Virtual desktops for engineering with AWS Research and Engineering Studio Deploying AWS Research and Engineering Studio for on-demand engineering desktops: automated image builds, per-user EFS storage and Terraform.
The problem
Engineers needed desktops sized for Thermal Desktop and MATLAB, on demand.
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The image builds are automated, so desktops come from a versioned image instead of per-machine setup.
Files that follow the engineer
Per-user EFS volumes are mapped into each session.
Infrastructure as code
Networking, IAM, storage and supporting resources are managed in Terraform.