The PC is dead. Long live the PC in the cloud.
By
Suzanne Larosa
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December 18, 2019
Windows containerization
This is an enterprise-level cloud security technology that is distilled for the masses.
Ed Bott of ZDNet recently pointed out how, a decade ago, people predicted the death of the PC, just for events to show that the desktop PC was still alive and well. It is true. And the PC will live for now. But I would say that what is under the hood is transforming from a user-centric operating system and the PC to a desktop-based cloud model as a service (DaaS).
Microsoft is giving up Windows on the PC. Instead, Microsoft is implementing its Windows virtual desktop (WVD). The Windows Virtual Desktop client is available on Windows, Android, Mac, iOS and HTML 5. In other words, if you have a browser and a PC, you can run Windows as DaaS.
Microsoft is promoting this not only as a Windows desktop alternative, but as a way forward for the staunch users of Windows 7. As Brad Anderson, corporate vice president of Microsoft 365 wrote:
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