---
title: "AWS Workspace Core"
type: entity
tags:
  - AWS
  - End-User-Computing
  - VDI
sources:
  - public-cloud-learning-sessions-aws-end-user-compute-services-20240430-160120-mee
last_updated: 2026-05-11
---

## AWS Workspace Core

AWS Workspace Core provides API access to the Amazon Workspaces VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) for integration with **third-party VDI solutions** such as VMware Horizon View or Citrix.

## Key Characteristics
- **Access method**: API-based access to Workspaces VDI infrastructure
- **Purpose**: Allows organizations to use existing third-party VDI management tools while leveraging AWS backend
- **Supported platforms**: Third-party solutions (e.g., Horizon View, Citrix) can connect via API

## Positioning
Workspace Core sits alongside [[Amazon-Workspaces]] (fully managed service) and [[AppStream-2]] (managed application streaming) as an option for organizations that need third-party VDI control plane integration.

## Connections
- [[Amazon-Workspaces]] ← underlying ← [[Workspace-Core]]
- [[AWS-End-User-Computing]] ← is_a ← [[Workspace-Core]]

## Sources
- [[public-cloud-learning-sessions-aws-end-user-compute-services-20240430-160120-mee]]