academic experience
• Provide persistent experience for the
“life of the student”
• Integrate into our classroom
experience
UMUC – Project Triton
• Key project features – SSO integration,
Learner Analytics, Web Access, AutoStop
• Currently 3200 users, will be 7000 users in
January
• In the first two months, 160K hours with 30
support tickets
UMUC – Project Triton
• Triton has a material impact on the
way our students learn
• Faculty call the experience
“transformational” and “fantastic”
The George Washington University
School of Business
Amazon WorkSpaces to support growth
Users:
• 130 faculty
• 120 staff
• 3600 on-campus students
Computer Labs:
• 3 computer labs
• 150 computers
Current Support
Users:
• 130 faculty
• 120 staff
• 3600 on-campus students
• Off-campus students
• International programs
Computer Labs:
• Virtual computer labs
• Dynamic number of computers
Future Support
Amazon WorkSpaces – Pilot at GWSB
• 130 WorkSpaces
• 8 classes
• 6 faculty members
• Growth from 10 to 130 WorkSpaces in 1 month
• Plans to open access to all faculty in the Spring
• Integration with GW Enterprise Active Directory
Amazon WorkSpaces – Faculty Perspective
• Unified teaching experience
• Easy setup – by faculty, not IT staff
• Easy user management
• Easy faculty support
Amazon WorkSpaces – Student Perspective
• Unified learning experience
• No setup time
• Easy access
• Data security
• Amazon WorkDocs
Amazon WorkSpaces – IT Perspective
• Setup by faculty – easy support
• Easy provisioning and maintenance
• Version control
• Cost control – AutoStop running mode
• Usage reports
Use Case – Amazon WorkSpaces for Mac Users
Majority of students use Macs
but
Many applications require Microsoft Windows
Amazon WorkSpaces:
• Eliminate technical complexity
• Save deployment and support time
• Lower hardware requirements
Panel Discussion
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