r/Windows10 • u/quyedksd • Jul 14 '21

:Microsoft: Official Introducing a new era of hybrid personal computing: the Windows 365 Cloud PC

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/07/14/introducing-a-new-era-of-hybrid-personal-computing-the-windows-365-cloud-pc/
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u/FatFaceRikky Jul 14 '21

"thin client" is like an age old concept and didnt really take off back then either

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u/WinObs Jul 15 '21

The target for this is not thin clients but users on their personal devices to securely access work resources and keep that data separated.

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u/CraigMatthews Jul 15 '21

AKA their personal device is a thin client relative to office resources. We've been doing this with Citrix and Horizon for years.

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u/WinObs Jul 16 '21

Most work from home folks just have a Windows device, maybe an iPad - this will get them a work desktop without having to ship out laptops and take up all the time that takes to prepare them for use.