# Configure a Connection Method for Your WorkSpaces Applications Client Users
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After you install the WorkSpaces Applications client on your users' local computers, they can use the WorkSpaces Applications client to connect to a streaming session. Depending on your organizational requirements, you can provide client users with access to WorkSpaces Applications by doing one of the following: Setting up identity federation using SAML 2.0, using an WorkSpaces Applications user pool, or creating a streaming URL.

**Topics**
+ [SAML 2.0](use-client-start-streaming-session-SAML.md)
+ [WorkSpaces Applications User Pool](use-client-start-streaming-session-user-pool.md)
+ [Streaming URL](use-client-start-streaming-session-streaming-URL.md)
+ [Next Steps](use-client-start-streaming-session-next-steps.md)

# SAML 2.0
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If you use external identity providers to federate your users to an WorkSpaces Applications stack, you must create a registry value to configure the WorkSpaces Applications client with a prepopulated URL whenever the client is launched. The URL must use a certificate that is trusted by the device. The certificate must contain a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) that includes the URL's domain name.

For more information, see:
+ [Setting Up SAML](external-identity-providers-setting-up-saml.md)
+ [Set the StartURL Registry Value for WorkSpaces Applications Client Users](install-client-configure-settings.md#set-start-url-registry-value)

# WorkSpaces Applications User Pool
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When you create a new user in the WorkSpaces Applications user pool, or assign a user pool user to an WorkSpaces Applications stack, WorkSpaces Applications sends email to users on your behalf. Users enter the URL that was provided to them in the welcome email, enter their credentials, and then choose **Connect**.

For more information, see [Amazon WorkSpaces Applications User Pools](user-pool.md).

# Streaming URL
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To create a streaming URL, use one of the following methods:
+ WorkSpaces Applications console
+ The [CreateStreamingURL](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/latest/APIReference/API_CreateStreamingURL.html) API action 
+ The [create-streaming-url](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/appstream/create-streaming-url.html) AWS CLI command

To create a streaming URL by using the WorkSpaces Applications console, complete the steps in the following procedure.

**To create a streaming URL by using the WorkSpaces Applications console**

1. Open the WorkSpaces Applications console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/home).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Fleets**.

1. In the list of fleets, choose the fleet that is associated with the stack for which you want to create a streaming URL. Verify that the status of the fleet is **Running**.

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Stacks**. Choose the stack, and then choose **Actions**, **Create streaming URL**.

1. In **User id**, enter the user ID.

1. For **URL Expiration**, choose an expiration time, which determines how long the generated URL is valid. This URL is valid for a maximum of seven days.

1. Choose **Get URL**.

1. Copy the URL, save it to an accessible location, and then provide it to your users.

   In the WorkSpaces Applications client sign-in page, users enter the streaming URL that you created as the web address, and then choose **Connect**. 

# Next Steps
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After you configure a client connection method, you can provide your users with the following step-by-step guidance to help them connect to WorkSpaces Applications and start a streaming session: [Connect to WorkSpaces Applications on Windows Client](client-application-windows-start-streaming-session-user.md) or [Connect to WorkSpaces Applications on macOS client](client-application-mac-start-streaming-session-user.md).