EUCCOST06-BP01 Explore a bring your own license (BYOL) approach

If you already have suitable license agreements with Microsoft in place for Operating Systems or Microsoft Remote Desktop Client Access Licenses, consider bringing these licenses for use with AWS EUC services to reduce the cost.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Low

Implementation guidance

If you meet the requirements stated in Amazon WorkSpaces FAQs , Amazon WorkSpaces allows you to Bring Your Own Windows desktop licenses in WorkSpaces (BYOL) for Windows 10 and 11. This can reduce your monthly or hourly WorkSpaces charges. When calculating the TCO, consider that BYOL requires a certain minimum commitment of WorkSpaces per AWS Region that you want to deploy in. 

When using Amazon WorkSpaces Applications, you'll be charged a monthly user fee in the form of a Microsoft RDS SAL fee. For more information , see Amazon WorkSpaces Applications pricing. If you have Microsoft License Mobility, you may be eligible to bring your own Microsoft RDS Client Access License (CAL) licenses and use them with Amazon WorkSpaces Applications. For users covered by your own licenses, you won't incur monthly WorkSpaces Applications user fees.