Microsoft reveals (some) Windows 365 pricing
TL; DR
- Microsoft inadvertently disclosed some pricing information for its cloud-based Windows 365 service.
- Business owners can access a tier of $ 31 per user per month. That comes with two CPUs, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
- There will be other tiers with higher and lower hardware offerings, but Microsoft isn’t announcing them yet.
Yesterday, Microsoft finally confirmed the official name of its cloud-based operating system service: Windows 365. This nickname is just a little confusing as its Office 365 service is not entirely cloud-based, but that’s fine.
According to the Inspire session, one of the tiers for Windows 365 costs $ 31 each month for each user. This service is available to small businesses with fewer than 300 employees. With this $ 31 each employee gets access to a cloud-based system with two CPUs, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
Microsoft issued a statement confirming that this level is correct. However, it is said that this is only one of the stages and there will be both more expensive and less expensive options.
For what it’s worth, this price is in line with other competitive services. For example, Citrix and Amazon both offer cloud access for PCs with levels ranging from $ 30 to $ 35.
Interestingly, Microsoft has also confirmed that you can get the most out of Windows 365 by accessing it on a Windows PC. This may seem counterintuitive, but it would allow an employee with a low-level PC to have virtually access to a faster, more powerful PC without having to provide that hardware. Of course, other operating systems can also use Windows 365, although some functions will not work.
