According to fresh facts about one of the sessions at Microsoft’s annual Inspire partner conference, the company will most likely reveal its forthcoming PC-as-a-Service product.
One of the seminars slated for the event on July 15 is titled “What’s Next in End-User Computing,” according to ZDNet. What makes this presentation on Microsoft’s cloud solution for hybrid work particularly fascinating is that one of the speakers will be Scott Manchester, the company’s director of product management for cloud managed desktops.
Wangui McKelvey, the general manager of the Apps & Endpoints division within the Microsoft 365 portfolio, will be the second speaker at the event, as the software giant’s Microsoft Cloud PC service will give customers with a managed Microsoft 365 experience.
Microsoft Cloud PC
Last July, ZDNet found a job description for Microsoft’s upcoming Cloud PC service, which provided specifics on the project.
Microsoft Cloud PC, for those unfamiliar, allows users to remotely access a Windows desktop and Office 365 applications while using their desktop or laptop as a thin client. While the service resembles Windows Virtual Desktop in some ways, it differs in that users will be paid a fixed cost per user rather than paying depending on the resources used.
Microsoft said in February that it will provide multiple distinct Cloud PC service subscriptions with varying degrees of performance and storage capacity.
With Satya Nadella’s keynote lecture at Microsoft Inspire 2021 set for Wednesday, July 14, we’ll learn even more about how Cloud PC will operate and what sort of capabilities it will provide.
