WorkSpaces Applications Agent Release Notes

Support for Microsoft license included applications

Support for local file redirection on Multi-Session fleets

General bug fixes and improvements

Resolves rendering issues that affect certain applications and improves window management for a seamless user experience

Expanded support for custom paper sizes in printing scenarios to accommodate diverse business needs

Various performance optimizations and reliability enhancements across the platform

Resolves an issue with quick links access to home folder / temporary folder on multi-session fleets

Resolves an issue with certificate validation handling for certificate-based authentication on multi-session WorkSpaces Applications

Improves the display resolution quality

General bug fixes and improvements

Resolves an instance launch issue with Windows FIPS

Resolves an issue with Application Settings Persistence with private Amazon S3 interface endpoint

General bug fixes and improvements

Adds support for multi-session certification-based authentication

Adds performance enhancements for multi-session fleets

Fixes an issue where certain legacy apps that use User Account Control (UAC) Virtualization encounter permissions issues when using Application Settings Persistence

Bug fixes and improvements for multi-session fleets

Resolves an issue with WorkSpaces Applications agent version 09-18-2024 that caused instance launch failures when used with Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (versions newer than 14.38.33135.0)

Regional settings support for multi-session fleets. End users can customize time zone, locale, and input method for their streaming sessions.

Printer redirection support for multi-session fleets. End users can redirect print jobs from their streaming application to a printer that is connected to their local computer, including any network printers that the users have mapped.

Automatic time zone redirection for application and desktop streaming sessions for Windows (single session or multi-session). WorkSpaces Applications administrators can enable or disable time zone redirection for their end users’ streaming sessions. Once enabled, end users see the same time zone settings on their local devices and WorkSpaces Applications session.

New default maximum size for user profile VHD is 5 GB for Always-On and On-Demand fleets

MSIX Application support for Always-On and On-Demand fleet with Desktop View

General bug fixes and improvements

Support for audio in for multi-session fleets

Stability improvement for app view fleets

Support for active directory trust relationships in AD-joined multi-session fleets

General bug fixes and improvements

Improves streaming resiliency when Application Settings Persistence is enabled

Adds support for Seamless mode/Native application mode for multi-session fleets

Improves mouse cursor end user experience in multi-session streaming

Adds support for audio out on multi-session fleets

Adds support for session scripts on multi-session fleets

Improves provisioning resilience on multi-session fleets

Adds support for Windows Server 2022

Improves streaming performance on Windows Server 2019

Adds AWS CLI v2 support

Adds keyboard support to switch between applications

Solves an issue with certificate-based authentication when Windows session is locked

Note: Windows Server 2012 R2 reached end of support on October 10th, 2023. For better streaming experience support, upgrade to Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022.

Adds support for multi-session fleets

Improves instance and session provisioning

Resolves an issue with copy/paste functionality

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Improves instance provisioning resilience

Resolves an issue with a shutdown warning in fleet instances for Windows 2016 and Windows 2012 R2

Resolves an issue with the streaming session being stuck in a connecting state

Resolves an issue with application freezing

Resolves an issue with physical smartcard authentication failure

Resolves an issue with home folders not working with FIPS enabled on Windows

Improves instance provisioning resilience

Improves performance with physical smartcard logon time for Windows Server 2019

Improves performance with agents

Resolves issue with DCV physical smartcard

Adds backwards compatibility for the USB string filter file location on old images

Improves instance provisioning resilience

Improves session connection reliability

Resolves an issue with regional settings not updating

Resolves issue with Microsoft OneDrive copying larger files

Improves agent robustness on small instance types

Works with the following software components. For more information, see WorkSpaces Applications Base Image and Managed Image Update Release Notes.

Resolves an issue with the mouse disappearing when using the native client

Resolves an issue of storage unmount time for session termination

Resolves issues with system crashes on Graphics instances running Windows Server 2016

Added support for Windows Server instances when system cryptography group policy is enabled. For more information, see System cryptography.

Added the ability to toggle file system caching

Works with the following software components. For more information, see WorkSpaces Applications Base Image and Managed Image Update Release Notes.

Resolves an issue preventing users from streaming when the Microsoft Windows printer service is disabled

Resolves an issue where language pack installation doesn't complete successfully

Resolves an issue with the S3 Home Folder where folders and files are being changed to all uppercase

Works with the following software components. For more information, see WorkSpaces Applications Base Image and Managed Image Update Release Notes.

Updated USB driver to include important fixes

Resolves an issue where the customer’s local machine’s caps lock state becomes out of sync with the caps lock state of the remote machine

Works with the following software components. For more information, see WorkSpaces Applications Base Image and Managed Image Update Release Notes.

Incremental agent release for Managed Image Updates. For more information, see Update an Image by Using Managed WorkSpaces Applications Image Updates.

Includes changes from the 06-25-2021 agent.

