# Configure a Connection Method for Your WorkSpaces Applications Client Users
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After you install the WorkSpaces Applications client on your users' local computers, they can use the WorkSpaces Applications client to connect to a streaming session. Depending on your organizational requirements, you can provide client users with access to WorkSpaces Applications by doing one of the following: Setting up identity federation using SAML 2.0, using an WorkSpaces Applications user pool, or creating a streaming URL.

**Topics**
+ [SAML 2.0](use-client-start-streaming-session-SAML.md)
+ [WorkSpaces Applications User Pool](use-client-start-streaming-session-user-pool.md)
+ [Streaming URL](use-client-start-streaming-session-streaming-URL.md)
+ [Next Steps](use-client-start-streaming-session-next-steps.md)