Cloud-based DaaS offers several advantages to a remote workforce. This guide to Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) assesses the platform and what it can offer.

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Microsoft on Monday announced a coming preview of Windows Virtual Desktop, a new service that will deliver virtual Windows desktops and apps to end users from Microsoft Azure infrastructure. The ...

Microsoft plans to do more than just reintroduce a Start menu to make Windows 9, aka "Threshold," more appealing to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 users. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the ...

Virtualization has swept through the data center in recent years, enabling IT transformation and serving as the secret sauce behind cloud computing. Now it’s time to examine what’s next for ...

According to the latest leaks out of Microsoft, the next major version of Windows -- Windows 9, Windows Threshold -- will kill off the Charms bar. And, if that wasn't enough to win back the droves of ...

Reports about the next major Windows release keep getting better and better. It looks like Microsoft has finally come to its senses and will dump the Charms bar in Windows 9 (also known as Threshold) ...

If you are using a single-monitor PC and working from home during this pandemic, creating multiple virtual desktops can be very handy. Since working from home requires managing multiple projects or ...

Another couple of videos of the Windows 9 Technical Preview trickled out over the weekend. They came from the same source as the Windows 9 Start Menu reveal and demonstration last week: German site ...