New Update Microsoft wants to bring Windows 11 to the cloud

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An internal document has revealed that Microsoft is building a consumer version of its Windows 365 cloud-PC streaming service that will allow anybody to subscribe to a Windows PC hosted in the cloud that can be accessed on any device. Windows 365 is already available for commercial customers, with both Windows 10 and Windows 11 cloud PCs available. The news comes from a small snippet in a June 2022 document that was released as part of Microsoft's ongoing Xbox battle with the FTC. In one of the pages, Microsoft mentions plans to continue moving the Windows experience increasingly to the cloud:

"Move Windows 11 increasingly to the cloud: Build on Windows 365 to enable a full Windows operating system streamed from the cloud to any device. Use the power of the cloud and client to enable improved AI-powered services and full roaming of people's digital experience." The document also mentions AI services as a key differentiator, as well as being able to fully roam people's digital experiences across devices. Microsoft is already building deep Windows 365 integration into Windows 11, which will allow users to seamlessly switch to or automatically boot into a Windows 365 cloud PC on their devices.

 

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Microsoft has been having "reliability issues" with their cloud this year. Even today... Outlook web is out for some users.

Last week they got DDOSed for a week straight. They need to adopt some of the practices that google does. Just my two cents.

 

[TairikuOkami]

Finally, MS was tiptoeing around Windows 365 Cloud for a decade. Still $10 per month per user is pretty steep considering that 365 Personal is $60 a year and 365 Family for six is $80.

This Cloud PC is designed for lightweight tasks, which explains the low-end specs.

No kidding, for the yearly subscription ($1944), you can get a high end PC with 3rd party cloud backup and you will still save up some money. But MS's calc, I mean cloud sounds better.

 

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Even today... Outlook web is out for some users.

Yes, they managed to sew it back together by daybreak.

 

[Sandbox Breaker - DFIR]

Microsoft has been having "reliability issues" with their cloud this year. Even today... Outlook web is out for some users.

Last week they got DDOSed for a week straight. They need to adopt some of the practices that google does. Just my two cents.

Microsoft Teams outage blocks access to web and desktop clients

Teams out today. See what I mean. I wonder what next botch update we will get.

 

[NormanF]

At the moment you have to register a work email and set up a domain. If Microsoft wants to bring average Joe to the cloud, they have to drop the requirement.

Users shouldn't have to be thwarted from installing business apps and endpoint products on their devices.

 

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Analysis: The inevitably cloudy future for consumers​

We’re not sure that a release is that near on the horizon, in all honesty – we’re pretty skeptical Microsoft is going to move quite that quickly here. That said, this route definitely seems to be in the cards, as evidenced by materials that have come to light recently due to the FTC vs Microsoft hearing, which make the software giant’s cloud ambitions very clear.

Namely that Microsoft very much sees the future of the consumer space as shifting Windows 11 to the cloud, and an installation of the OS being managed on a remote server, and streamed to any device, anywhere, rather than sitting on your local PC. And these fresh rumors are certainly a weighty hint that this could happen more quickly than we anticipated.

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