Parker Ortolani, 9to5Mac:

Microsoft’s new cloud PC system, Windows 365, has officially launched for all eligible businesses and enterprises. While it’s not available to consumers yet, we hope to see it in the future. In the meantime, I was able to go hands-on with Windows 365 on my iPad Pro. Here’s what my experience was like.

And:

Previously, we expected Windows 365 to be only accessible through a web browser. I first tried Windows 365 through Safari in iPadOS 15. It wasn’t a great experience, to be honest. But then I noticed Microsoft’s callout to the Remote Desktop app. I flew over to the App Store and downloaded the app, entered my credentials, and boom — I had a smooth virtual install of Windows running in a native app on my iPad from the App Store. Yeah, you read that correctly.

Here’s a link to the pricing page.

The plan starts at $31 per user per month. That’s $372 per year. This is for businesses, not consumer use. My sense is that this is Microsoft getting in front of the work-from-home trend, giving businesses a way to avoid the computer hardware purchase/configuration/disposal cycle.

Hard to judge the value of this pricing, but it certainly is interesting that you can run your Windows install on your Mac, then switch that exact same configuration over to your iPad.

It does feel like it will shift the burden of hardware ownership from the employer to the employee.