AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess

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Summary

Provides full access to Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client as well as limited access to required related services

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess
Default version: v7
Created: 2024-08-09
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: appstream, iam, thinclient, workspaces, workspaces-web

Control-plane actions (25)

By access level: 6 List, 9 Read, 2 Tagging, 8 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
AppStream 2.0	1 of 90	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	appstream:DescribeStacks
IAM	1 of 190	1 Write; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole
WorkSpaces Thin Client	All 18 actions (see the WorkSpaces Thin Client page)	5 List, 4 Read, 2 Tagging, 7 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	thinclient:*
WorkSpaces	2 of 103	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	workspaces:DescribeConnectionAliases, workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceDirectories
WorkSpaces Secure Browser	3 of 75	3 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	workspaces-web:GetPortal, workspaces-web:GetUserSettings, workspaces-web:ListPortals

AppStream 2.0: 1 actions

appstream:DescribeStacks (List)

IAM: 1 actions

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole (Write)

WorkSpaces: 2 actions

workspaces:DescribeConnectionAliases (Read)
workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceDirectories (Read)

WorkSpaces Secure Browser: 3 actions

workspaces-web:GetPortal (Read)
workspaces-web:GetUserSettings (Read)
workspaces-web:ListPortals (Read)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: thinclient (7 of 7).

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowThinClientFullAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "thinclient:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowWorkSpacesAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "workspaces:DescribeConnectionAliases",
        "workspaces:DescribeWorkspaceDirectories"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowWorkSpacesSecureBrowserAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "workspaces-web:GetPortal",
        "workspaces-web:GetUserSettings",
        "workspaces-web:ListPortals"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowAppStreamAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "appstream:DescribeStacks"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/aws-service-role/monitoring.thinclient.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForAmazonWorkSpacesThinClientMonitoring",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "iam:AWSServiceName": "monitoring.thinclient.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonworkspacesthinclientfullaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientFullAccess"),
);

Sources

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