Explain the features of Amazon WorkDocs

In this recipe, we will learn about Amazon WorkDocs We will also learn about the features of Amazon WorkDocs.

Recipe Objective - Explain the features of Amazon WorkDocs?

The Amazon WorkDocs is widely used and defined as a secure content creation, storage, and collaboration solution which is completely managed. Users can simply create, modify, and share material with Amazon WorkDocs, and because it's hosted centrally on AWS, users can access it from anywhere on any device. Amazon WorkDocs makes it simple to communicate with others, allowing users to effortlessly share material, offer detailed comments, and change documents collaboratively. Also, by shifting file shares to the cloud, users may retire outdated file share infrastructure using Amazon WorkDocs. Amazon WorkDocs allows users to interface with their existing systems and provides a robust API for creating their own content-rich apps. User's material is protected on the world's largest cloud infrastructure, and Amazon WorkDocs is built on Amazon Web Services. There are no upfront costs or obligations with Amazon WorkDocs and Users just pay for the storage you utilise and active user accounts.

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Benefits of Amazon WorkDocs

  • The Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed solution that allows users to eliminate costly network file sharing and migrate documents to the cloud quickly and easily. Users just pay for the active user accounts on their site using Amazon WorkDocs pay-as-you-go pricing. Users may launch material immediately from Windows File Explorer, Mac Finder, or Amazon WorkSpaces using the Amazon WorkDocs Drive, all without using up critical local disc space and thus it migrates users on-premise file servers and reduces costs significantly. Amazon WorkDocs can quickly share documents with teams and invite external users for cross-organizational collaboration and users can follow site-wide collaborative activity by file, folder, or user name using the real-time Activity Feed. Also, With Amazon WorkDocs' commenting, highlighting, and seeking feedback features, users can cut down on extended email conversations. Granular searching can also help users locate input from coworkers across many papers and thus it securely shares with internal teams and external users in real-time. With Amazon WorkDocs, users can store their documents on the world's biggest global cloud infrastructure, which was created to meet the needs of our most security-conscious clients. Both in transit and at rest, your data is secured. Also, to find out who is accessing what, look at the user and admin activity tracking. Users may also simply maintain compliance with Amazon WorkDocs: HIPAA-compliant, GDPR- and PCI-DSS-compliant, SOC reports 1-3-evaluated, and matched with ISO compliance criteria, Amazon WorkDocs is HIPAA-eligible, GDPR- and PCI-DSS-compliant and thus it secures their content in the cloud.

System Requirements

  • Any Operating System(Mac, Windows, Linux)

This recipe explains Amazon WorkDocs and the Features of Amazon WorkDocs.

Features of Amazon WorkDocs

    • It provides extensible API and part of the AWS SDK

Amazon WorkDocs SDK includes an extensible API that provides admin and user-level actions for a user administration, permission management, sharing, commenting, metadata, labelling, and activity tracking. The Amazon WorkDocs SDK(Software Developer Kit) is part of the AWS SDK so users can easily take advantage of the power of AWS for security, monitoring, business logic, analytics, storage, artificial intelligence, and app development.

    • It is Compliant and Active Directory Integration

Amazon WorkDocs is PCI DSS compliant, HIPAA eligible and aligns with ISO compliance requirements. Amazon WorkDocs helps users meet their regulatory and compliance requirements for collaboration and file management. With Amazon WorkDocs, users can store and collaborate on files which contain sensitive financial and medical data. Amazon WorkDocs also has ISO 27001, 27107, and 27018 and ISO 9001 certifications to help users demonstrate their commitment to information security. Amazon WorkDocs lets users use their Active Directory to manage their users. If users use Active Directory, they can create user groups, enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), and configure single sign-on (SSO) for their Amazon WorkDocs site. User customers can also log in with their existing credentials when users use Active Directory with Amazon WorkDocs.

    • It provides Data Residency and Data Retention

Amazon WorkDocs provides an option to specify in which AWS Region to store their content to help meet data residency requirements. User customers can access their Amazon WorkDocs site from anywhere in the world regardless of which AWS region users choose. Amazon WorkDocs lets users specify a site-wide data retention policy for their users’ files and folders. With a data retention policy, users can recover user-deleted files and folders during the retention policy period. Also, Retention policies are applied to all files and folders associated with an Amazon WorkDocs site, and the retention policy can be adjusted from the default of 60 days to any value from 0 to 365 days.

    • It provides Migration Tool

Users may configure migration tasks and the destination WorkDocs account and site to move data to use the Amazon WorkDocs migration service application. Also, users may plan the migration job to run at a certain time as a one-time data transfer operation or arrange it to run regularly to minimise user downtime. Further, the migration service application gives users the most up-to-date information and progress on user's migration operations, as well as thorough reports once the migration is finished.

  • It provides Drive Letter Selection

 

Users may choose any custom drive letter with Amazon WorkDocs Drive depending on their organization's setups, requirements, or preferences. Also, Users can also send a specific drive letter to everyone in your company. This functionality provides their company with the freedom and controls it needs to choose a custom drive letter for their virtual WorkDocs Drive.

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