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Microsoft’s breathtaking ability to rename issues badly carries on with the Windows App, a hub to stream Windows from a variety of sources.
Customers may per chance know the product greater as the Far flung Desktop consumer, nonetheless rebranding a product with a tag that makes sense would by no means achieve, so we have the Windows App. A one-stay store for the whole lot Windows.
The Windows App has been in preview for a while and users of the Far flung Desktop consumer got a heads-up that the rebrand was coming. It is designed to be a “unified experience,” according to Microsoft. It will breeze on Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and web browsers, although the Android version remains in public preview for now.
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“This unified app serves as your secure gateway to connect to Windows across Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Remote Desktop, Remote Desktop Services, Microsoft Dev Box, and more,” Microsoft wrote.
There’s gadget redirection, multi-monitor make stronger, as smartly as dynamic display resolutions and scaling. Fairly worthy the whole lot a consumer may per chance have done with a Far flung Desktop consumer. Microsoft said: “Users of Remote Desktop clients for Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and web will transition to Windows App.”
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We took the Windows App for a poke and it works smartly with Microsoft’s products and companies. It did no longer, on the alternative hand, replace the present Far flung Desktop Connection application that continues to ship with Windows 11, which is able to please administrators that may fear about having to train for yet another way of working.
The Windows App also requires a work or faculty account before this can start up, confirming that here is rarely any longer aimed at consumers.
Microsoft has peppered its product lineup with the be aware “Copilot” lately. Replacing Bing Chat Undertaking with the Copilot moniker has caused some users to point at Microsoft 365 Copilot and wonder what the variation is. The former is grounded in the public Bing web index, while the latter draws from an undertaking customer’s data in its responses.
“Windows App” is seemingly also to cause some confusion as users change into accustomed to it.
One commented: “This is the dumbest rebranding ever and has been extremely poorly communicated. They might as well have called it ‘Useful Program’ for all that ‘Windows App’ tells you about what it does.” ®
