“These scenarios are powerful for businesses, and they are just the beginning of our Windows and Microsoft cloud integration,” said Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer Panos Panay in an April 5 blog post. Microsoft also used today’s Windows hybrid event to re-announce a number of features already in Windows 11 – either in various Insider test builds and/or in the mainstream shipping version of the product – which officials thought would have particular appeal to business users. Microsoft is not talking about pricing or licensing for these new Windows 365 integrations with Windows 11 at this point. A number of users with whom I’ve spoken have said they were surprised by how expensive Windows 365 is. The service costs anywhere from $20 to $162 per user per month, based on cores, RAM and storage.
