Welcome to the Windows 365 interactive demo
Select Start to continue.
Select Start to continue.
Windows 365 securely streams your desktop, apps, settings and content from the Microsoft cloud to all of your devices to provide a personalized Windows experience anywhere. Windows 365 extends end-user computing from the client to the cloud for businesses of all sizes, simplifying the experience with a complete service to securely buy, manage, and scale, all in one place.
Windows 365 comes in multiple versions, including Enterprise and Business.
Windows 365 Business is for any business, with no technology prerequisites, that requires fewer than 300 Cloud PCs. Simply use windows365.microsoft.com to purchase, deploy and manage Cloud PCs any time.
Windows 365 Enterprise leverages Microsoft Intune to enable customers to provision and manage Cloud PCs using the same skills they use to deploy physical PCs, fully integrated with Microsoft Entra and built on Azure.
This interactive demo has two paths, walking you through the IT deployment experience and employee experience with Windows 365 Business and Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs respectively.
When you are ready to begin - choose Windows 365 Business or Enterprise Edition.
Windows 365 securely streams your desktop, apps, settings and content from the Microsoft cloud to all of your devices to provide a personalized Windows experience anywhere. Windows 365 extends end-user computing from the client to the cloud for businesses of all sizes, simplifying the experience with a complete service to securely buy, manage, and scale, all in one place. Windows 365 comes in multiple versions, including Enterprise and Business.
Windows 365 Business is for any business, with no technology prerequisites, that requires fewer than 300 Cloud PCs. Simply use windows365.microsoft.com to purchase, deploy and manage Cloud PCs any time.
Windows 365 Enterprise leverages Microsoft Intune to enable customers to provision and manage Cloud PCs using the same skills they use to deploy physical PCs, fully integrated with Microsoft Entra and built on Azure.
This interactive demo walks you through the Windows 365 Business experience, using Microsoft 365 Admin Center to purchase a Windows 365 Business license and windows365.microsoft.com to assign licensees to and deploy Cloud PCs for employees. You can use the interactive experience by following the prompts to click and fill out highlighted links and form fields. For text input fields, a copy/paste button is provided that will make it easy to place the relevant text on your clipboard to paste into the software simulation.
To get started, choose an exercise at left.
In this module, we’ll demonstrate how to purchase Windows 365 Cloud PC licenses from within Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
You will begin in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center ( https://admin.microsoft.com ) logged in as admin@contoso.com to purchase your Windows 365 Business licenses - just like you normally do for other licenses such as Office 365 or Microsoft 365 Business Premium – in just a few simple steps.
In the Microsoft 365 admin center, select Billing > Purchase services in the left navigation.
On the Purchase services page, select the All products tab.
On the All products tab under New Products - locate the Windows 365 Business description and select Details.
On the Windows 365 Business page, click the scrollbar to scroll down and review available plans.
When ready, click the scrollbar again to scroll back up.
On the Windows 365 Business page, click to expand the Select a plan menu.
There are a variety of plans available, enabling you to purchase the license and size of Cloud PC that fits your use case best.
We will be selecting the 2vCPU/8GB/128GB plan, which includes Microsoft Teams, Outlook and the Office apps, making it suitable for Information Worker work from home scenarios.
For more information on available options, see Windows 365 Business sizing options.
Review the details on the Checkout page and then click the Place order button.
You have successfully purchased a license for Windows 365 Business and are now ready to assign that license to a user on windows365.microsoft.com.
Click anywhere on the screen to continue.
Select an exercise to continue.
Once you’ve purchased one or more Windows 365 Business Edition licenses it’s time to review and (if appropriate) modify your organization settings for Cloud PCs. windows365.microsoft.com enables you to easily configure default settings for Cloud PCs, specifying:
- Single sign on - Use Entra ID authentication to provide a single sign on experience for Cloud PC users.
- Account type - This setting determines whether users are provisioned as standard users or local administrators.
