As Microsoft’s new plan for managing Windows 10 devices for a monthly fee, Microsoft Managed Desktop can be used to deploy and manage companies’ Windows 10 devices. What can you get from this service? Now, you can read this article to learn some related information about it.
Microsoft Managed Desktop Overview
On September 17, 2018, Microsoft took the wraps off managing corporate Windows 10 devices for a monthly fee service, and it is branded as Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD).
Through MMD, Microsoft can supply the business users with the service to manage the Windows 10 PCs. What does this mean?
It means that with this plan, Microsoft can provide users with the pre-configured Windows 10 PC hardware, the ongoing Windows 10 feature updates, some security updates, some other fixes, and the overall devices management for a single, per-user monthly subscription fee.
You may be interested in the cost of this service. Actually, it will vary by users and base on the size of the customers, the types of devices, and some other factors.
What Can You Get from This Service?
If you buy MMD, you will get Microsoft 365 Enterprise which is the combination of Windows 10 Enterprise, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility as well as Security.
It is prepared to run on Windows 10 machines which can meet the Microsoft’s MMD specification and runtime quality bar.
In the beginning, the qualifying machines will be Surface PCs only. However, in the coming months, more and more devices will be qualified, such as HP, DELL, and more. Their manufactures will be offered as options as long as they can meet the criteria of Microsoft.
The Current Situation of Microsoft Managed Desktop
Now, a small number of U.S. and U.K users have already use this MMD service, and they can help Redmond to develop and test this service. The availability is expanding and still starting with the U.S. and U.K.
The Redmond giant says that the Microsoft MMD service will help the customers to pay more attention to its core and “drive more business value” by getting rid of the trouble of managing systems and keeping them up to date.
It also said that it took MMD as a test among some early customers that led to learnings that led to changes in Microsoft 365 to “better enable end-to-end scenarios for customers around the world”.
It is said that this MMD service will be available in Canada, Australia and New Zealand in the early 2019. And then, the service range will be wider and wider with time goes by. If you are interested in MMD, you can contact your local account managers for more detailed information.
At first, Microsoft will sell MMD service by itself. But, it plan to cooperate with the reseller or integrator partners then.
If your company chooses to use MMD, you can then take the computer out of the package, enter the credentials, and make the device automatically populate with preset security, management policies and required company apps.
In theory, there will be no need to ask IT person for help to make the setup and process deployment. Instead, Microsoft will take over these tasks.
As a matter of fact, the Microsoft Managed Desktop service is a step to strengthen the Microsoft 365 service. It provides end-to-end solutions in the field of software and hardware front.
Microsoft may release more information about Microsoft Managed Desktop then. So, please stay tuned.
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