Case Study: Autodesk achieves rapid deployment of 450 virtual desktops — saving time and money with Amazon Web Services (Amazon WorkSpaces)

Autodesk Creates Hundreds of Virtual Desktops in Days Using Amazon WorkSpaces

Autodesk, a maker of software for the engineering, design, and entertainment industries, needed hundreds of workstations for its Autodesk University events but faced the time, cost, and logistical burden of renting and deploying physical hardware. The challenge was to deliver a large, consistent desktop environment quickly while minimizing setup time and environmental impact.

Autodesk adopted Amazon WorkSpaces to host virtual desktops on zero clients, allowing the team to provision and deploy 450 workstations in days instead of weeks. The shift saved nearly a week of setup time, cut thousands of dollars in rental and logistics costs, improved deployment efficiency, and reduced the company’s carbon footprint.

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