File sync and share applications have become a cornerstone of collaboration in modern organizations; securing and managing content is an ongoing challenge. Amazon WorKDocs is a fully managed, secure file storage and sharing service with strong administrative controls and feedback capabilities. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how you can use Amazon WorkDocs to manage files and secure content, and show you how we’re shaping Amazon WorkDocs to be a full-fledged productivity tool for users. We'll also present a technical overview of the WorkDocs SDKs, and how they allow you to use existing IT tools for antivirus protection, data loss prevention, analystics, and more.
Similar to AWS re:Invent 2016: Store and collaborate on content securely with Amazon WorkDocs and use the SDKs to integrate with your existing IT tools (BAP206)
Similar to AWS re:Invent 2016: Store and collaborate on content securely with Amazon WorkDocs and use the SDKs to integrate with your existing IT tools (BAP206) (20)
2. What to Expect from the Session
1. Why Amazon WorkDocs?
2. Benefits
3. Security, Administration, Costs
4. WorkDocs SDKs
5. Demos (Applications on SDKs)
6. Recap/ QnA
3. What is Amazon WorkDocs?
Amazon WorkDocs is an easy to use, file management service for
businesses that enables users to store, share, and collaborate on
documents from anywhere and on any device
4. Why Amazon WorkDocs?
Users are motivated by:
• Simplicity
• Anywhere, anytime access
• Offline access
• Rich feedback controls
IT Admins are motivated by:
• Enterprise-grade security
• Ease of administration
• Scale & agility
• Options to integrate with enterprise applications and tools
• Low costs
5. Benefit: Anywhere anytime access
Web and mobile clients
(iOS and Android)
Sync for Windows and
Mac (selective sync,
real-time status)
Offline access In-browser rendering
of over 35 file types
6. Benefit: Simple file management
Upload via the
browser, mobile apps,
local sync folder, and
drag and drop
Auto support for
unlimited file
versions, Recycle
bin
Manage file and
folders from one
place
Controls: Disable
downloads or
comments.
File actions: Open,
download, rename,
move, delete, share
8. Enterprise grade security
All data is encrypted in
transit and at rest
Choose from six AWS regions Policies and roles for
sharing behavior
Site controls to manage
site access and audit
Secure accounts by authentication
features like Single Sign-on (SSO)
Multi-factor authentication
(MFA) using a RADIUS
server
WorkDocs has ISO 9001, 27001, 27017, and 27018 Certifications
10. Low Costs
Pay-as-You-Go
No minimum user or long-term commitments
Free trial – 30 days for 50 users
Expand storage as needed at local S3 rates
$5/user/month
(North America rate)
1TB
of storage
$2/user/month for Amazon
WorkSpaces users
1TB
of storage
Free tier for Amazon
WorkSpaces users
50GB
of storage
11. Product updates (Last 3 months)
User experience: Modern and intuitive user experience for the web, mobile, and desktop
clients
Commenting enhancements: threaded comments, private comments, comments
formatting, commenting controls
Sync client: Real-time insights into sync status, more reliable
More storage for the same price: Default storage upped from 200 GB to 1 TB without any
price increase
Administrative APIs: Build or integrate applications to manage users, content, and
permissions
13. What our customers have told us
We want to extend existing scanning and security tools used in our businesses to
work with the content stored in WorkDocs
We want to migrate content from on-premises infrastructure or other cloud solutions
We want to build customized user interfaces, programs, and workflows on top of the
content stored in WorkDocs
We want business applications to be integrated to consume content from or push
content to WorkDocs
14. Highlights
Java and Python SDK Perform CRUD actions on users,
folders, files, and permissions
Granular access
control via AWS IAM
Integrated with
AWS CloudTrail, audit trails
Real-time notifications via
Amazon SNS
Authentication via AWS
standard signature version 4
15. Key Use Cases
Content Migration
Migrate users, content,
and permissions from on
premises and cloud-
based storage systems
Auditing
Perform site/ user/
content audits to ensure
regulatory compliance
Data Loss Prevention
Scan site in real-time for
user activity and new
content updates to
detect and remediate
policy and compliance
violations
Content Integration
Surface WorkDocs
content natively in web
and mobile applications
16. Powerful content
management using the
WorkDocs SDKs
WorkDocs
SDKs
File Categories
Folder Categories
Attributes
Contextual search
Saved views
Suggestions
Jim Groff – CEO Dokkio
Demo by Dokkio
17. Scan files for sensitive
data in real-time
Demo – Content scanning
WorkDocs SDKs
Quarantine file
Notifications
Scan for sensitive data
Real-time
18. Preview Partners*
Custom migration solution to move multimedia content from internal
file servers to WorkDocs: Shared with subscribers (businesses, law
firms, universities) worldwide
Integrated WorkDocs into Migration Manager, a self-service cloud
service that helps customers move content between on premise and
cloud storage services
Integrated WorkDocs content to DocuMill Discovery, a multi-repository
visual content search solution
*Not a full list
Integrated WorkDocs into their cloud content integration service, for
instant discovery and tagging of enterprise content across multiple
repositories
19. Remember, Amazon WorkDocs enables…
• Fully managed simple file management
• Anywhere, anytime access to files
• Built-in security
• Privacy by design
• Fast and consistent performance
• Rich feedback controls
• Lowers complexity and cost
• Developers to integrate applications
20. Thank you!
Follow-ups: Prav Tiwana: pravjit@amazon.com
Sign up for API Preview: https://pages.awscloud.com/workdocs-sdk-preview.html
22. APIs
Users Folders Documents Permissions Notifications
• Create User
• Activate User
• Describe Users
• Update User
• Delete User
• Create Folder
• Get Folder
• Get Folder Path
• Update Folder
• Delete Folder
• Describe Folder
• Delete Folder Contents
• Get Document
• Delete Document
• Get Document Path
• Get Document Version
• Describe Document
Versions
• Initiate Document
Version Upload
• Abort Document Version
Upload
• Update Document
Version
• Add Resource
Permissions
• Describe Resource
Permissions
• Remove Resource
Permission
• Remove All Resource
Permissions
• Subscribe to
Notifications
• Unsubscribe from
Notifications
23. APIs: Developer and site admin lifecycle
WorkDocs Site
Admin
Discover apps in
AWS
Marketplace
Deploy 3rd
party apps
Admin Set up AWS
IAM policy
Run app on
WorkDocs
site
Developer
Lifecycle
Gets AWS
Developer ID
Request
Whitelisting
Developer Set up
WorkDocs
Test Site
Build App
using
WorkDocs
SDKs
Test App Publish in
AWS
Marketplace