- Operating system - By default, new Cloud PCs will be provisioned with Windows 11 – this setting allows you to specify whether you prefer Windows 10 or Windows 11.
- Language and region
- Microsoft Intune - For accounts with an Intune license subscription, you can opt to have Cloud PCs automatically enrolled in Intune during initial provisioning.
Organization settings only apply to new Cloud PCs (changes are not retroactively applied to existing Cloud PCs) – so it is beneficial to configure these prior to provisioning Cloud PCs for your org.
Starting in windows365.microsoft.com, logged in as a user with administrative privilege (Allan Deyoung), select Update organization settings.
On the Organization settings panel, review the Account type, Operating system and Language and region settings – Contoso will be keeping the default values for those settings.
Under Microsoft Intune, select Enroll new Cloud PCs in Microsoft Intune.
Click Save at the bottom on the organization settings panel.
Once your changes are saved, click the X to close the organization settings panel.
You are now ready to provision Cloud PCs by assigning licenses to users.
Assigning a license to a user in windows365.microsoft.com acts to immediately provision a Cloud PC to that user, with no additional IT admin actions required.
In windows365.microsoft.com, you will see a list of active users in your organization. We will start by assigning a license to Adele Vance.
Select Adele Vance in the list of users.
On the person card for Adele Vance, select the Licenses and apps tab.
Under Licenses, select the checkbox next to Windows 365 Business 2 vCPU 8GB 128GB .
After selecting the Windows 365 Business license, click on Save changes.
After your changes have been successfully saved, select the Devices tab on Adele’s person card.
You can see that Adele’s Cloud PC is already being provisioned. In a short time, it will be available to use (and manage).
Click anywhere on the screen to proceed to a point in time after Adele’s Cloud PC has been set up.
In accordance with the organization settings you set earlier, Adele’s Cloud PC was automatically enrolled in Intune during the provisioning process. As such, you have access to the Cloud PC and a number of administrative actions from within windows365.microsoft.com. These actions include:
- Restart - Restarts the Cloud PC.
- Reset - Reset does the following:
- Reinstalls Windows.
- Removes all personal files (OneDrive data remains).
- Removes any changes you made to settings.
- Removes any apps installed by the user.
- Restore - Point-in-time restore lets an administrator restore a Cloud PC to the exact state it was at an earlier point in time.
- Rename - Changes the name of the Cloud PC shown to the user on windows365.microsoft.com.
- Resize - which preserves user and disk data, lets you choose between the following, without requiring reprovisioning of the Cloud PC:
- Upgrade the RAM, CPU, and storage size of a Cloud PC.
- Downgrade the RAM and CPU of Cloud PC. Resizing doesn't let you downsize disk space.
Select Resize to review that experience.
There are a number of reasons you may wish to resize a user’s Cloud PC including:
- Higher RAM and VCPU cores to run CPU intensive applications.
- More disk space for file storing.
- Less RAM and vCPU cores to run their current workload applications.
Note that you do need to have the appropriate license available to do so. In this exercise you will not be resizing Adele’s Cloud PC so select Cancel and then lose Adele’s person card.
You have now successfully provisioned a Cloud PC and previewed the management capabilities available to you in windows365.microsoft.com.
Click anywhere to continue with the interactive guide.
Select an exercise to continue.
Windows365.microsoft.com provides a simple experience for launching any of your Cloud PCs in the browser. Accessing your Cloud PC is possible from modern browsers including Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox (v55.0 and later). In this exercise you will be using Microsoft Edge.
Beginning on https://windows365.microsoft.com signed in as Adele Vance (adelev@contoso.com) - click through the introductory content as Adele’s Cloud PC is being provisioned.
Click Next on the 'Your Cloud PC is ready for you' bubble.
Review the information on how to connect to your Cloud PC from your browser and then click the Next button.
Note how to access the Settings menu to manage the Cloud PC then click Got it.
Now that Adele’s Cloud PC is ready click to expand the Manage this Cloud PC menu to explore the available options. Note that you can restart, reset, restore, rename, and troubleshoot your Cloud PC from this point.
