5 Things You Need To Know About The All New Windows 365: #5 Will Blow Your Mind.
Microsoft has just launched a new product aimed at users who want simple and cost-effective access to Windows 10 or Windows 11.
What is Windows 365?
Windows 365 is basically a Cloud PC, its personal computing taken to the next level.
Think about it as a way to access your Windows on from the internet/cloud - from virtually any device.
Imagine a situation where you can leave your traditional work PC/Desktop at work, get home and access the same PC from your personal laptop.
The benefits of such are enromous, think about it, you could Fly to Cape Town from OR Tambo without any device, get to your destination and simply login to your Windows PC from any other device over the internet.
So lets say you have a tables sitting around at home, an Android phone or mayne you have a chrome bookie a really old Windows OC, you could use any of these devices to login to your Cloud PC , with everything exactly how you left it on the previous devices you logged in with.
So let’s say you login to your tablet and then later login to your old laptop, you will get exactly how it was on the table.
Basically all you need I just an internet connection that is fast enough to stream movies on Netflix, then you should be fine and able to login onto your Windows 365 Cloud PC.
These are the benefits and Capabilities that Windows 365 can enable you and your organisation to archive.
With that being said, here are the Top 5 things you should know about the new Windows 365 in South Africa.
1. Individually Personalised Cloud PC
With that being said, here are the Top 5 things you should know about the new Windows 365 in South Africa.
2. Secure & Easy Setup
Because your computer is in the Cloud, it means that it’s security, software updates, compliance and is all taken care of.
Another benefit is that if you ever lose your PC or Laptop, the Cloud PC is separated from that so it remains safe.
3. Any Device Streaming
Windows 365 Cloud PC allow you users to pick up anywhere they left off, from any device. opening up new ways to work and collaborate as a team.
4. Flexible & Scalable
Traditionally if your PC and home or work runs low or disk storage or need a faster processor, you would need to contact your support or call the computer company to get an updgarded hard drive with more space or a new RAM to improve your computer speed.
With Windows 365 if you need a little bit more processed or you need a little bit more hard drive space, all you need to do login to your admin portal and simply pick a better processer or select better hard ddrive space with just a click of a mous you can upgrade your pc.
5. Unlimited Cloud Speed
Get blazing fast internet connection. With your PC in the Cloud you get access to more powerful processing capabilities, with a 10Gigabyte per second, which is way faster than many people are able to get at home.
Meaning that you will be able to access more processed speed than the Devices you connecting to on the cloud.
For example, if you need to perform high intense video editing using advanced software that require a great graphic card, your home PC won’t be able to handle that graphic processing or you a developer and your organisation assigned a slow I5 machine to you and Visial Studio code editor keeps crashing, or you’re in a online meeting with someone and they need to send you a large file with 10s of GBs in size, this will be very difficult and time consuming with your own PC and Internet connection.
Potential Downsides of Windows 365
Now all this sound good and all but what’s the potential downsides that come with Windows 365 Cloud PC.
Monthly Subscription Fee vs Buying a physical PC - With Windows 365 you pay a monthly subscription fee to use Windows Cloud PC.
Cannot Be Used Without Internet - If you don’t have any internet you cannot use tour Cloud PC
Conclusion
I certain do hope that by now you have a better understanding of what Windows 365 Cloud PC is and when you would use it and what some of the potential downsides are.
Windows 365 may also sound really similar to something else called Windows Virtual Desktop or Azure Virtual Desktop, which is a similar service where you can setup a cloud PC, so what’s the difference between Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop.
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