Windows App replaces Microsoft Remote Desktop on macOS, iOS, and Android.
  • @MIDItheKID@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50•8 months ago

    As somebody who has to work with deploying this software for consultants that use W365 Cloud PCs, fuck this name. If there is an error or an issue with it, good fucking luck trying to Google a solution because searching for “Windows App Error” gets you nowhere fucking useful.

    • @Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      Let me get on my tinfoil hat: I’d wager that Microsoft views this as a feature, not a bug. They voluntarily tank their SEO so that you have more incentive to use their shitty LLM assistant.

  • @RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
    27•8 months ago

    To save people the click

    Microsoft announced today that it’s releasing a new app called Windows App as an app for Windows that allows users to run Windows and also Windows apps (it’s also coming to macOS, iOS, web browsers, and is in public preview for Android).

    On most of those platforms, Windows App is a replacement for the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, which was used for connecting to a copy of Windows running on a remote computer or server—for some users and IT organizations, a relatively straightforward way to run Windows software on devices that aren’t running Windows or can’t run Windows natively.

    The new name, though potentially confusing, attempts to sum up the app’s purpose: It’s a unified way to access your own Windows PCs with Remote Desktop access turned on, cloud-hosted Windows 365 and Microsoft Dev Box systems, and individual remotely hosted apps that have been provisioned by your work or school.

    • LucasWaffyWafEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      Xbox: Good, short, sweet, memorable. Xbox 360: Odd, but different name, referring to the console being meant to be used as an all in one media center. Xbox One: Confusing since people were calling the original Xbox the Xbox 1. Xbox Series X: whyyyyy

      Playstation: Just increment the number, mate.

  • y0dinEnglish
    6•8 months ago

    so, without this app, it will only be telemetry and ads? 🤔