- Restart - Restarts the Cloud PC.
- Reset - Reset does the following:
- Reinstalls Windows.
- Removes your personal files (OneDrive data remains).
- Removes any changes you made to settings.
- Removes your apps.
- Restore – Using Windows 365 Point-in-time restore you can restore your Cloud PC to the exact state it was in at a previous point in time.
- Rename - Changes the name of the Cloud PC shown to the user on windows365.microsoft.com.
- Troubleshoot – Makes it easy to review your Cloud PCs connectivity and get steps for resolving any issues discovered.
- System information – Provides basic information about the Cloud PC user and license assigned.
- Settings
When you are ready – click anywhere on the screen to collapse the menu.
Having reviewed the Cloud PC management options available from windows365.microsoft.com you are ready to launch the Cloud PC. Click Open in browser to launch the Cloud PC.
Click in the password field to type then type or copy/paste password and press Enter or click the Sign in button.
Once the credentials are verified you will be logged on to Adele’s Cloud PC – clientless via the browser! Select Allow to give access to location and cameras on the local device.
You are now in a Cloud PC session running in the browser. The background wallpaper and icons are preloaded from your physical desktop PC. All of your apps and configuration policies are automatically assigned via Microsoft Intune. There is no need to install any applications beforehand Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook and your other key applications are available out-of-the-box!
Click anywhere on the screen to finish this exercise and continue with the interactive guide.
Select an exercise to continue.
Note: Windows App is currently in PREVIEW. This information relates to a prerelease product that may be substantially modified before it's released. Microsoft makes no warranties expressed or implied with respect to the information provided here.
Supported by all Windows 11 devices (as well as Windows, macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, and web browsers) Windows App provides a direct path to your Cloud PC from the taskbar or start menu. Windows App enables employees to enjoy the full Windows 11 experience while moving between your local and Cloud PCs. With the app, you can use your Cloud PC as a window or full screen.
Windows App is designed with a customizable home screen to cater to your unique workflow needs. You can access Windows across multiple different services and remote PCs from a single place and pin your favorites you access most. The app delivers high-performing and reliable experiences for Microsoft Teams and your other Microsoft 365 apps as well as other features to enhance your remote experience such as:
- Multiple monitor support.
- Custom display resolutions.
- Dynamic display resolutions and scaling.
- Device redirection such as webcams, audio, storage devices, and printers.
- Regular and automatic app updates mean you’re always using the most up-to-date version of Windows 365.
In addition to Windows 365 Cloud PC, Windows App securely connects you to Windows devices and apps on a device of your choice from:
- Azure Virtual Desktop
- Microsoft Dev Box
- Remote Desktop Services
- Remote PC
Windows App is available on Windows, macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, and web browsers. Windows App can also be downloaded and installed from the Microsoft Store.
Starting in the Windows App on Adele’s Windows 11 PC, select Sign in
Sign in using Adele Vance’s credentials:
Username: select the field to type and then type or copy/paste adelev@contoso.com and press Enter or click Next.
Password: select the field to type and then type or copy/paste password and press Enter or click Sign in.
Review and click through the introductory content.
Once you have clicked through the first-run experience and the application is ready, select the ‘…’ (three dots) management menu for Adele’s Cloud PC to review the available capabilities. Windows App supports a number of management actions for Cloud PCs.
- Restart - Restarts the Cloud PC.
- Reset - Reset does the following:
- Reinstalls Windows.
- Removes your personal files (OneDrive data remains).
- Removes any changes you made to settings.
- Removes your apps.
- Restore – Using Windows 365 Point-in-time restore you can restore your Cloud PC to the exact state it was in at a previous point in time.
- Rename - Changes the name of the Cloud PC shown to the user in the Windows App and on windows365.microsoft.com.
- Inspect Connection – Makes it easy to review your Cloud PC’s connectivity and get steps for resolving any issues discovered.
