Windows 365 is a simplified VDI service, but partners will still be needed to provide systems integration support. Managed service provider partners also will be involved with Windows 365.

Microsoft has reversed an earlier position and now plans to support the use of Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019, even for organizations using it in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI ...

Microsoft has unveiled their greatly anticipated cloud-based Windows 365 service - a virtualized desktop service allowing businesses to deploy and stream Cloud PCs from Azure.

Scott Manchester Microsoft is combining its Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 units under Scott Manchester, a 21-year Microsoft veteran who is the architect of the Microsoft cloud workspace ...

Compared to other VDI options, “the benefits of an as-a-service model apply [with Windows 365] in alleviating the need to dedicate significant resources to just keeping the lights on for the ...

Microsoft today officially announced Windows 365 and Cloud PC, a cloud-powered virtualization service that lets businesses deploy, manage, and run Windows 10 and Windows 11 via the cloud.

Microsoft is also using a new term, Cloud PC, to distinguish Windows 365 from both the complexity of traditional VDI for the IT team, and the usually poor VDI experience for users, with VMs that ...

Windows 365 serves a full Microsoft Windows experience - including personal apps, data and settings - from the cloud to any device with an internet connection. Image courtesy of Microsoft.

At a stroke, Windows 365 cannibalizes much of that market, but at the same time, it opens up a much bigger marketplace — one that Microsoft estimates is four times larger — that was never going to go ...