Resolved various networking issues

Resolved an issue where local group policies were overridden

Resolved an issue where files were failing to be created if they were contained in parent directories that did not exist after attempting to fetch from OneDrive and Google cloud storage

Resolved an issue where session scripts failed to run at the end of a session

Added support for webcam redirection in the web client

Enables real-time audio-video (AV) feature by default

Fixes an output of the Image Assistant CLI command to be valid JSON

Fixes an issue causing instance provisioning failures due to internal timeouts

Amazon SSM Agent, Amazon WDDM Hook Driver, and EC2Config service versions remain the same as the previous agent version release

Resolves issues with smart card authentication that cause connection failures. The connection failures occur when users close and reopen a streaming session multiple times

Resolves an issue that causes right-click menu items in Microsoft Office applications to be unavailable

Resolves an issue that causes multiple storage connector processes for OneDrive and Google Drive to appear in Task Manager

Resolves an issue that prevents files larger than 2 GB from being downloaded from Google Drive

Resolves an intermittent issue that causes provisioning delays for WorkSpaces Applications fleet instances that are joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain

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Resolves an issue that causes the application settings persistence VHD file to not download to the WorkSpaces Applications fleet streaming instance

Resolves an issue that causes local printer redirection to stop working during WorkSpaces Applications streaming sessions. This issue might occur when Microsoft KB4571694 is installed on the WorkSpaces Applications image builder or fleet streaming instance

Resolves an issue that causes the Image Assistant update-default-profile command line interface (CLI) operation to return an error when attempting to reference a local Microsoft Windows user as the source for the default user profile

Resolves an issue that prevents WorkSpaces Applications fleet instances from provisioning when the system cryptography is set to use FIPS-compliant algorithms

Resolves an issue that prevents icons from appearing on users' local computer taskbar during streaming sessions in native application mode

Adds support for files shared by Microsoft SharePoint to the OneDrive for Business persistent storage connector

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Adds support for using a smart card for Windows sign in to Active Directory-joined streaming instances and in-session authentication for streaming applications

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Resolves an issue that causes the application settings persistence VHD file to not download to the WorkSpaces Applications fleet streaming instance

Resolves an issue that causes local printer redirection to stop working during WorkSpaces Applications streaming sessions. This issue might occur when Microsoft KB4571694 is installed on the WorkSpaces Applications image builder or fleet streaming instance

Resolves an issue that causes the Image Assistant update-default-profile command line interface (CLI) operation to return an error when attempting to reference a local Microsoft Windows user as the source for the default user profile

Resolves an issue that prevents WorkSpaces Applications fleet instances from provisioning when the system cryptography is set to use FIPS-compliant algorithms

Resolves an issue that prevents icons from appearing on users' local computer taskbar during streaming sessions in native application mode

Adds support for files shared by Microsoft SharePoint to the OneDrive for Business persistent storage connector

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Resolves an issue that causes users to receive an internal error notification when they connect to WorkSpaces Applications streaming sessions

Resolves an issue that causes intermittent copy and paste failures during WorkSpaces Applications streaming sessions

Resolves an issue that causes application icons to not appear on the taskbar during WorkSpaces Applications streaming sessions in native application mode

Resolves an issue that causes the application catalog to appear empty when users reconnect to WorkSpaces Applications after an idle disconnect

Improves the download speed between WorkSpaces Applications home folders and WorkSpaces Applications fleet instances

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Resolves an issue that causes Graphics Design instances to not display the correct resolution

Resolves an issue that causes a white screen when using the WorkSpaces Applications client in native application mode to stream Microsoft Remote Desktop

Resolves an issue that causes a streaming application to freeze when minimized. This issue occurs when using the WorkSpaces Applications client in native application mode

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Adds support for printer redirection to the WorkSpaces Applications client for Windows

Resolves an issue that causes file downloads for files greater than 5 GB to stop, and then fail

Improves clipboard performance when using Microsoft Office 2016 plug-ins

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Resolves an issue that prevents some applications from being resized, moved, or maximized when users stream in native application mode using the WorkSpaces Applications client for Windows

Resolves an intermittent issue with downloading utility software. The issue may prevent image builders and fleet instances from being provisioned

Resolves an intermittent issue with certain language settings that may prevent image builders and fleet instances from being provisioned

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Resolves an issue that causes streaming sessions to fail when session scripts are run

Improves performance when IAM roles are used

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Adds support for native application mode. For more information, see Native Application Mode

Adds support for the Desktop stream view

Improves interprocess communication between WorkSpaces Applications components

Resolves an issue that caused streaming instances to fail to be provisioned

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For persistent storage with Google Drive for G Suite, Team Drives have been renamed to Shared Drives

Resolves an issue that causes slow provisioning for streaming instances in Active Directory environments that have many users

Resolves an issue with accessing applications from the application switcher when the fleet user is an administrator

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WorkSpaces Applications assemblies are now signed, including executables and installer packages

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Modifies the WorkSpaces Applications storage connector to no longer bypass the system proxy server

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Resolves an issue that occurs when launching applications that start child processes

Resolves an issue with directory traversal

Resolves an issue that causes the WorkSpaces Applications agent to stop functioning, which prevents interaction with applications

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Adds support for applying IAM roles to WorkSpaces Applications streaming instances. For more information, see Using an IAM Role to Grant Permissions to Applications and Scripts Running on WorkSpaces Applications Streaming Instances

Adds support for specifying tags when creating WorkSpaces Applications images programmatically with a command line interface

Modifies the WorkSpaces Applications storage connector to bypass the system proxy server when mounting storage

Resolves an issue that prevented .lnk files from being specified in Image Assistant

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Adds support for WorkSpaces Applications file system redirection. For more information, see Enable File System Redirection for Your WorkSpaces Applications Users

Adds support for three new locales: English-United Kingdom (en-GB), English-Canada (en-CA), and English-Australia (en-AU)

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Adds support for creating and managing WorkSpaces Applications images programmatically with a command line interface. For more information, see Create Your Amazon WorkSpaces Applications Image Programmatically by Using the Image Assistant CLI Operations.

