- Windows 365 Reserve is a new web-based cloud-PC security copy for your physical laptop
- Users get access to the service for 10 days in any year
- Prices Unconfirmed, preview of upcoming
Microsoft has revealed a new service designed to provide temporary, pre-configured cloud-PCs to customers when a primary physical device is out of operation-it be lost, destroyed or delayed.
Windows 365 Reserve gives users immediate access to cloud -PCs from any device via the Windows app or browser, and they are ready to go, filled with Microsoft 365 apps, business settings and the relevant security policies.
Managed through Microsoft Intune (like physical PCs), Windows 365 Reserve is designed only for temporary use with a 10-day annual use allowance (which can be divided or used at once).
Windows 365 Reserve
Microsoft says the new service is designed to ensure business continuity during events such as unit theft, loss, delivery days or system breaks. With temporary access, workers can continue as normally, or administrators may choose to test new configurations away from their own, primary unit.
The company describes Windows 365 Reserve as a “modern, secured and scalable offer designed for any kind of worker throughout the organization to remain uninterrupted and productive without the hassle or cost of managing troublesome borrower -PCs, temporary backup PC solutions or inheritance vdi access.”
Microsoft Modern Work VP Stefan Kinnestrand said 76% of customers have reported being affected by unity theft incidents in the last two years with reference to third -party surveys.
No price information has not yet been confirmed and it is unclear whether the service is working on a subscription -based model. Windows 365 Reserve is soon available in preview “with an online application process for customers to get early access.
At the same time, Kinnestrand lifted the wrapping of other minor improvements to Windows 365 while introducing a 20% discount for first -time customers.
