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Create a custom Windows workspace

Create a custom Windows workspace

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Last updated: Jan 27, 2024
3 min read

Step 1: Select the Workspaces and Labs perspective then under Cloud Formations, find a formation with a Windows icon such as Windows 2022.

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Step 2: Right click on the formation then select Clone and name the cloned Windows cloud formation "my-windows”.

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A new my-windows formation will appear under cloud formations

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Step 3: Click on the new “my-windows“ cloud formation, then click Yes, an icon will show under Sessions. After a few minutes, a green tick will appear on the upper left corner of the session.

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Step 4: Click your session to get the connectivity information then click on the RDP file link to download it.

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Step 5: Execute the RDP file then click Connect.

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Step 6: Input the displayed Administrator password, click OK.

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Step 7: Click yes to accept the certificate.

! You are now connected to your instance via RDP and you have full admin rights.

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Step 8: Install Firefox.

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Step 9: Create a new machine image.

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Step 10: Share the “my-windows“ cloud formation with a user or an organization.

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Step 11: Now shutdown your machine to stop incurring hourly cloud costs, you will only incur costs for storing the machine image that you have just created.

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