Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer

Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces monitors the usage duration of a WorkSpace throughout the calendar month and automatically adjusts the WorkSpace's state to the most cost-effective billing option. While this is not a mandatory requirement, we strongly recommend installing and initially configuring it in "Dry Run" mode, which lists recommendations and actions without executing them.

This AWS service enables automatic switching of WorkSpaces between Hourly (AUTO_STOP) and Monthly Cost (ALWAYS_ON) modes on a monthly basis, ensuring optimized costs. In "Dry Run" mode, recommendations will be displayed in the WorkSpaces Manager Portal, but the suggested changes will not be applied.

For more details and deployment instructions, please refer to the link below: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/solutions/latest/workspaces-cost-optimizer/overview.html

Please ensure that you are in the correct region before deployment of Cost Optimizer.

After deploying the WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer, two S3 buckets will be created:

1. One bucket for logs → This bucket includes "logs" in its name and is used for storing logs related to WorkSpaces usage and optimizations.

2. One bucket for Cost Optimiser data → This is the bucket without "logs" in its name and should be used to configure the WorkSpaces Manager Configuration section.

In AWS, when deploying network configurations, there are typically two deployment templates based on the existing network configuration of the VPC, for which we have a different CloudFormation template:

• Hub Template: A centralized network architecture where multiple spoke VPCs connect to a single central VPC (Hub).

• Spoke Template: A peripheral VPC that connects to the Hub via a Transit Gateway or VPC Peering.