The working environment has gone via a cloud acceleration over the past 18 months. While businesses were already moving to largely cloud infrastructure before the pandemic, the need to support a remote workforce during lockdowns made cloud adoption even more critical. Windows 365 was just launched in early August, and it’s a completely cloud-based PC running Windows 10.
Is Windows 365 a wise move for your company? We’ll go over the pros and cons to help you choose.
How Does Windows 365 Work?
Windows 365 is a Virtual PC Online and the things that are usually stored on the hard drive of your physical computer are instead stored on a cloud server that you can access through any gadget over the internet.
This includes the major components of your desktop/PC, such as:
- Operating system
- Settings
- Themes
- Applications
- Folders
- Files
There are several advantages to businesses to having their PCs virtual, especially when it comes to a remote team. There are also some limitations that businesses need to take into consideration if they decide to move to a Windows 365 environment.
Pros of Windows 365 Cloud PC
- Lower Hardware Costs
When buying computers for your company, you have to think about performance, memory, and storage and hope that you make the right decision. If you purchase computers that don’t have enough memory, you end up going through costly upgrades. The cloud PC will be where you buy storage, memory, and processing power. So, you can purchase less expensive workstations and laptops. You can even scale the cloud environment for your employees’ needs up or down and only pay for exactly what you use.
- Improved IT Security
When you have a remote team, it can be tough to keep up with the security of the device they happen to work on while at home. So, you can automate updates and enforce security guidelines across the entire company no matter where employees are working.
Companies can even allow employees to use their own devices without worrying about potential data leakage because they would only be using their home PC to access the Windows PC in the Cloud. All data would be saved in the cloud.
Cons of Windows 365 Cloud PC
- You Require a Good Internet Connection
An obvious consideration that can be an issue for some areas is that your employees would need a good internet connection to use their Windows 365 cloud PC.
A slow connection could generate response times to slow down, and there is no ability to use the computer offline.
- It’s a Subscription Model Rather Than 1-Time Investment
Just like businesses had to get used to the idea of paying for a software subscription rather than just purchasing it one time, this would be similar. Instead of buying a PC and then not having that cost come around again for 3-5 years, you would need to pay monthly for your employee computers.
Conclusion
Where a regular user would need a powerful computer for, say, graphic-intensive tasks or server management – with Windows 365, all you need to do is sign in and enjoy the same amazing features of a powerful Computer or hardware, without investing in it.
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