Amazon WorkDocs

• User needs: Data storage
• User profiles: Business Users, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Data Engineers
• User assumed knowledge: /

Service description: Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed, secure content creation, storage, and collaboration service. With Amazon WorkDocs, you can easily create, edit, and share content, and because it’s stored centrally on AWS, access it from anywhere on any device. If you are using Amazon WorkSpaces, the WorkDocs can be automatically configured by using following wizard (icon on the Desktop). After configuring the wizard (steps are explained below), the WorkDocs file system appears as a directory on your machine. If you want to connect from your local computer, you can use the web client to perform data operations on your WorkDocs. Using the web client allows you to access the WorkDocs environment from any compatible browser. To see the latest list of compatible browsers, please refer to the web client documentation.

Accessing Amazon WorkDocs uising the web client

1. To connect to the Amazon WorkDocs web client, simply navigate to: https://d-93671a9d1c.awsapps.com/workdocs

2. You will be requested to provide your email address and then your username and password.

After this has been provided, you are logged in to the WorkDocs.

1. In the WorkDocs, you can Upload a file by clicking “Upload” in the upper-right corner:

1. Additionally, when a file is uploaded, you can click the file and click Actions to Open or download the file:

Accessing Amazon WorkDocs via the file explorer within your Amazon WorkSpaces

When you are using Amazon WorkSpaces, you can easily add your WorkDocs drive to your file explorer by following the below steps.

1. In your Desktop, double click on the “Install Amazon WorkDocs” shortcut.

If you cannot find this shortcut, navigate to the following address in your file explorer: C:\Program Files\Amazon

And click on the “AmazonWorkDocsSetup.exe”

1. A Wizard will pop up to guide your through the WorkDocs installation:

1. For the WorkDocs site URL, enter:

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1. Provide the folder where you want your files to be synced to:

1. Choose whether you want to select the files in the folder to sync, or whether you want all the files in the folder to be synced:

1. You successfully added the directory, and the files are being synced:

You can now navigate to the folder where your files are synced to and upload or download folders to and from your WorkDocs.