"Microsoft then decided to define a new term - the "Copilot+ PC" - to describe PCs it feels are well-suited to running its Copilot AI because their NPUs perform at 40 TOPS or more. Now, Microsoft has defined the "AI-enabled Cloud PC" that appears not to have an NPU at all, as the company says they run on "all 8 vCPU Cloud PCs" in certain Azure regions under the Windows 365 cloudy PC service."
"Some Windows 365 instance types that offer 8 vCPUs also include GPUs, so perhaps an AI-enabled Cloud PC can tap those accelerators. Microsoft also says AI-enabled Cloud PCs "dynamically adapt compute power for more on-demand performance, streamed securely from the Microsoft Cloud." Whatever they run on, AI-enabled Cloud PCs include Copilot, the "Click To Do" feature available on Copilot+ PCs, and AI-infused Windows Search."
"Windows 365 is now Microsoft's main virtual PC product, but Redmond still sells Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) - an offering that's closer to traditional desktop virtualization. Microsoft brought AVD on prem a couple of years ago by allowing it to run on Azure Local, its latest cloud-in-a-box offering after it moved on from Azure Stack. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that AVD can run under Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, physical Windows Servers, "or anywhere Arc-Enabled Servers can be deployed on-premises.""
Windows 365 AI-enabled Cloud PCs are cloud-hosted virtual machines that deliver Copilot, Click To Do, and AI-infused Windows Search on instances with eight vCPUs in certain Azure regions. Some 8‑vCPU Windows 365 instance types include GPUs, allowing potential use of accelerators despite lacking onboard NPUs. AI-enabled Cloud PCs dynamically adapt compute power for on-demand performance with secure streaming from the Microsoft Cloud. Availability is limited to Windows Insider members enrolled in the Frontier Program for early AI access. Azure Virtual Desktop remains available for traditional virtualization and can run on Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, physical Windows Servers, or Arc-enabled on-premises deployments.
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