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Access to AmazonWorkspaces


I am setting up an Amazon Workspace instance, and need to provide the user with a password to log in. The invite email only contains the registration code.

How do I set up a user password to enable the user to login into Amazon workspace only (no console access)?

I am creating an AmazonWorkspace from a custom bundle, and adding a user to Simple AD.


Solution

  • To set the user password for AmazonWorkspace, set user password on the WorkMail application for that user. Directory service manages users for both AmazonWorkspaces and WorkMail, and the password is shared across.

    The user must exist, but can be disabled. Email address can be anything, in my case users do not use AWS email.

    Users defined in IAM are not visible from AmazonWorkspaces and WorkMail. If a user has console, S3, ec2, etc.. access in addition to Workspace, they would need to be defined separately in IAM and Directory.

    WorkMail users screen