End of development notice: AWS is discontinuing development of Research and Engineering Studio on AWS (RES). 2026.09 is the final release, supported through September 30, 2027. RES remains open source and keeps running in your account. For more information, see RES end of support.
Schedule virtual desktops
By default, virtual desktops are scheduled to automatically stop on Saturdays and Sundays. Schedules on individual desktops can be adjusted using the Schedule windows accessed from the Actions menu on individual desktops as shown in the next section. To learn more about Set default schedules across the entire environment see that section. Desktops can also stop if idle to help reduce costs. See Virtual desktop infrastructure autostop to learn more about VDI Autostop.