Image creation is no longer blocked when automatic Windows updates are enabled on an image builder. However, a message notifies administrators that automatic Windows updates will be disabled on the fleet in this case (that is, automatic Windows updates won't be enabled on fleet instances).

Disables Windows updates when a fleet instance starts

Users in the Administrators group are no longer disabled when an image builder instance starts

Users in the Administrators group are now disabled rather than deleted when an image builder instance starts

Resolves an issue that prevents the streaming resolution from resizing when network connections change

Resolves a race condition that prevents the streaming resolution from resizing when application settings persistence is enabled

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Adds support for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 base images

WorkSpaces Applications session scripts are now terminated after the configured timeout is exceeded

Resolves an issue where streaming instances may not be provisioned if the locale is changed

Includes a change to block image creation when automatic Windows updates are enabled on an image builder

Resolves an issue where streaming instances may take a long time to stop if the storage connector mount fails

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Adds support for subscribing to WorkSpaces Applications usage reports. For more information, see WorkSpaces Applications Usage Reports.

Adds support for configuring the amount of time that users can be idle (inactive) before they are disconnected from their streaming session. For more information, see "Create a Fleet" in Create an Amazon WorkSpaces Applications Fleet and Stack.

Resolves an issue with using Amazon S3 buckets for home folder and application settings persistence with an Amazon S3 virtual private gateway

Includes a change to block image creation when automatic Windows updates are enabled on an image builder

Resolves an issue with persistent storage drives (home folders, OneDrive, and Google Drive) intermittently disappearing from the My Files dialog box

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Resolves an issue with session scripts and storage connector mounting

Resolves a minor issue with instance provisioning

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Adds support for gestures on touch-enabled iPads, Android tablets, and Windows devices

Resolves an issue with switching users in an image builder instance

Resolves an intermittent issue with instance reservations

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Adds support for using on-instance session scripts to run your own custom scripts when specific events occur in users' streaming sessions

Adds support for adding tags to the following WorkSpaces Applications resource types during resource creation: image builders, images, fleets, and stacks

Includes a fix removing storage connector log files from the application settings persistence Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file

Prevents image creation when the display language is changed from English and the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) version is earlier than 1.16.36. For more information, see "Special Considerations for Japanese Language Settings" in Configure Default Regional Settings for Your WorkSpaces Applications Users.

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Improves the instance provisioning time for base images dated 01-08-2019

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Resolves an issue with dynamic applications not being added to the application catalog

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The WorkSpaces Applications client now supports a multiple-monitor experience for streaming instances that use a Graphics Design instance type

Resolves an issue with the temporary drive being visible on fleet instances that use a Graphics Desktop or Memory Optimized instance type

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Adds support for using a Japanese keyboard with web clients that run on Windows

Adds support for using the WorkSpaces Applications dynamic application framework APIs to build a dynamic app provider

Resolves an issue with streaming the same session concurrently on multiple tabs or browsers

Includes a fix to make home folders, Google Drive, and OneDrive read-only until mounting is completed

Improves the mount time for home folders that are stored on fleet instances connected to an Amazon S3 VPC endpoint

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Adds support for launching streaming sessions using the WorkSpaces Applications Windows client

Resolves an issue with opening applications that use environment variables for the fleet user name

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Resolves an issue with mounting home folders that are larger than 1 GB when application settings persistence is enabled

Resolves an issue with image creation when IPv6 is disabled

Session information is now provided as environment variables within streaming instances

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Includes a fix to display more than 1,000 files in the Amazon S3 home folders directory

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Improves the performance of application settings persistence

Includes a fix to unhide all drives on a fleet instance, except Drive C and Drive D, during user streaming sessions that are launched from the instance

Resolves an issue with accessing minimized application subwindows from the application switcher

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Adds support for application settings persistence

Resolves an issue with copying and pasting large amounts of data between applications within an WorkSpaces Applications streaming session

Resolves an issue with accessing unresponsive applications from the application switcher

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Adds support for OneDrive persistent storage

Resolves an issue with saving Visio files to home folders and Google Drive

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Resolves an issue with optimizing images for application launch

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Adds support for regional settings and default application and Windows settings

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Adds support for Google Drive persistent storage

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Adds support for administrative controls for data transfer

Adds support for the Safari browser on macOS X

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Resolves an issue with minimizing the application window in certain environments

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Resolves an issue with the Alt Graph key not working on certain keyboard layouts

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Resolves issues with using ALT key combinations

Resolves an issue with file uploads from local computers to streaming sessions

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