AWS AppStream 2.0 Whats New for June 2018? AWS have updated AppStream 2.0 to introduce some fantastic new features in the May & June 2018 releases. Google Drive support has been added (selectable at fleet creation). It only supports G-suite enterprise and must be enabled in G-Suite to function, but it also has support for […]
Problem This month on creation of a new image builder in AWS AppStream we noticed that the AWS AppStream 2.0 Image Builder X Drive was not being created. The X drive is the temporary drive for uploading and downloading files to and from the AppStream instance, and usually where we house deployment scripts, build scripts, […]
Scenario AWS AppStream 2.0 generates a SHA-256 hash of the users NameID for their Home Drive – when using SAML (aka Federated) authentication. This can potentially make it difficult to find the users home share if browsing from AWS S3 or for support teams when supporting users or uploading documents to the users ‘home drive’. […]
OKTA – Create Application Step Description Screenshot PRQ Generate metadata from Okta 1 Be sure to be accessing the ‘Classic UI’ and not the developer console 2 Click Add Applications 3 Search for ‘appstream’ Click Add 4 Provide Application label Click Done 5 Click Sign On tab 6 Click Identity Provider metadata Save the metadata […]