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Access your desktop - Research and Engineering Studio

End of development notice: AWS is discontinuing development of Research and Engineering Studio on AWS (RES). 2026.09 is the final release, supported through September 30, 2027. RES remains open source and keeps running in your account. For more information, see RES end of support.

Access your desktop

To access a virtual desktop, choose the card for the desktop and connect using either the web or a DCV client.

Web connection

Accessing your desktop through the web browser is the easiest method of connection.

  • Choose Connect, or choose the thumbnail to access your desktop directly through your browser.

    Access virtual desktop through browser
DCV connection

Accessing your desktop through a DCV client offers the best performance. To access via DCV:

  1. Choose DCV Session File to download the .dcv file. You will need a DCV client installed on your system.

    Virtual desktops

  2. For installation instructions, choose the ? icon.

    Access virtual desktop through DCV