Microsoft has today announced a new Cloud PC service for businesses called Windows 365. It is essentially a business-exclusive service that lets organizations give their employees access to a Windows PC-in-a-cloud via a web browser. So, the service is a simpler version of Microsoft’s existing Azure Virtual Desktop service, without the hassle of setting up an Azure Virtual Desktop environment in the cloud.
The Redmond giant announced the service via an official blog post. The Windows 365 service will work with any modern web browser or through Microsoft’s Remote Desktop app. It will be available for businesses once it launches globally on August 2.
Microsoft will offer two editions of Windows 365 – a Business Edition and an Enterprise Edition. Both are powered by the company’s Azure Virtual Desktop and lets businesses configure full-fledged Cloud PCs, ranging from a cloud PC with a single CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 64GB of internal storage to a high-end machine with up to 8 CPUs, 32GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage.
As for security, Microsoft says that Windows 365 helps solve today’s critical security challenges with a focus on Zero Trust architecture and securely storing information on the cloud rather than the system itself. Moreover, tools like Multifactor Authentication (MFA) integrated with Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) ensures login verification when accessing a Cloud PC.
