Microsoft is planning to launch a new purpose-built miniature PC for its Windows 365 cloud service next year. Windows 365 Link is a $349 device that acts like a thin client PC to connect to the cloud and stream a version of Windows 11.

Microsoft has created a $349 device designed to run Windows in the cloud rather than on the hardware itself. Windows 365 Link, announced at the company's Ignite event, is part of Microsoft’s latest effort to expand in the cloud PC market.

The new Windows 365 Link is a business-focused mini PC able to give users their classic Windows desktop experience on a cloud PC, with everything hosted in Azure, in an easy to deploy and manage low-footprint device.

Just as good as Apple at making squat boxes, but this one doesn't do very much Microsoft is having a go at the terminal market with a device purpose-built to connect to Windows 365, imaginatively named "Windows 365 Link.

At the Ignite 2024 conference, Microsoft announced some rather unconventional hardware—a mini PC-like device for quick and easy access to Windows 365 in the cloud.

Microsoft unveiled Windows 365 Link, a mini PC designed for cloud computing. Launching in April 2025 at $349, the device streams Windows 365, offering

A Microsoft Windows 365 Link device with a dual-monitor setup. (Microsoft Photo, click to enlarge.) Microsoft will offer its own device that automatically

Accessing and securing the cloud is a necessity for companies and Microsoft has taken another step by announcing the Windows 365 Link device. According to Microsoft, "it enables desk-based users to work securely on a familiar Windows desktop in the Microsoft Cloud with responsive,

Windows 365 Link is a new lightweight, fanless, and secure device for using Cloud PCs on up to two monitors. It's launching in preview today ahead of its public release in April 2025.