AWS offers a suite of products that can assist with routine office productivity tasks, such as document sharing, remote desktops, chat, and email. In this chapter, you will learn the basics of these services so that you can replace expensive on-premises resources with cloud-based alternatives.
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Creating a place for employees to share files with WorkDocs
- Hosting desktops in the cloud and allowing users to connect remotely using WorkSpaces
- Giving your users a place to chat and conduct video calls with Chime
- Exploring the use of Alexa for Business
- Hosting your company's email with WorkMail
After completing the recipes in this chapter, you will be ready to move more of your important business applications to a consolidated cloud environment.
