# Connect to WorkSpaces Applications on Windows Client
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After the WorkSpaces Applications client for Windows is installed on your PC, you can use it to connect to WorkSpaces Applications.

**Topics**
+ [WorkSpaces Applications Client Connection Modes](client-application-windows-connection-modes-user.md)
+ [Connect to WorkSpaces Applications](client-application-windows-how-to-connect-user.md)
+ [How to Switch WorkSpaces Applications Connection Modes](client-application-windows-how-to-switch-connection-modes-user.md)

# WorkSpaces Applications Client Connection Modes
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The WorkSpaces Applications client provides two connection modes: *Native application mode* and *classic mode*. The connection mode that you choose determines the options that are available to you during application streaming, and how your streaming applications function and display. In addition, **Desktop view** is also available, if your administrator has enabled it.

**Native application mode**

Native application mode lets you work with remote streaming applications in much the same way that you work with applications that are installed on your local PC. 

When you connect to WorkSpaces Applications in native application mode, the WorkSpaces Applications Application Launcher window opens and displays the list of applications that are available for you to stream. When you open a streaming application in this mode, the WorkSpaces Applications Application Launcher window remains open, and the application opens in its own window. During your streaming session, the remote streaming application functions in much the same way as a locally installed application. The application icon is displayed in the taskbar of your local PC, just as the icons do for your local applications. Unlike the icons for your local applications, the icons for your streaming applications in native application mode include the WorkSpaces Applications logo.

During your WorkSpaces Applications streaming session, you can switch quickly between your locally installed applications and your remote streaming applications by clicking the taskbar icon of the remote or local application you want to work with. You can also switch WorkSpaces Applications connection modes. If you want to work in classic mode instead, you can switch from native application mode to classic mode.

**Classic mode**

When you use classic application mode, you work with remote streaming applications in the WorkSpaces Applications session window. If your administrator has made more than one application available to you, you can open multiple applications during your session. All applications that you open are displayed in the same WorkSpaces Applications session window. 

When you connect to WorkSpaces Applications in classic mode, the WorkSpaces Applications Application Launcher window opens and displays the list of applications that are available for you to stream. When you open a streaming application in this mode, the Application Launcher window closes, and the application opens in the WorkSpaces Applications session window.

If your administrator has not disabled native application mode, you can switch from classic mode to native application mode. For more information, see [How to Switch WorkSpaces Applications Connection Modes](client-application-windows-how-to-switch-connection-modes-user.md).

**Desktop view**

When you connect to WorkSpaces Applications and choose **Desktop view**, WorkSpaces Applications provides a standard Windows desktop view for your streaming session. The icons of applications that are available for you to stream appear on the Windows desktop. In addition, the WorkSpaces Applications toolbar, which enables you to configure settings for your streaming session, appears in the top left area of your streaming session window.

# Connect to WorkSpaces Applications
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Follow these steps to connect to WorkSpaces Applications and start an application streaming session.

1. If your administrator requires you to sign in first through your organization's sign-in page, complete the tasks in this step, then proceed to step 3.

   If your administrator doesn't require you to sign in through your organization's sign-in page, skip the tasks in this step and proceed to step 2.

   1. Navigate to your organizational sign-in page and enter your domain credentials when prompted.

   1. After you sign in, you are redirected to the WorkSpaces Applications portal, which displays one or more applications that are available for your WorkSpaces Applications streaming session. **Desktop View** is also available, if enabled by your administrator.

   1. Choose an application or, if available, **Desktop View**.

1. If your administrator doesn't require you to sign in first through your organization's sign-in page, complete the following steps to start the WorkSpaces Applications client:

   1. On your local computer where the WorkSpaces Applications client is installed, in the lower left of your screen, choose the Windows search icon on the taskbar and enter **AppStream** in the Search box. 

   1. In the search results, select ** Amazon AppStream** to start the WorkSpaces Applications client.

   1. On the WorkSpaces Applications client sign-in page, you can choose whether to use the client in native application mode or classic mode.
      + To use native application mode, keep the **Start in native application mode** check box selected. 
      +  To use classic mode, clear the **Start in native application mode** check box.

   1. Do either of the following:
      + If the client sign-in page is prepopulated with a web address (URL), choose **Connect**.
      + If the client sign-in page is not prepopulated with a URL, enter the URL that your WorkSpaces Applications administrator provided for WorkSpaces Applications, and then choose **Connect**. If you don't know the URL, contact your administrator.

   1. After a few moments, the WorkSpaces Applications portal opens, displaying one or more applications that are available for your WorkSpaces Applications streaming session. **Desktop View** is also available, if enabled by your administrator.

   1. Choose an application or, if available, **Desktop View**.

1. Depending on the authentication settings that your WorkSpaces Applications administrator enabled, after you choose an application or **Desktop View**, you might be prompted to enter your Active Directory domain credentials to sign in to your WorkSpaces Applications session. If this is the case, do one of the following:
   + If your organization has enabled password authentication, enter your Active Directory domain password, and then choose **Password sign in**.
   + If your organization has enabled smart card authentication, select **Choose a smart card**, follow the instructions to choose your smart card certificate and enter your smart card PIN, and then choose **Smart card sign in**.
   + If your organization has enabled both authentication methods, either enter your Active Directory domain password and choose **Password sign in**, or select **Choose a smart card**, and follow the instructions to complete the smart card sign-in.

# How to Switch WorkSpaces Applications Connection Modes
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If your administrator has not disabled native application mode for your streaming sessions, you can switch between native application mode and classic mode.

**To switch from native application mode to classic mode**

1. In the upper left of the WorkSpaces Applications Application Launcher window, choose the **Settings** icon, and then choose **Switch to classic mode**. 

1. When you switch to classic mode, the Application Launcher window closes and the WorkSpaces Applications session window opens. Any application that you are streaming in native application mode opens in the WorkSpaces Applications session window.

Follow these steps to switch from classic mode to native application mode.

**To switch from classic mode to native application mode**

1. In the upper left of the WorkSpaces Applications session window, choose the **Settings** icon, and then choose **Switch to native application mode**.

1. When you switch from classic mode back to native application mode, the WorkSpaces Applications session window closes and the WorkSpaces Applications Application Launcher window opens. Any application that you are streaming in classic mode opens in a separate window.