Yesterday we told you that, finally, Microsoft launched its new operating system in the cloud: Windows 365 . This new system is designed, above all, for companies and organizations that need to guarantee access to PCs anywhere and who also seek considerable savings in infrastructure. Microsoft offers several modalities to its customers based on their needs, each with a price. But, without a doubt, the one that has attracted the most attention has been the free trial version that it has been offering to have a first contact with its service. Version that has been forced to cancel.
Windows 365 is a service that allows us to have a computer always available in the cloud. We can use this operating system from the browser, and connect to it through Remote Desktop so that it appears that we are sitting next to the tower.
Microsoft servers can no longer run Windows 365 test
Less than 24 hours is the duration of the Windows 365 free trial server promotion. To encourage users to try the service, the company has been offering free trial servers so that potential customers can get an idea of how the platform works. These servers could be of 4 types:
- 2 vCPU / 4GB RAM / 128GB SSD
- 2 vCPU / 8GB RAM / 128GB SSD
- 4 vCPU / 16GB RAM / 128GB SSD
Microsoft allows users to access these systems without paying for 2 months. After this period, the price of these servers would become 35, 45 and 70 dollars per month respectively. However, these servers have not lasted long, since Microsoft, in view of the demand for them, has been forced to stop offering these trial versions .
If we try to hire one of them right now, we will see an error message like the following one.
The director of the Windows 365 program has confirmed on his Twitter account that, indeed, the servers have run out of capacity. Therefore, while the capacity of these is expanded, the free trials have been canceled.
If we are thinking of testing the new Windows in the cloud, we can access this link and sign up. When there is capacity again to offer the free trial servers again, we will receive a message.
Is the cloud really ready for infrastructure on such a scale?
Not even 24 hours have passed until the problems with this new Windows as a service have appeared . The truth is that they have been problems due to an unexpected acceptance for the service, something that, of course, is not bad. However, this should make us think one thing: are networks really ready to use cloud computers?
We do not doubt Microsoft’s ability to offer this type of service. And most likely, after this rough start, everything works more or less well. But what if, all of a sudden, all the clients start connecting to the servers at the same time? It can happen if there is a new confinement and teleworking returns. We remember that Teams was not the platform that offered the best response during that chaotic spring of 2020, since the servers could not cope with the wave of users. And a chat, where there are always alternatives (Slack, even WhatsApp to get out of trouble) is not the same as an operating system, with the programs, files and literally everything you need to work.
Does Microsoft really guarantee an absolute availability of its service, and that it is not going to leave us stranded when we go to connect? Time will tell.