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Amazon WorkSpaces Web Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser

Fully managed, cloud-native remote browser isolation service that streams web content from disposable AWS containers to end-user browsers.

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  1. Amazon WorkSpaces Web

    · AWS re:Invent 2021

    Launched in general availability on November 30, 2021 as a managed cloud browser service for secure access to internal websites and SaaS applications.

  2. Amazon WorkSpaces Secure BrowserCurrent name

    Rebranded from Amazon WorkSpaces Web to Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser in June 2024 while retaining the workspaces-web API, CLI, and IAM namespace.

What is Amazon WorkSpaces Web called now?

Amazon WorkSpaces Web is now called Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser, with the latest change on 25 June 2024. Fully managed, cloud-native remote browser isolation service that streams web content from disposable AWS containers to end-user browsers. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • WorkSpaces Web

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

AWS Service APIs / SDKsworkspaces-web
AWS CLI Commandsaws workspaces-web
IAM Actions & Policiesworkspaces-web:*
Terraform Resources (aws_*)aws_workspacesweb_portal aws_workspacesweb_browser_settings aws_workspacesweb_user_settings aws_workspacesweb_network_settings

The API endpoint (workspaces-web.<region>.amazonaws.com), AWS CLI (aws workspaces-web), IAM actions (workspaces-web:*), and Terraform resources (aws_workspacesweb_*) retain the legacy workspaces-web identifier.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Official AWS documentation ('What is Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser?') states: 'Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser was previously known as Amazon WorkSpaces Web.' The rebrand took effect in June 2024 alongside the addition of the AmazonWorkSpacesSecureBrowserReadOnly managed policy.
  • All programmatic primitives retain the original workspaces-web identifier for backward compatibility, including the API namespace (workspaces-web), AWS CLI (aws workspaces-web), IAM action prefix (workspaces-web:*), documentation path (/workspaces-web/), and Terraform resources (aws_workspacesweb_*).
  • Per the September 29, 2026 documentation notice, Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser closes to new customer sign-ups starting October 29, 2026, while existing customers continue to use the service as normal.

Sources & official documentation

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