Dan Berkowitz

There are 3 parts to a WorkSpaces Bundle; image, Hardware, and Storage. When working with Bring Your Own License (BYOL) in WorkSpaces Core, you create your image outside of AWS (Due to Microsoft Licensing) and import into Amazon. You can read more on that process here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmimport-image-import.html Once in AWS, you'll convert to AMI and import the AMI into WorkSpaces Core. - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces-core/latest/pg/infrastucture-setup.html#import-image After you create a custom image, you can build a custom bundle that combines the custom image and the underlying compute and storage configuration that you select. You would then launch/create the WorkSpace and customize it, creating you gold image. This is also a point at which you can use UEM to customize your gold image. - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces-core/latest/pg/infrastucture-setup.html#deploy-desktop After you create a custom image, you can build a custom bundle that combines the custom image and the underlying compute and storage configuration that you select. You can then specify this custom bundle when you create a new Horizon 8 Automated pool - https://techzone.omnissa.com/resource/deploying-omnissa-horizon-amazon-ec2-and-amazon-workspaces#create-images Thanks, Dan

We've a new blog post https://www.omnissa.com/what-is-new-horizon-with-amazon-workspaces-core-2024/ If you're curious about the features, comment here.

https://docs.teradici.com/blog/hp-anyware-for-omnissa-horizon-8 Anyware* for Omnissa Horizon 8 with PCoIP® Ultra performance is now generally available, allowing Horizon users to continue to leverage world-class remoting performance. The highly anticipated feature, which seamlessly brokers connectivity to HP Anyware within the Horizon environment, is available as part of the HP Anyware 24.07 software release, along with Trusted Zero Client support for the Blast Extreme protocol.

In the case where a customer would like to use Automated Pools with Horizon 8 on Amazon WorkSpaces Core, all components are installed in Amazon, there is no requirement for vSphere in this deployment.

I believe you had some input in this article Sean - https://techzone.omnissa.com/resource/understand-and-troubleshoot-horizon-connections#understanding-horizon-connections

With the release of Horizon 8 2406 comes direct integration with Amazon WorkSpaces Core. You can now use automated pools to provision dedicated, floating, persistent or non-persistent Windows 10 or 11 WorkSpaces instances through the Horizon console. Within the pool flow you can choose your power (and billing) policy of Always On or Power Optimized. Based on what your outcome needs to be, there a varying pool options you can choose from. Always On, is billed based on calendar month (by AWS) and stays powered on while Power Optimized is hourly billing and provides options for suspending and resuming the machines to reduce costs. You can combine the Log Off After Disconnect option with Delete Machine on Logoff for a non-persistent outcome. The automated pools feature released in 2406 is for deployments of Horizon 8 PODs in EC2 targeting Amazon WorkSpaces Core for desktop capacity. This deployment model is all contained inside Amazon infrastructure. Check out the Omnissa Techzone guide for more information - https://techzone.omnissa.com/resource/deploying-omnissa-horizon-amazon-ec2-and-amazon-workspaces

Downloads are availble through customer connect. https://customerconnect.omnissa.com/downloads/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_horizon/2406

Thanks Rick! The automated pools provisioning into Amazon WorkSpaces Core update is great.