Thanks for reaching out and sharing your question.
It looks like Windows on AWS is a client-server environment. Storyline isn't supported in client-server environments. These environments share or divide virtual resources among multiple client machines, which causes problems for authoring apps like Storyline.
Storyline must be installed on the local computer's hard drive (typically the C: drive) and use the local processor, memory, and audio/video hardware to work properly.
Is it in the Articulate road map to support a client-server environment like workspaces on AWS? It would be great to have an option other than a physical windows PC.
(For example, the only reason my small business purchases windows PC is because it is a requirement to run Articulate software. I ran into a hardware issue on my windows PC, and having a virtualized option would be a huge benefit and positive way to avoid delays from wait times experienced when a physical machine has to be repaired - and a replacement to be quickly secured.)
Support for a client-server environment is not yet on our roadmap, but we'll keep monitoring the demand for this. You can also reach out directly to our product team by raising a feature request to let them know about your interest in seeing support added for this feature!
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Hi Daya,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing your question.
It looks like Windows on AWS is a client-server environment. Storyline isn't supported in client-server environments. These environments share or divide virtual resources among multiple client machines, which causes problems for authoring apps like Storyline.
Storyline must be installed on the local computer's hard drive (typically the C: drive) and use the local processor, memory, and audio/video hardware to work properly.
Is it in the Articulate road map to support a client-server environment like workspaces on AWS? It would be great to have an option other than a physical windows PC.
(For example, the only reason my small business purchases windows PC is because it is a requirement to run Articulate software. I ran into a hardware issue on my windows PC, and having a virtualized option would be a huge benefit and positive way to avoid delays from wait times experienced when a physical machine has to be repaired - and a replacement to be quickly secured.)
Hi Bridget,
Support for a client-server environment is not yet on our roadmap, but we'll keep monitoring the demand for this. You can also reach out directly to our product team by raising a feature request to let them know about your interest in seeing support added for this feature!