- #Microsoft pauses free windows cloud trials update#
- #Microsoft pauses free windows cloud trials trial#
#Microsoft pauses free windows cloud trials update#
The proposed update states that semiconductors, large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, rare-earth elements biotech, AI, quantum computing, hypersonics, fintech and autonomous technologies are all included as sectors in which foreign investment would be limited, specifically in "countries of concern," or those considered foreign adversaries, like China.
That said, there does appear to be significant interest, with businesses able to make a more complete cloud transition than with Microsoft 365 alone.Ī draft US law that would, for one thing, subsidize the US semiconductor industry, has gained an amendment that would turn the screws on American investments in foreign countries. Regardless of intent, a free virtual PC for two months was a generous offer and the "significant demand" Microsoft experienced might not necessarily indicate a highly successful launch.
Take DevOps company GitLab, which says: "There has been a massive uptick in abuse of free pipeline minutes available on to mine cryptocurrencies – which creates intermittent performance issues for users." It had to happen: Microsoft's cloudy Windows 365 desktops are due to land next monthĪ common problem, for example, is usage of free compute for cryptocurrency mining.HP Inc slurps Teradici to get better at delivering remote PCs.AWS adds browser access to its cloudy WorkSpaces desktops – but not for Linux.Microsoft's Cloud PCs debut – priced between $20 and $158 a month.
#Microsoft pauses free windows cloud trials trial#
The trial offer for Windows 365 was therefore business as usual – but we have a hunch that users interested in two months free use of a virtual PC with 4 virtual CPUs, 16GB RAM, and 128GB storage might not have been confined to businesses contemplating purchase. For example, users can get a month of Dynamics 365 Sales for 25 users, or a month of Azure Active Directory Premium for 100 users, or 250 licences for Enterprise Mobility and Security E5 for three months. Microsoft has many trial offers for its cloud services. Microsoft notified users that its Windows 365 trials have 'reached capacity'
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