Security News > 2021 > August > Microsoft halts Windows 365 trials after running out of servers
Microsoft has suspended free trials of their newly launched Windows 365 Cloud PC service after running out of available servers.
Yesterday, Microsoft launched their Windows 365 cloud-based virtual desktop experience that allows the enterprise to deploy Windows 10 Cloud PCs on the cloud.
As part of this offering, Microsoft also offers free trials to get a 2vCPU/4GB RAM/128GB storage, 2 vCPU/8 RAM/128 storage, or 4 vCPU/16 RAM/128 storage Cloud PC for free for two months.
It seems that Microsoft underestimated the demand for the free trials and quickly ran out of capacity, as when you attempt to provision a trial server, you will see the error message below.
Scott Manchester, Microsoft's Director of Program Management, Windows 365, confirmed that Microsoft paused the free trial program while the add more capacity.
BleepingComputer performed a brief test of Windows 365 yesterday, and it performed really well, even when using a web browser as a client.
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