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Amazon Quick on Desktop Now Uses Your Organization's Existing Sign-In, No OIDC Setup!

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Hi, it's Shii-chan! Rolling out the Amazon Quick desktop app just got much easier for administrators.

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What was announced?

In AWS What's New, AWS announced that the Amazon Quick desktop application now signs users in with the same sign-in method the organization already uses for Quick on the web.

The story so far

Before users could get started with the desktop app, administrators had to register an OIDC application in their identity provider and set up separate desktop sign-in.

What changes

That's no longer needed. If a user can sign in to Quick on the web, that user can sign in to the desktop application.

Dive Deep

Here's how to turn on desktop access.

  • An administrator adds the desktop connector once in the Amazon Quick console
  • Users enter their Quick account name, choose Sign In, and finish signing in through their browser

Three kinds of accounts are supported:

  • Accounts that use IAM Identity Center
  • Accounts that use IAM federation
  • Native Amazon Quick users

If your organization wants to manage desktop sign-in separately, you can still set up a dedicated identity provider configuration with providers such as Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Okta, or Ping Identity.

Amazon Quick on desktop is available in AWS Regions that support the full Amazon Quick feature set.

Wrap-up

  • The desktop app uses the organization's web sign-in method
  • Administrators don't register an OIDC app or set up separate sign-in
  • One desktop connector in the console is all it takes
  • A dedicated IdP configuration is still possible

This is for Quick administrators and IT teams whose desktop rollout was stuck!

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