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On the recordRead 12 Oct 202618 facts
Amazon DCV
Plans and prices
Amazon EC2
Free
No additional charge for Amazon DCV on EC2 · pay standard rates for EC2 instances and other features
Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Automatic evaluation license
Free
For servers outside EC2 · valid for 30 days after installation
Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Production license
Priced on request
Required outside EC2 · one license per concurrent session · perpetual and subscription licenses available · purchase through a distributor or reseller
Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
On the record
- Authorization
- Permissions files let administrators grant or deny specific users or groups access to DCV session features.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Clients
- Clients are available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and modern web browsers; the browser client is not supported on mobile operating systems.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Dynamic sessions support multiple collaborative clients connecting and disconnecting during a session.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Developer tools
- AWS provides a Web Client SDK for building customized browser clients and Session Manager APIs for managing sessions.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Displays
- Sessions can span up to four monitors, and native Windows and macOS clients support high pixel density monitors.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- File transfer
- Yesdocs.aws.amazon.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The Amazon DCV streaming protocol is used by Amazon WorkSpaces Applications, AWS Nimble Studio, and AWS RoboMaker.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- License limit
- Outside EC2, production licenses are floating licenses managed by a license server and limit the number of concurrent sessions.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Linux capabilities
- Linux servers support multiple virtual sessions and sharing physical GPUs between virtual sessions.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- Nodocs.aws.amazon.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Peripherals
- Features include audio, printing, clipboard, file transfer, touch and stylus input, gamepads, WebAuthn, smart cards, and USB remotization, with availability varying by server platform.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Amazon DCV is a high-performance remote display protocol for securely delivering remote desktops and application streaming from clouds or data centers.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Server platforms
- The server software is available for Windows, Linux, and Amazon EC2 Mac instances, while macOS server support is limited to EC2 Apple silicon instances.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Session management
- DCV Session Manager provides programmatic creation and lifecycle management for sessions across a fleet of servers.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Streaming
- The server compresses application visuals and streams them to clients as an encrypted pixel stream.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,Linux,macOS,web browserdocs.aws.amazon.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Use cases
- AWS describes DCV as serving high-performance computing visualization workloads, including oil and gas, life sciences, and design and engineering.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Video and bandwidth
- It supports H.264 encoding, lossless-quality compression when conditions allow, and adaptive compression based on bandwidth and latency.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 12 Oct 2026