- Pin to
- System information – Provides basic information about the Cloud PC user and license assigned.
- Settings
Adele has already pinned this Cloud PC to the Windows App home screen so let’s review the experience when pinning a Cloud PC to the taskbar. Select Pin to taskbar and then review the dialog and click Yes.
Once the Cloud PC has been pinned you will see the corresponding Cloud PC icon added to the Windows taskbar. Select the X to close the ‘Pinned’ notification and continue.
Select Connect to connect to Adele’s Cloud PC.
Select the password field to type and then type or copy/paste password as Adele’s password and press Enter or click Sign in.
Type or copy/paste password as Adele’s password and press Enter or click OK.
Adele's1 Cloud PC is now open in full screen mode. Click on the Windows Start button to review the Microsoft 365 applications that have already been installed and are ready to use.
Click anywhere on the screen to continue with the interactive demo.
Select an exercise to review or select the Home button on the toolbar to return to the start of the interactive guide.
Windows 365 Enterprise leverages Microsoft Intune to enable customers to provision and manage Cloud PCs using the same skills they use to deploy physical PCs, fully integrated with Entra ID and built on Azure.
This interactive demo will walk you through the Windows 365 Enterprise experience - utilizing Microsoft Intune to deploy, configure and manage Cloud PCs - and then reviewing the employee experience when using their Cloud PCs (including a preview of the new GPU capabilities coming to Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs). You can use the interactive experience by following the prompts to click and fill out highlighted links and form fields, or you can simply sit back and watch.
To get started, choose an exercise at left.
This exercise assumes that you have already purchased the appropriate Windows 365 license(s) in the Microsoft 365 admin center (https://admin.microsoft.com) or via another channel. To learn more about the features and pricing for Windows 365 Enterprise consult this Microsoft site (Windows 365 enterprise plans and pricing | Microsoft).
Beginning in the Microsoft Intune admin center, logged in as admin@contoso.com, select Users in the left navigation.
On the Users page, locate the user that you want to assign a Windows 365 - Cloud PC license. In this case, select Adele Vance.
On the account page for Adele Vance, select Licenses in the left navigation.
On the Adele Vance | Licenses page, click the + Assignments button.
Windows 365 offers a wide range of Cloud PC sizes/configurations to suit your employees’ computing needs. Included in these offerings are GPU-enabled Cloud PCs (currently in public preview) that are suitable for graphics intense workloads that need to be performance optimized. These offerings can help with graphic design, image and video rendering, 3D modeling, data processing and visualization applications that require a GPU to perform.
In this exercise, Contoso’s admin has already purchased licenses for GPU-enabled Window 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs and wants to assign one to Adele Vance to support their work on advanced 3D modeling.
Select the checkbox next to Windows 365 Enterprise GPU Super to assign that license to Adele.
Click the Save button to finalize the license assignment.
Once the changes have been saved, click anywhere on the screen to complete this exercise and continue on to provision Adele’s GPU-enabled Cloud PC in Microsoft Intune.
Select an exercise to continue.
Cloud PCs are created and assigned to users based on provisioning policies defined in Microsoft Intune. In this exercise, you will be using the Microsoft Intune admin center to create and assign a Cloud PC provisioning policy. Provisioning policies allow you to define key parameters including which network will host the Cloud PC and whether it will be joined to the enterprise Active Directory and synced to Microsoft Entra (Hybrid Microsoft Entra join) or joined directly to Microsoft Entra (Microsoft Entra join).
Once a provisioning policy is assigned to a user or group, the Windows 365 service will check for appropriate licensing for those users and then provision and configure Cloud PCs accordingly.
Note: The administrator account being used in this demo has the Intune Service Admin role assigned.
Picking up in the Microsoft Intune admin center, logged in as Contoso’s administrator, select Devices in the left navigation.
On the Devices | Overview page, select Windows 365.
On the Devices | Windows 365 page, select the Provisioning policies tab.
