Microsoft Windows desktop-as-a-service in the works, claims report

Grazed from CloudPro. Author: Rene Millman.

Microsoft is rumoured to be working on a pay-as-you-go Windows Desktop-as-a-service product. According to a report on ZDNet, the firm’s desktop virtualisation service, codenamed Mohoro, is in early development and looks set to launch in 2014. The service is set to be offered as a remote application aimed at enterprises running thin clients that want to run legacy apps in the cloud rather than on-premise.

"With Mohoro, you click a few buttons, deploy your apps, use Intune to push out configuration to all of your company’s devices, and you’re done," a source told the publication. The codename Mohoro is named after a town located on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean. It gives a clue to where the development of the service is taking place, most likely Microsoft’s India Development Centre…

Both Mohoro.com and Mohoro.net domain names have been traced to Microsoft‘s ownership. The move could be the first steps in moving Windows to a subscription-based SaaS model, rather than make users shell out for a one-off payment for the software…

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