{"id":643,"date":"2018-09-24T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/2018\/09\/24\/microsoft-365-adds-modern-desktop-on-azure\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:44:54","slug":"microsoft-365-adds-modern-desktop-on-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2018\/09\/24\/microsoft-365-adds-modern-desktop-on-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft 365 adds modern desktop on Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today, we are announcing Windows Virtual Desktop<\/strong>, the best virtualized Windows and Office experience delivered on Azure. Windows Virtual Desktop is the only cloud-based service that delivers a multi-user Windows 10 experience, optimized for Office 365 ProPlus, and includes free Windows 7 Extended Security Updates. With Windows Virtual Desktop, you can deploy and scale Windows and Office on Azure in minutes, with built-in security and compliance.<\/p>\n For many companies, the specific needs of their business require a virtualized desktop experience. The reasons for virtualization vary. For example, for regulated industries like financial services and healthcare, a virtualized desktop experience ensures compliance regulations are met and access to sensitive data is securely managed. For mobile workforces and Firstline Workers, desktop virtualization makes managing and provisioning access to corporate data and apps easier. It also gives IT options in supporting scenarios such as giving access to specific apps to certain employees.<\/p>\n While desktop virtualization helps in many business scenarios, it has historically been complex and expensive to deploy and manage. To solve some of these complexities, we have developed Windows Virtual Desktop with both IT and the user in mind.<\/p>\n Windows Virtual Desktop includes the following benefits:<\/p>\n Windows Virtual Desktop is a comprehensive virtualization solution. However, we recognize that there is a need for different capabilities to serve our broad set of customers. To accommodate this need, we have built Windows Virtual Desktop as a platform that can be easily extended and enriched by partners in the following ways:<\/p>\n We will have more to share on our ecosystem approach in the near future.<\/p>\n We\u2019re excited to offer this service to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education customers. Once you sign up for Windows Virtual Desktop, you only need to set up or use an existing Azure subscription to quickly deploy and manage your virtual desktops and apps. The only additional cost to you is for the storage and compute consumption from the virtual machines themselves, which will live in your Azure subscription. You will be able to take advantage of any of your existing Azure compute commitments, including Azure Virtual Machine Reserved Instances (RI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n We are working hard to put the finishing touches on a public preview, which will be available later this year. If you would like to participate in the public preview, you can register your interest now<\/a>. In the meantime, please visit the Windows Virtual Desktop website<\/a> to learn more, or contact your Microsoft account team or Microsoft partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, we are announcing Windows Virtual Desktop, the best virtualized Windows and Office experience delivered on Azure. Windows Virtual Desktop is the only cloud-based service that delivers a multi-user Windows 10 experience, optimized for Office 365 ProPlus, and includes free Windows 7 Extended Security Updates. With Windows Virtual Desktop, you can deploy and scale Windows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"content-type":[149],"product":[151,192,193],"audience":[196],"tags":[218],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-news","product-microsoft-365","product-windows","product-windows-10","audience-enterprise","tag-azure-active-directory"],"yoast_head":"\nIntroducing the Windows Virtual Desktop<\/h3>\n
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Windows Virtual Desktop ecosystem<\/h3>\n
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Access to Windows Virtual Desktop<\/h3>\n