On the Provisioning policies tab, click the Create policy button.
On the Create a provisioning policy page, select the Name field and type or copy/paste Windows 365 GPU and press Enter.
Contoso will be taking advantage of the option to join Cloud PCs directly to Microsoft Entra and host those Cloud PCs on Microsoft’s network. This is a great way to enable the benefits of Cloud PCs for your organization without the need to create and manage a connection to on-premises infrastructure.
Verify that the Join type is set to Microsoft Entra join and then select Microsoft hosted network as the network.
If you select the combination of Microsoft Entra Join and Microsoft Hosted network, you will need to select a geography and region.
To ensure the best experience for Contoso’s employees, you will be creating a provisioning policy for each of the regions in which Contoso has branch offices and then assigning those policies to the users in those regions. For this exercise, you will be starting with the US West.
Click to expand the Geography menu and then click to scroll down and Select US West.
Leave the Region set to the recommended default (automatic) and click the Next button at the bottom of the Create a provisioning policy page.
When creating a provisioning policy you have the option of using a custom device image or selecting from the built-in gallery of images. The customer is free to pick whatever solution fits best for their needs.
Select Change under Windows 11 Enterprise + Microsoft 365 Apps H2 to review the images available in the gallery.
Contoso will be using the default – the latest Windows 11 + Microsoft 365 Apps image from the gallery, so select the X to close the select an image panel and then click Next at the bottom of the Create a provisioning policy page.
Windows 365 allows you to specify the default language and region settings for Cloud PCs created with this policy. Contoso will be leaving this set to the default value of English (United States) for this particular provisioning policy. Windows 365 also supports Windows Autopatch, enabling you to shift the planning and operation of the Windows and Microsoft 365 update process from your organization to Microsoft.
Contoso isn’t yet taking advantage of this service – so leave Additional Services set to None and then click Next.
On the assignments tab, click the Add groups button.
On the select groups to include pane, click in the Search field to type and then type or copy/paste Windows 365 and press Enter.
Select Windows 365 GPU Users from the search results and then click Select at the bottom of the pane.
Verify that the Windows 365 GPU Users group is listed under Groups on the Assignments tab and then click the Next button.
Review your settings and then click the Create button. After clicking Create, the new Cloud PCs will start to provision directly for the Microsoft Entra group members that you assigned to the provisioning policy.
Once you get confirmation that the provisioning policy has been created, select the All Cloud PCs tab.
On the All Cloud PCs tab, you can see that Adele Vance’s GPU-enabled Windows 365 Cloud PC is now being provisioned. Click anywhere on the screen to continue to the point when provisioning is complete.
Now that Adele’s new Cloud PC is provisioned, select CPC-adele-01DYT to open the detailed view for that Cloud PC and learn more about the management capabilities in Intune.
Microsoft Intune provides comprehensive management and security options for administrators overseeing Windows 365 Cloud PCs through the Microsoft Intune admin center, reviewing the top toolbar, these options include:
- Sync: This option allows you to synchronize the Cloud PC with Intune to ensure that the latest configurations and policies are applied to the device.
- Restart: This option enables you to remotely restart the Cloud PC, which can be useful for applying updates or resolving issues that require a reboot.
- Restore: This feature allows you to restore the Cloud PC to a previous state, which can help in recovering from problematic configurations or software issues.
- Reprovision: This option allows you to reprovision the Cloud PC, essentially resetting it and reapplying all initial configurations and applications.
- Resize: This feature enables you to change the hardware configuration of the Cloud PC, such as increasing or decreasing the allocated resources like CPU, RAM, or storage.
- Collect diagnostics: This option allows you to collect diagnostic logs from the Cloud PC to help troubleshoot and diagnose issues.
- Quick scan: This initiates a quick security scan on the Cloud PC to check for any potential security threats or issues.
- Full scan: This performs a more thorough security scan compared to the quick scan, potentially taking longer but providing a more comprehensive check for security threats.
