Windows 365 price is now out as Microsoft has made the cloud service available to the general public. Windows 365 is design to offer a full-fledged Windows experience over the cloud. The company calls it a cloud PC.
This service is also available in two distinct editions Windows 365 Business and Windows 365 Enterprise.
Price in India
Windows 365 is available in India with a starting price of Rs. 1,555 per user a month and goes up to Rs. 12,295.
The starting and top-end pricing of Windows 365 Business and Windows 365 Enterprise remain the same.
Windows 365 Business SKUs are cap at 300 users per organisation.
Users going for the basic Windows 365 Business SKU also require the Windows Hybrid Benefit which is available to customers who have valid Windows 10 Pro licences.
You are getting a single virtual core processor, 2GB RAM, and 64GB storage.
You can upgrade to two virtual cores and 4GB RAM at Rs. 2,180.
If you don’t have a Windows 10 Pro license then you can get the basic version of Windows 356 Business at Rs. 1,865 per user a month.
The top-end SKU brings eight virtual cores, 32GB RAM, and 512GB storage at Rs. 12,295 per user/ month for buying with Windows Hybrid Benefit.
It is also available for regular customers who don’t have prior Windows licences at Rs. 12,605 per user a month.
There are also free two-month trials of Windows 365 Basic, Standard, and Premium versions that customers can get to experience the cloud PC experience, without paying the subscription charges.
It is important to note that customers will be automatically migrate to paid subscriptions once the free trial ends.
Windows 365 Business vs Windows 365 Enterprise
Windows 365 Business edition is specifically design to offer an easy-to-go experience to customers where they don’t require an Azure subscription or a domain controller as all the components are running inside the Microsoft cloud and manage directly by Microsoft.
Users just need a Microsoft 365 subscription to get Windows 365 Business.
Windows 365 Enterprise is meant to organisations that have dedicate IT setups and larger teams.
It brings additions such as the Resize feature to let customers upgrade RAM, CPU, and storage size to meet their requirements.
To use Windows 365 with Windows Pro endpoints you need Windows 10 E3 and EMS E3 or Microsoft 365 F3/ E3/ E5/ BP licences.
The service can also be purchase with non-Windows Pro endpoints for customers with Windows VDA E3 and EMS E3 or Microsoft 365 F3/ E3/ F5/ BP licences.
Windows 365 is claime to bring a complete PC-like experience over the cloud that can be access via a Web browser through any Windows, Mac, iPad, and Android device.
You’ll get apps, data, and settings that are normally available on a Windows PC.
You can store your content on the cloud to access it from anywhere same as how you access your cloud storage through OneDrive or Google Drive.
It is also coming soon to Linux devices.
Windows 365 is at present not meant for regular Windows PC buyers as it is aim at enterprise customers who have specific use cases.
It makes no sense to compare Windows 365 pricing with what you pay for a regular PC.
Users can put Windows 365 against Azure Virtual Desktop, which is Microsoft’s traditional virtualisation offering.
That comparison appears to show Windows 365 a more affordable option against the existing Azure model, as pointed out by Microsoft partner Nerdio.
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