Document history for the Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser Administration Guide - Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser

Document history for the Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser Administration Guide

The following table describes the documentation releases for Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser.

ChangeDescriptionDate

Data Protection Settings

Add Data Protection Settings to help protect data from being shared during a session.

November 20, 2024

FIPS endpoints

Protect data in transit with FIPS endpoints.

October 7, 2024

Session management dashboard

Use the session management dashboard to monitor and manage active and complete sessions.

September 19, 2024

Allow deep links

Allow portals to receive deep links that connect users to a specific website during a session.

June 25, 2024

Managed policy update

Added AmazonWorkSpacesSecureBrowserReadOnly managed policy

June 24, 2024

Use the toolbar to zoom

You can increase the size of the display, icons, and text with the toolbar.

May 1, 2024

New web portal settings

You can now specify Instance type and Max concurrent user limit for your web portal.

April 22, 2024

CloudWatch metrics

Added GlobalCpuPercent and GlobalMemoryPercent metrics.

February 26, 2024

Set up URL filtering

You can use Chrome Policy to filter which URLs users can access from their remote browser.

February 21, 2024

IdP authentication types

You can choose either the standard or IAM Identity Center authentication type.

February 5, 2024

Enable extension for single sign-on

You can enable an extension for your end users to have a better portal sign-on experience.

August 28, 2023

User guidance for Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser

Added content to help guide end users, who want to learn more about accessing Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser, launching and configuring a session, and using the toolbar and web browser.

July 17, 2023

IP access controls

WorkSpaces Secure Browser allows you to control which IP addresses your web portal can be accessed from.

May 31, 2023

Managed policy update

Updated AmazonWorkSpacesWebReadOnly managed policy

May 15, 2023

Configure identity provider update

WorkSpaces Secure Browser offers two authentication types: Standard and AWS IAM Identity Center

March 15, 2023

Browser policy update

Updated and restructured browser policy section

January 31, 2023

Managed policy update

Updated AmazonWorkSpacesWebServiceRolePolicy managed policy

December 15, 2022

Allowlist and blocklist

Specify the Allowlist and Blocklist to specify a list of domains that your users can or cannot access.

November 14, 2022

Managed policy update

Updated AmazonWorkSpacesWebReadOnly managed policy

November 2, 2022

Managed policy update

Updated AmazonWorkSpacesWebServiceRolePolicy managed policy

October 24, 2022

User access logging

Set up user access logging to record user events

October 17, 2022

Networking updates

Various updates to "Networking and access" section

September 22, 2022

Managed policy update

Updated AmazonWorkSpacesWebServiceRolePolicy managed policy

September 6, 2022

Configure user sessions

Configure the Input Method Editor (IME) and in-session localization

July 28, 2022

Networking updates

Various updates to "Networking and access" section

July 7, 2022

Timeout values

Specify the Disconnect timeout in minutes and Idle disconnect timeout in minutes

May 16, 2022

Updated managed policy

Updated the AmazonWorkSpacesWebServiceRolePolicy managed policy to add the AWS/Usage namespace to the PutMetricData API permissions

April 6, 2022

Service-linked role

New AWSServiceRoleForAmazonWorkSpacesWeb service-linked role

November 30, 2021

Managed policy

New AmazonWorkSpacesWebReadOnly managed policy

November 30, 2021

Managed policy

New AmazonWorkSpacesWebServiceRolePolicy managed policy

November 30, 2021

Initial release

Initial release of the WorkSpaces Secure Browser Administration Guide

November 30, 2021