The Windows 365 Cloud PC
As we all begin to make our way out of the challenges and disruption of the past 18 months, we’re seeing a new world of work emerge. Organizations everywhere have transformed themselves through virtual processes and remote collaboration. And as people embrace hybrid work—with people returning to the office, continuing to work from home, or some mix of the two—things will be different all over again.
The ability to work whenever, however, and wherever it’s needed has become the new normal. All employees want technology that’s familiar, easy to use, and available across devices. And in the most complex cybersecurity environment we’ve ever seen, businesses need a solution that helps their employees collaborate, share, and create while also keeping their data safe and secure.
Windows 365 is a cloud service that introduces a new way to experience Windows 10 or Windows 11 for everyone from trainees and contractors to software developers and industrial designers.
Windows 365 takes the operating system to the Microsoft Cloud, securely streaming the full Windows experience — including all your apps, data, and settings — to your personal or corporate devices. This approach creates a fully new personal computing category, specifically for the hybrid world: the Cloud PC
A powerful, personalized, full Windows experience in the cloud on any device
Most workers want flexible remote work options to stay but, at the same time, they also want more in-person collaboration, post-pandemic. This creates the hybrid work paradox, leaving organizations around the world to grapple with how to connect in a hybrid world and provide workers access to organizational resources at home, in the office, and at all points between.
Much like how they’ve embraced the cloud for other products, Microsoft’s vision for a Windows 365 Cloud PC is to deliver a new way to experience Windows through the power of the cloud—while solving both novel and traditional challenges for organizations. This isn’t just about allowing and securing remote access. The user experience is more important than ever for attracting and retaining talent, improving productivity, and ensuring security.
The Cloud PC draws on the power of the cloud and the capabilities of the device to provide a powerful, simple, and secure full Windows 10 or Windows 11 experience that you can use to empower your workforce, regardless of location or device.
- Windows 365 provides an instant-on boot experience that enables users to stream all their personalized applications, tools, data, and settings from the cloud across any device including your Mac, iPad, Linux device, and Android
- The Windows experience is consistent, no matter the device
- You can pick up right where you left off, because the state of your Cloud PC remains the same, even when you switch devices
- You can get the same work done on a laptop in a hotel room, a tablet from their car between appointments, or your desktop while you’re in the office
- Seasonal workers also can ramp on and off according to the needs of the business, allowing the organization to scale for busy periods without the complicated logistical and security challenges of issuing new hardware
- With a focus on a Zero Trust architecture, Windows 365 also helps solve for today’s critical security challenges by design, storing and securing information in the cloud, not on the device
Further, companies can be more targeted in how they outfit specialized workers in creative, analytics, engineering, or scientific roles who need greater compute power and access to critical applications.
How AlphaFirst can help
AlphaFirst have been working with Microsoft on Windows 365 since its launch and we’d love the opportunity to help you with your own Windows 365 installation and support.
Contact us today, and let’s set up a chat to discuss how Windows 365 could transform your business too.
