Preparing Amazon WorkSpaces Core

You must perform certain essential preparation steps in your AWS environment before deploying an Amazon WorkSpaces Core Edge with Horizon Cloud. These tasks ensure that your AWS account has the necessary resources available and the appropriate permissions configured for a successful deployment.

What to Expect

The information that follows on preparing Amazon WorkSpaces Core covers critical preparation activities that you must complete in your AWS environment.

Why These Preparation Steps Matter

Completing these preparatory tasks enables you, as an administrator, to achieve the following goals:

• Validate Infrastructure Readiness - Ensure your chosen AWS region supports the specific instance types and VM models required for your deployment, preventing deployment failures due to resource unavailability.
• Establish Secure Access - Configure IAM policies and roles that grant Horizon Cloud the precise permissions needed to deploy and manage resources in your AWS account, following the principle of least privilege.
• Prevent Deployment Issues - The Horizon Edge deployment process validates these prerequisites before starting, so completing these steps in advance ensures a smooth deployment experience without interruptions.
• Enable Automated Resource Management - Properly configured IAM permissions allow Horizon Cloud to automatically provision, manage, and maintain AWS resources including EC2 instances, WorkSpaces, storage (FSx and S3), networking components (load balancers, target groups), and integration with AWS Directory Services.

These preparation steps are prerequisites that must be completed before proceeding with the actual Amazon WorkSpaces Core Edge deployment.