“Being able to log in to your cloud VM session from a generic piece of hardware is a dream for IT managers”

Why Microsoft’s new mini PC isn’t a bad deal, a reader rides to the rescue and a slow “exodi” from two of the world’s biggest social media platforms

JON HONEYBALL

As we slide into a new year, it’s always good to take stock of how we do things, and whether they’re actually best aligned with our needs. Let’s start in the enterprise space, because there are changes happening here that are hard to ignore. These days, corporates love to run their normal line of business applications on Azure and to use Office 365 as a standard platform. Some services can be hosted on other platforms, notably AWS, especially for tools provided by a third party. But Azure has built up very strong traction, and the deep integration with Office 365 can’t be ignored. Windows, as a desktop platform, has been brought into this realm by the deployment and management tools that Microsoft offers. And it really is almost a no-brainer…

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