Posted on 07/14/2021 2:13:30 PM PDT by upchuck
What if you could use a Windows desktop PC without actually running Windows on your hardware? Microsoft has a solution for you: Windows 365, a cloud-based Windows desktop you can access from any device, including Macs, iPads, Chromebooks, Android phones, and Linux PCs.
To use a Windows 365 “Cloud PC” after the service launches on August 2, 2021, you just need a device with a modern web browser. Your Windows desktop in the cloud retains its current state even when you disconnect. If you’re editing an Excel spreadsheet and switch from a Mac to an iPad, for example, you’ll instantly see the desktop state right as you left it when you reconnect so you can get right back to work. It’s just like waking a PC from sleep mode.
The benefit is clear: You can run Windows applications without running Windows on your hardware. This means access to a full Windows 10 desktop on Macs, iPads, Chromebooks, and more—just as long as you have an internet connection. (When Windows 11 launches, you’ll be able to access a Windows 11 desktop in the same way.)
At launch, Windows 365 will only be available to businesses, and it will have a per-user monthly subscription cost. Microsoft offers a variety of different hardware configurations at different price points, all hosted on Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing service. Businesses will be able to easily spin up cloud PCs, manage them, and control access.
At launch, single-person businesses are eligible. It’s not just for large corporations with thousands of employees—and it’s easy to imagine Microsoft offering the service to consumers in the future, too.
Other services already offer cloud-based desktop PCs you can access in a browser for everything from gaming to productivity, but now Microsoft is offering its own solution.
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Windows in the cloud ping.
Call me when they announce Windows Never.
Now they’ll really be able to spy on you.
I won’t be using it.
h/t to my friend Leo in NJ.
What could go wrong?
Does it have a feature that sends your files to the NSA for proof reading? /s
Will Biden and Democrats be given snooping and, even worse, censorship privileges? Nothing is a safe from stupid bully Joe.
I’ll stay with my Linux machines.
What happens when you get the blue sky of death
Not to mention that typical EULA’s for cloud services is presumed ownership of all data that has used the cloud service. So, any income you create and use Windows 365, you could fund yourself having to cut Microsoft a check of your profits.
Switched to Linux. Never going back. 365 can pound sand with their $100 per year fee.
“SAAS (software as a service) has arrived. I’m not impressed.”
It’s been here since 2015. And it works.
What’s new here is the user interface, which is any browser. And the tacit admission of MS that they cannot control the end device.
Millions will opt for this.
I like buying and owning my software. I don’t need monthly draining charges and I don’t need continuous billing hassles.
Could really be helpful with onboarding and temporary employees/contractors.
All your data storage is not stored at FBI headquarters in D.C., but on wispy cloud, floating safely and securely way up in the atmosphere.
And when your Internet goes down you are screwed.
Me either.
More and more Linux.
no
its a built in realtime filter
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