Leostream and AWS: Scalable Secure Remote Desktop Solutions

In today’s hybrid work environment, organizations need flexible, secure, and cost-effective ways to deliver high-performance desktops and applications to users anywhere.

Leostream partners with AWS to provide exactly that: a powerful solution for cloud-hosted digital workspaces that combines AWS’s elastic infrastructure with Leostream’s advanced connection brokering, policy controls, and zero-trust security.

The Leostream Remote Desktop Access Platform, available on AWS Marketplace, enables organizations to deliver secure, scalable digital workspaces across AWS infrastructure.

What is Leostream?

Leostream is a vendor-agnostic Remote Desktop Access Platform designed to manage virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), remote access to physical machines, and hybrid environments.

Its core component, the Leostream Connection Broker, handles user authentication, resource assignment, session management, and policy enforcement. Additional components like the Leostream Gateway enable secure remote access, while the Leostream Agent runs on desktops for enhanced control.

Key Integrations with AWS

Leostream enhances several AWS offerings for flexible desktop virtualization:

• Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances: Leostream brings centralized management, policy-based access, and zero-trust security to AWS’s managed desktop service. Organizations gain a single console to provision, monitor, and control desktops across regions, supporting GPU-backed and compute-optimized instances while maintaining hybrid flexibility with on-premises resources.
• AWS EC2 Instances: Move workloads to the cloud easily. Leostream automates provisioning of virtual workstations from custom AMIs, optimizes resource usage, and enables rapid scaling. This is ideal for migrating away from on-premises data centers while retaining full control.
• Amazon DCV (NICE DCV): For high-performance remote visualization—especially in HPC, graphics-intensive, or engineering workloads—Leostream pairs with Amazon DCV to deliver low-latency, high-quality streaming. This combination streamlines management of powerful GPU instances while providing an intuitive user experience.
• Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Support: Leostream acts as a single pane of glass for managing AWS resources alongside on-premises physical machines, other clouds, or services like Amazon RDS. This supports phased migrations and complex enterprise environments.

Benefits of Leostream on AWS

• Scalability and Cost Optimization: Leverage AWS’s pay-as-you-go model and Leostream’s automation to scale desktops up or down based on demand. Avoid over-provisioning, reduce idle resources, and lower overall infrastructure costs.
• Security and Compliance: Implement zero-trust access with the Leostream Gateway, multi-factor authentication, and AWS’s robust security features. Keep sensitive data in the cloud and ensure compliance with industry regulations.
• Flexibility: Connect users from any device (laptops, tablets, thin clients) to any OS or application. Support diverse workloads—from knowledge workers to high-performance computing users.
• Simplified Management: Centralized administration reduces IT overhead. Provision desktops in minutes, assign policies dynamically, and monitor hybrid environments from one interface.
• Enhanced User Experience: Low-latency connections via AWS’s global infrastructure and high-performance protocols deliver a responsive, seamless desktop experience for remote and distributed teams.

Ideal Use Cases

• High-Performance Computing (HPC) and GPU-accelerated workloads
• Secure remote work and work-from-anywhere initiatives
• Hybrid cloud strategies and data center migrations
• Organizations seeking alternatives to complex traditional VDI platforms
• Teams needing centralized control over multi-region or multi-cloud desktops

Getting Started

Leostream is available on the AWS Marketplace, making procurement and deployment straightforward. Organizations can quickly test cloud-hosted desktops with minimal upfront investment. Demos show how to deploy dozens of virtual desktops in minutes, and Leostream’s team works closely with AWS representatives to tailor solutions to specific needs.

Whether you’re modernizing end-user computing, optimizing costs, or enabling high-performance remote workflows, Leostream + AWS delivers a cost-effective, secure, and scalable platform that empowers businesses of all sizes to thrive in a cloud-first world.