That could also be the potential future of Windows. This can be built on top of Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure. This is an interesting concept because starting 2021, Microsoft is looking to go big in this direction with Windows Virtual Desktop already being launched. No more downloadable big chunks of software which takes a fair amount of time and effort for installation. All you need to have is login credentials to access it from anywhere on any device. Since it eliminates the need of having a specific machine, it offers you unlimited flexibility and scalability. It eliminates the need of having powerful computers because a simple computer can still do the job and run high-end applications directly from the Cloud. Let’s put it this way – your local machine is not running the operating system it is just helping you view the operating system as it is run from the Microsoft’s servers. Also, there is no hassle of having big updates which may break your system, inflict you with virus or malware, or any issues of data loss. You do not need any device (such as pen drive, or CD/DVDs) to install and run the operating system. When you get your Windows installed, it is all Cloud. With Windows Cloud PC, it is all what the name says. What does it mean for an average Windows user? Even if your physical computer gets damaged, you will always have access to your data as it was never stored in your system. This means you can run all your legacy applications directly from the Cloud. Cloud PC can be termed as desktop-as-a-service officially offered by Microsoft. But for you as an end-user, you will have the same experience in terms of look-and-feel, visuals, navigation, as the Windows installed on your computer. The operating system would be running from the cloud, meaning it would be stored on virtual machines somewhere on Microsoft’s servers, and not on your local machine or hard disk. So, everything you do would be cloud-based. To put it simply, Cloud PC is very simple machine that can do one simple thing – connect to the internet. Possibly, Windows 10 Cloud PC could be Microsoft’s answer to the failure of Windows 10 X OS. This was the primary reason why Windows 10 X operating system never really took off. But what we learned from the first version of Windows 10 X is that win32 apps could not run well on it. But that is unless you run stuff within the box. What that means is that it protects the rest of system because you run it in a box, and nothing can escape that box. Windows 10 X operating system wanted to run with win32 apps and a container. Unless Microsoft makes it well and have powerful chips, which makes it hard for anything working within win32 because the chip must run in a virtual environment, what we call as containers. There were some sporadic trials by Microsoft here and there, but that really did not work out. Is Cloud PC an answer to innovation in Windows? That prevents Microsoft from innovating something totally different in Windows because developers need to keep that compatibility for all those applications. Again, doing things manually that way requires compatibility with win32 chip. exe file and download your required software. Most of the people run win32 apps on existing Windows OS, requiring them to go to the download page and then install the. One of them is the legacy which we have discussed earlier in the article. But there are several obstacles in locally installed Windows OS, or just Windows in general, which makes Microsoft to change its Windows strategy going forward. Reach out to me over Twitter or LinkedIn.Currently when we install Windows PC, we have a big chunk of operating system on which applications and services are installed. If you start down this path yourself, I’m to collaborate. The main repository for this work is here: CloudPC-Sentinel I’ll be developing new rules and possibly a Workbook around this, so stay tuned. Here’s the first Analytics Rule developed specifically for Brute force attack against a Cloud PC, and possibly the first-ever rule developed for monitoring Cloud PCs with Azure Sentinel. There’s actually different viable methods for each subscription type (business or enterprise), but I’ll share more in-depth knowledge around this soon.Īs part of this pioneering effort, I’m starting to develop the potential signs to look for when monitoring for possible threats against Cloud PCs. So, I’ve been knee deep in learning about Windows 365 and Cloud PCs and developing best practices around connecting Cloud PCs to Azure Sentinel. The conference is in 2 weeks and my assumption was incorrect. It was completely unintended.Ī few months back, I submitted a session to an in-person conference ( MMS Miami Beach Edition), assuming that by the time the conference kicked-off there’d be a lot of great information to pull from to connect a Cloud PC to Azure Sentinel.
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