Windows 365: Testing a Cloud PC in Linux
- 2021.09.12
- Microsoft365(Office365)

Windows 365 is a new, online version of Windows that runs in what Microsoft call a Cloud PC. Here we setup and access Windows 365 from Linux, including running some performance tests.
The July 2021 press release announcing Windows 365 is here:
https://news.microsoft.com/2021/07/14/microsoft-unveils-windows-365-ushering-in-a-new-category-of-computing/
And the main website explaining what Windows 365 is all about is here: https://www.microsoft.com/windows-365/
Finally, you can access or set up Windows 365 here, but note that you will need an appropriate Microsoft account: https://windows365.microsoft.com/
My video on the Zorin OS 16 Linux distro used in this video is here:
And I have a video about running Windows in Linux using a virtual machine here:
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/explainingcomputers
You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: http://www.youtube.com/explainingthefuture
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 A New Category of Computing
06:20 Windows on the Web
11:49 Performance
15:49 Remote Desktop
17:49 A VM Alternative?