AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read-only access to Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client and its dependencies

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v5
Created: 2024-07-19
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: appstream, thinclient, workspaces, workspaces-web

Control-plane actions (15)

By access level: 6 List, 9 Read.

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
WorkSpaces Thin Client	9 of 18	5 List, 4 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	thinclient:GetDevice, thinclient:GetDeviceDetails, thinclient:GetEnvironment, thinclient:GetSoftwareSet, thinclient:ListDeviceSessions, thinclient:ListDevices, thinclient:ListEnvironments, thinclient:ListSoftwareSets, thinclient:ListTagsForResource
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)

WorkSpaces Thin Client: 9 actions

thinclient:GetDevice (Read)
thinclient:GetDeviceDetails (Read)
thinclient:GetEnvironment (Read)
thinclient:GetSoftwareSet (Read)
thinclient:ListDeviceSessions (List)
thinclient:ListDevices (List)
thinclient:ListEnvironments (List)
thinclient:ListSoftwareSets (List)
thinclient:ListTagsForResource (List)

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: all-resources.

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

Why this tier

Grants only List and Read actions.

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": "AllowThinClientReadAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "thinclient:GetDevice",
        "thinclient:GetDeviceDetails",
        "thinclient:GetEnvironment",
        "thinclient:GetSoftwareSet",
        "thinclient:ListDevices",
        "thinclient:ListDeviceSessions",
        "thinclient:ListEnvironments",
        "thinclient:ListSoftwareSets",
        "thinclient:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "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": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, 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/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkSpacesThinClientReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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