QUICK LINKS:

00:00 — Cloud PC in Windows 365 can be GPU-enabled
00:28 — Run compute-intensive apps
00:50 — Run demanding workloads
01:37 — Fast data transfer with reduced latency
02:19 — Windows 365 GPU options
03:30 — Shared utilization
03:50 — Data remains separate
04:13 — Windows 365 new watermark support
04:28 — Windows 365 management
05:01 — Wrap up

Link References

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Video Transcript:

-Can a Cloud PC in Windows 365 securely run your most demanding workloads? Well, if you’re new to Windows 365, it lets you securely stream your Windows experience and access your personalized apps, your content, and your settings to literally any device from the Microsoft Cloud. 

-And now, your Cloud PC in Windows 365 can be GPU-enabled using some of the most powerful accelerators in the cloud today. Here, you’re seeing an older generation MacBook Air, and using our Cloud PC, we can bypass any device compute limitations to deliver a GPU-powered Windows 365 experience to run your most compute-intensive graphic design applications, high-end video editing and rendering, and even sophisticated 3D modeling. 

-In fact, Cloud PCs can now run your most demanding workloads. Here in our GPU-enabled Cloud PC, you’re seeing an industrial digital twin example, which would typically have needed to run on a powerful physical PC, and notice the textures, shadows and materials all rendered in real time. 

-And when you select our most powerful GPU option, you can also take advantage of some of the latest on-device generative AI experiences and machine learning models like you’re seeing here with the Small Language Model PHI 3 Mini running in offline mode and generating responses based on its open world training. And this opens up new possibilities for data scientists and developers. Additionally, data transfer is fast with reduced latency because Cloud PCs are connected to the blazing fast network backbone of the Microsoft Cloud. 

-Here, we’re running the Speedtest app in our Cloud PC, and in this case, both download and upload speeds vastly exceed the average broadband speeds on your home or office network. So no matter your local network limitations, you benefit from minimal latency and speed, making them ideally suited for large file transfers. And each GPU-enabled Cloud PC by default is configured with a stateless ephemeral disc for local in-session caching for lower latency with faster read and write speeds. 

-Now, there are a few Windows 365 GPUs to choose from. Options include Standard, Super and Max with some key differences. Standard is comparable to a PC with entry-level discrete graphics. It uses a shared GPU and is optimized for basic graphic acceleration, supporting a 4K display or two 1080p displays. It includes a minimum four vCPUs, 16 gigabytes of RAM, eight gigabytes of video RAM and 512 gigabytes of storage. 

-Then Super elevates the performance to something more comparable to a PC with a mid-tier graphics card. And it also uses a shared GPU, supporting up to four 4K connected displays, and it has at least eight vCPUs, 56 gigabytes of RAM, 12 gigabytes of video RAM and a terabyte of storage. Then, Max takes it up to the next level, providing a fully dedicated GPU for the highest demands. 

-It boosts the specs to a minimum of 16 vCPUs, 110 gigabytes of RAM, 16 gigabytes of video RAM and a terabyte of storage. Additionally, new Windows 365 options are available for shared utilization scenarios to use a GPU-enabled Cloud PC. In this case, a GPU-enabled Cloud PC can be shared with up to three users who can take turns in accessing it one by one as they need to, helping to optimize costs while keeping resources utilized. 

-Importantly, your data remains separate from the devices interacting with your Cloud PCs, and device integrations like printing to local printers, file transfer, support for webcam and microphone pass through, as well as copy paste to and from the local clipboard can be individually enabled by admin policies and controlled by users. 

-Additionally, Windows 365’s new watermark support helps protect your visual assets from people taking photos of screens or using display capture cards or screen recording software with a QR code that points back to the source Cloud PC. For device administrators, Windows 365 management is integrated in Microsoft Intune and this lets you manage them without requiring traditional VDI skills in the same place you would manage your physical devices. 

-From Intune, you can centrally monitor your entire Cloud PC fleet, and, of course, you have complete policy configuration control over security and compliance settings in your managed Cloud PCs. The Intune admin center lets you view key indicators and trends for end user experiences and easily diagnose and troubleshoot any issues. 

-So, that’s how Windows 365 GPU-powered Cloud PCs can securely run your most demanding workloads by leveraging some of the most powerful accelerators in the cloud today on any device. To learn more and get started, check out Windows365.com and thank you for watching.