When Windows 10 was announced back in 2014, Microsoft caused alarm bells to ring when it said the new operating system would be free
When Windows 10 was announced back in 2014, Microsoft caused alarm bells to ring when it said the new operating system would be free “for the first year”, and referring to it “as a service”. That led to speculation that the software giant would start charging a monthly fee for Windows 10, much as it does for Office with Microsoft 365. That never came to pass, but today at its Inspire 2021 conference Microsoft takes the wraps off Windows 365, a cloud-based Windows subscription service. The name shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, as it’s the obvious choice, and the one that’s been bandied around for many years. However, this isn’t the sort of service you might have been expecting — rather it’s a way to access Windows 10 (and Windows 11 when it arrives) from anywhere, via Microsoft Cloud.