- Update Windows Defender security intelligence: This option updates the security intelligence data for Windows Defender on the Cloud PC, ensuring it has the latest definitions to detect and prevent threats.
- Rotate local admin password: This feature allows you to rotate the local administrator password on the Cloud PC, enhancing security by regularly changing the password.
When you are done reviewing the management capabilities, click anywhere on the screen to complete this exercise and continue with the interactive demo.
Select an exercise to continue.
windows365.microsoft.com provides a simple experience for launching any of your Cloud PCs in the browser. Accessing your Cloud PC is possible from modern browsers including Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Mozilla Firefox (v55.0 and later). In this exercise, you will be using Microsoft Edge.
Beginning on windows365.microsoft.com, signed in as Adele Vance (adelev@contoso.com)
Click through the introductory content as Adele’s Cloud PC is being provisioned.
Click Next on the 'Your Cloud PC is ready for you' bubble.
Review the information on how to connect to your Cloud PC from your browser and then click the Next button.
Note how to access the Settings menu to manage the Cloud PC, then click Got it.
Now that Adele’s Cloud PC is ready, click to expand the Manage this Cloud PC menu to explore the available options. Note that you can restart, reset, restore, rename and troubleshoot your Cloud PC from this point.
- Restart - Restarts the Cloud PC.
- Reset - Reset does the following:
- Reinstalls Windows.
- Removes your personal files (OneDrive data remains).
- Removes any changes you made to settings.
- Removes your apps.
- Restore – Using Windows 365 Point-in-time restore, you can restore your Cloud PC to the exact state it was in at a previous point in time.
- Rename - Changes the name of the Cloud PC shown to the user on windows365.microsoft.com.
- Troubleshoot – Makes it easy to review your Cloud PCs connectivity and get steps for resolving any issues discovered.
- System information – Provides basic information about the Cloud PC, user and license assigned.
- Settings
When you are ready – click anywhere on the screen to collapse the menu.
Having reviewed the Cloud PC management options available from windows365.microsoft.com, you are ready to launch the Cloud PC. Click Open in browser to launch the Cloud PC.
Click in the password field to type, then type or copy/paste the password and press Enter or click the Sign in button.
Once the credentials are verified, you will be logged on to Adele’s Cloud PC – clientless via the browser! Select Allow to give access to location and cameras on the local device.
You are now in a Cloud PC session running in the browser. The background wallpaper and icons are preloaded from your physical desktop PC. All of your apps and configuration policies are automatically assigned via Microsoft Intune. There is no need to install any applications beforehand, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook, and your other key applications are available out-of-the-box!
Select an exercise to continue.
Note: Windows App is currently in PREVIEW. This information relates to a prerelease product that may be substantially modified before it's released. Microsoft makes no warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to the information provided here.
Supported by all Windows 11 devices (as well as Windows, macOS, iOS and iPadOS, and web browsers), Windows App provides a direct path to your Cloud PC from the taskbar or start menu. Windows App enables employees to enjoy the full Windows 11 experience while moving between your local and Cloud PCs. With the app, you can use your Cloud PC as a window or full screen.
Windows App is designed with a customizable home screen to cater to your unique workflow needs. You can access Windows across multiple different services and remote PCs from a single place, and pin your favorites you access most. The app delivers high-performing and reliable experiences for Microsoft Teams and your other Microsoft 365 apps as well as other features to enhance your remote experience, such as:
- Multiple monitor support.
- Custom display resolutions.
- Dynamic display resolutions and scaling.
- Device redirection, such as webcams, audio, storage devices, and printers.
- Regular and automatic app updates mean you’re always using the most up-to-date version of Windows 365.
In addition to Windows 365 Cloud PC, Windows App securely connects you to Windows devices and apps on a device of your choice from:
- Azure Virtual Desktop
- Microsoft Dev Box
- Remote Desktop Services
- Remote PC
Windows App is available on Windows, macOS, iOS and iPadOS, and web browsers. Windows App can also be downloaded and installed from the Microsoft Store.
