Research and Engineering Studio on AWS Version 2025.03 now available

Today we’re excited to announce Research and Engineering Studio (RES) on AWS Version 2025.03. This release introduces the RES cost dashboard, supports custom instance lists by software stack, extends hibernation support to Linux virtual desktops, and supports virtual desktops running Windows 10 and 11.

Administrators now have access to the RES cost dashboard, which provides an overview of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) costs at a project level. Use the cost dashboard to get an overview of each project’s budget progress and view data related to historical spend.

RES 2024.08 introduced the ability to modify the list of allowable VDI instance types at the environment level. This release refines that feature by allowing administrators to assign any subset of allowed instances to specific software stacks. Assigning these software stacks to projects makes it possible to limit the instances available for VDIs at a project level.

RES 2025.03 also extends hibernation support to all supported Linux distributions and now supports launching VDIs with Windows 10 and 11. Software stacks now have an additional setting to launch VDIs with either shared, dedicated instance, or dedicated host tenancy to meet licensing requirements. Finally, the ability to create a software stack from a running session has returned. Use this as an alternative to EC2 Image Builder to streamline creation of custom Software Stacks and software images.

See the regional availability page for the list of regions where RES is available.

Check out additional release notes on Github to get started and deploy RES 2025.03.