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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added multi-factor authentication to its Workspaces desktop-as-a-service service, but has done so using on-premises RADIUS servers. Workspaces offer the chance to run a desktop – actually re-skinned Windows Server – in a player app. As we've previously noted, AWS has never been afraid to launch a …

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  1. Alistair

    Cloudy with a chance of ........

    I'm not sure what.

    So:

    Apps running in cloud A

    Authentication services in cloud B

    Mail and office apps in cloud C

    Desktop in cloud D

    Joni Mitchell tune ringing in my head now.

    Why am I working in IT?

    What is a cloud? A collection of dust, water, and other small particulate matter subject to the wind.

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  2. ray.joyce

    Cannot use Amazon Authenticator? who wants to buy a radius server for a single workspace?

    Broken, and poorly thought through..

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