A planning department wants legacy GIS software streamed to thin-cl…

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A planning department wants legacy GIS software streamed to thin-client kiosks so users run the app in a browser without installing the suite locally. Which AWS service streams applications that way?

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Amazon AppStream 2.0 to stream applications to users on thin clients or browsers — AppStream is the “software over the wire” trick — the heavy GIS suite runs centrally and the kiosk just sees the screen and inputs. WorkSpaces is more “here is your whole desktop,” Beanstalk deploys apps you built, and Lightsail is a simple VPS; for streaming one application to thin clients, AppStream fits.

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Amazon WorkSpaces when the requirement is only a full persistent personal desktop for each user

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk when the goal is only to deploy a developer’s web API

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Amazon Lightsail when the need is only a simple virtual private server for a blog

A planning department wants legacy GIS software streamed to thin-client kiosks so users run the app in a browser without installing the suite locally. Which AWS service streams applications that way?

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