Starting a session in Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser
After you sign in to launch a session, you will see the Launching session message and progress bar. This indicates that Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser is creating a session for you. Behind the scenes, Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser is creating the instance, launching the managed web browser, and applying administrator settings and browser policies.
If this is your first time signing into your web portal, you will see blue + icons in the toolbar. This icon indicates that a tutorial is available, which will guide through the available features in the toolbar. You can use these icons to learn how to:
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Allow browser permissions for the microphone, webcam, and clipboard, by selecting the lock icon next to your local browser, and setting the switch to On next to the clipboard, microphone, and camera.
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When you enable webcam permissions at the start of your first session, the webcam is briefly enabled and a light on your computer will flash. This grants local browser access to your webcam.
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Enable Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser to launch additional monitor windows, by selecting the lock icon in your browser and the setting to Always allow pop-ups.
If you ever want to re-launch a tutorial, you can choose Profile from the toolbar, Help, and Launch tutorial.
