---
id: "aws-workspaces-thin-client"
type: "component"
kind: "client"
provider: "aws"
category: "client"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces-thin-client/latest/ag/architecture.html"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-workspaces-thin-client"
---

# Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client

Managed endpoint device that streams a WorkSpaces, Applications or Secure Browser desktop.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [aws](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=aws) |
| Kind | [Client](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/client) |
| Category | Client |
| Official docs | [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces-thin-client/latest/ag/architecture.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces-thin-client/latest/ag/architecture.html) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `instances` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `localCache` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `offlineCapable` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `persistentConnection` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `platform` | enum | `web`, `mobile`, `desktop`, `sdk`, `tv`, `embedded`, `multi` | yes | — | **"embedded"** |
| `resendPolicy` | enum | `none`, `retry`, `store-and-forward` | no | "none" | inherited |
| `softwareSetUpdateMode` | enum | `use-latest`, `use-desired` | no | — | inherited |
| `softwareSetUpdateSchedule` | enum | `use-maintenance-window`, `apply-immediately` | no | — | inherited |
| `vdiProvider` | enum | `workspaces`, `workspaces-applications`, `workspaces-secure-browser` | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

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## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "aws-workspaces-thin-client", component: "aws-workspaces-thin-client" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client: a managed endpoint device that streams one virtual desktop
# provider - Amazon WorkSpaces, WorkSpaces Applications or WorkSpaces Secure Browser - and is
# enrolled into an environment created in the Thin Client console ("Architecture"). CreateEnvironment
# takes softwareSetUpdateMode (USE_LATEST or USE_DESIRED) and softwareSetUpdateSchedule
# (USE_MAINTENANCE_WINDOW or APPLY_IMMEDIATELY), neither with a stated default ("CreateEnvironment").
# Id and kind assigned 2026-09-07 (row kept for placement until end of support on 31 March 2027).
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "aws-workspaces-thin-client"
kind: "client"
provider: "aws"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces-thin-client/latest/ag/architecture.html"
defaults:
  managed: true
  platform: "embedded"
properties:
  vdiProvider:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["workspaces", "workspaces-applications", "workspaces-secure-browser"]
  softwareSetUpdateMode:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["use-latest", "use-desired"]
  softwareSetUpdateSchedule:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["use-maintenance-window", "apply-immediately"]
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-workspaces-thin-client