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When you consider that Amazon created AWS as part of an exercise in delivering customer configurable e-commerce solutions, the uses that it has been since put have dwarfed its modest beginnings. Amazon Workspaces uses AWS to deliver virtual desktops centrally controlled by an IT Team to adjust to changing business circumstances rapidly. DaaS, or Desktop As A Service, isn’t unique to Amazon, but it's an area that they’ve expressed an interest in exploiting to expand their indirect customers for AWS. The increase in home working has boosted the number of people using a DaaS model and revealed some commercial opportunities for those with the right combination of flexibility and pricing. Let’s look at Amazon WorkSpaces and see if it delivers the true DaaS experience or a me-too offering. (Image credit: Future) Plans and pricing Pricing is complicated due to all the potential variations that Amazon has in terms of the virtual systems, storage and if you go with a flat mon...