Starting in the Windows App on Adele’s Windows 11 PC, select Sign in.
Sign in using Adele Vance’s credentials:
- Username: select the field to type and then type or copy/paste adelev@contoso.com and press Enter or click Next.
- Password: select the field to type and then type or copy/paste password and press Enter or click Sign in.
Review and click through the introductory content.
Once you have clicked through the first-run experience, you will land on the Home screen of the Windows App, displaying any devices which Adele has chosen to pin to their home screen. As this is Adele’s first time using the app, they haven’t pinned any devices yet.
Select Go to devices to view all of Adele’s devices.
Adele currently has 2 Windows 365 Cloud PCs, as you can see from the indicators on the device tiles. You can also see that the left tile corresponds to their new GPU Enabled Cloud PC. Select the ‘…’ (three dots) management menu for Adele’s GPU Enabled Cloud PC to review the available capabilities.
The Windows 365 App supports a number of management actions for Cloud PCs. These include:
- Restart - Restarts the Cloud PC.
- Rename - Changes the name of the Cloud PC shown to the user in the Windows App and on windows365.microsoft.com.
- Inspect Connection – Makes it easy to review your Cloud PCs connectivity and get steps for resolving any issues discovered.
- Pin to – pin this Cloud PC to the Windows App Home screen and/or the Windows Taskbar.
- View Details – view detailed information on this Cloud PC.
- Add to task view
- Settings
Adele wants to pin this Cloud PC to the Windows App home screen. Click Pin to… and then select Pin to home.
Once the Cloud PC has been pinned, it will show up on the home screen of the Windows App in the future. Select the X to close the ‘Pinned’ notification and continue.
Select Connect to connect to Adele’s GPU Enabled Cloud PC.
Type or copy/paste password as Adele’s password and press Enter or click Sign in.
Type or copy/paste the password as Adele’s password and press Enter or click OK.
Adele’s GPU enabled Cloud PC is now open in full screen mode. GPU enabled Windows 365 Cloud PCs offer significant advantages over standard Enterprise Cloud PCs by providing enhanced graphical and computational performance for workloads requiring:
- Graphics-Intensive Applications: GPU-enabled Cloud PCs are designed to handle graphics-intensive applications such as CAD (Computer-Aided Design), 3D modeling, video editing, and rendering software. This ensures smooth performance and quick rendering times, which are critical for professionals in creative and engineering fields.
- Improved Compute Power: The inclusion of GPUs significantly boosts the computational capabilities of Cloud PCs, making them suitable for data-intensive tasks, machine learning, and AI workloads. This can accelerate complex computations and improve efficiency for data scientists and researchers.
These capabilities are beneficial for:
- Creative Professionals: Graphic designers, video editors, and animators who rely on software such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk Maya, and Blender benefit from the enhanced graphical capabilities and performance.
- Engineers and Architects: Professionals using CAD software like AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Revit can perform complex modeling and simulations more efficiently.
- Data Scientists and Researchers: Those working with large datasets, machine learning models, and AI can utilize the GPU power for faster data processing and model training.
- Financial Analysts: Users involved in financial modeling and quantitative analysis can leverage GPU resources to run complex simulations and calculations.
Adele uses Blender for their work – let’s review how the GPU enabled Cloud PC handles a complex 3D particle simulation benchmark for Blender.
Double-click on the Blender shortcut on the Windows desktop to launch Blender.
Once Blender has loaded – click anywhere on the screen to view the particle simulation in action.
A GPU enabled Cloud PC enables them to run applications (such as Blender in this case) that can not be run on CPU-only machines. Furthermore, the GPU enabled Cloud PC provides smooth performance and quick rendering times, even for complex graphics.
You can close the Blender window at any time to continue the interactive demo.
You have now completed this exercise. Click anywhere on the screen to continue with the interactive demo.
Select an exercise to review or select Home on the toolbar to return to the start of the interactive demo.