https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-want-to-bring-windows-11-to-the-cloud-for-all-users-including-you?Microsoft wants to bring Windows 11 to the cloud
for ALL users, including you 
By Zac Bowden published 7 days ago
Microsoft is working on a Windows 365 subscription for consumers.
Windows 365 for consumers
An internal mockup of the Windows 365 Family subscription page. (Image credit: Windows Central)
What you need to know
An internal Microsoft document has revealed plans to bring Windows 365 to consumers.
Microsoft wants to move Windows 11 to the cloud
, and allow users to digitally roam
their PCs across devices.
Internally, the company has drawn up concepts for what a Windows 365 for Families might look like.
An internal document has revealed that Microsoft is building a consumer version of its Windows 365 cloud-PC streaming
service that will allow anybody to subscribe to a Windows PC hosted in the cloud
that can be accessed on any device. Windows 365 is already available for commercial customers, with both Windows 10 and Windows 11 cloud PCs available.
The news comes from a small snippet in a June 2022 document that was released as part of Microsoft's ongoing Xbox battle with the FTC. In one of the pages, Microsoft mentions plans to continue moving the Windows experience increasingly to the cloud
:
"Move Windows 11 increasingly to the cloud: Build on Windows 365 to enable a full Windows operating system streamed from the cloud
to any device. Use the *** power of the cloud
and client to enable improved AI-powered services
and full roaming of people's digital experience
."
The document also mentions AI services as a key differentiator, as well as being able to fully roam people's digital experiences
across devices. Microsoft is already building deep Windows 365 integration into Windows 11, which will allow users to seamlessly switch to or automatically boot into a Windows 365 cloud PC on their devices.
Windows 365 for consumers (JOKE: WE VIEW THEM AS STUPID and make an edition accordingly.)
An internal mockup of the Windows 365 Family subscription setup experience. (Image credit: Windows Central)
Last year, I received some internal documents that detail some of the features that Microsoft has been considering for a consumer version of Windows 365, including * a family subscription that would include the ability for parents to drop in on their kids Cloud PCs
to help with homework or join in playing a video game.
The documentation I've seen lists pricing for a consumer Cloud PC
at $10 a month, but my sources say this was just a placeholder number and that an actual price for a Windows 365 subscription for consumers has not yet been finalized.
It's clear that Microsoft is eager to leverage its success with Xbox Cloud Gaming elsewhere in its portfolio. Bringing the ability to stream an entire Windows PC from the cloud
on any device will allow every user to be a Windows user, and it also offers Microsoft the chance to put Windows behind a subscription service.
Of course, the local version of Windows is never going to go away, but ** Microsoft clearly foresees a future where some people will prefer streaming Windows over using it on-device. ***** As most of what we do on a PC is internet-connected these days anyway, ****perhaps this idea isn't so far-fetched.
Buzzword bullshit: "The cloud", "Cloud gaming", Cloud, "AI-powered services"
Utter bullshit: "Streamed from the cloud", "digital experience(s)", "consumer Cloud PC", "Power of the cloud", Xbox Cloud Gaming", "digitally roam".
I am a bit confused, is it a terminal service/remote desktop service Microsoft are hosting where they lease it out or are they trying to sell you an operating system on a subscription basis that you put on your own equipment and charge you monthly with easy access that they provide to it?
* Controlled by the parents through Microsoft.
Also what if the parents are busy working and have no time.
If I was that age that happened to me I'd be very upset, I'd go bezerk. I delete it and put my own stuff on there or hand it back if I can't.
** I expect the operating system to be independent on the device for a starter.
*** Rubbish if "power of the cloud" depends on broadband connection.
**** Doesn't sound far fetch but stupid to me. Trying to setup a subscription terminal services/remote desktop in their house and charge them a subscription fee and call it all sorts of fancy names for a bit of easy access to it.
Zac Bowden: As most of what we do on a PC is internet-connected these days anyway
PATHETIC and UTTER BULLSHIT excuse does not justify/excuse the disadvantages of a subscription based to something that is not yours to use when you no longer pay the subscription fee.
Joke: Many already have "a digital experience" and "digitally roam" around with their stuff and have access to "cloud"/hosting in one form or another.
I find the article very patronizing and insulting and I wonder if Zac Bowden is being paid by Microsoft to promote this
article nonsense with all those bullshit buzzwords and fancy sounding terms he can think of.
What do you think?