Windows 365 Cloud PC (Business / Enterprise)

Free allowance: No free tier: Windows 365 Business is a monthly subscription from a 2 vCPU, 8 GB and 128 GB configuration upward, with a time-limited free trial
Verdict: triala time-boxed or one-time trial, not a recurring allowance
Cost: no price stated
Identity: cardcard required, no phone
Binding limit: request-ratea monthly auto-renewing subscription per Cloud PC; the trial is a separate term
Evidence: documented7 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-12-03checked 2026-11-02 (live); stale on 2026-12-03

Free tier	no free tier: Windows 365 Business is a monthly subscription from a 2 vCPU, 8 GB and 128 GB configuration upward, with a time-limited free trial unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Limits	request-rate (binding) a monthly auto-renewing subscription per Cloud PC; the trial is a separate term source per-object-cap shapes run from 2 vCPU, 8 GB and 128 GB to 8 vCPU, 32 GB and 256 GB source not stated
Identity	card a card: 'A credit card is required.' The trial is one promotional licence per customer for each version, on the 2vCPU, 8GB, 128GB shape, for up to 30 days, and no phone number is named in its terms. Country limit: 'All Microsoft Online Services are unavailable in Cuba, Iran, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Sudan, and Syria.', and the product can be bought only where the country is listed in the service's Countries and Regions column.
Egress	not stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Interface	unknown
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Evidence note	documented the plan comparison was read on 2026-10-22 and states the monthly subscription model across the ladder with a separate trial. There is no free tier, so the verdict moves to trial-only and the shape ladder is recorded
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 0 per-object-cap 8 GB

Evidence 7

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-02	www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business/compare-plans-p	not published
2026-10-22	www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business/compare-plans-p	'Windows 365 Business 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 128 GB (Monthly subscription - auto renews)' with '[Try for free]' and 'See trial terms', and the ladder to 'Windows 365 Business 8 vCPU, 32 GB, 256 GB', quoted
2026-11-02	www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business/windows-365-fre	the free trial needs a card, and the subscription renews after one month
2026-11-02	www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business/compare-plans-p	the trial's own terms require a card, allow one trial per customer, and state no phone number
2026-11-02	www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/international	the service is unavailable in five named countries, and its country list is published per service
2026-11-02	learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business/cloud-pc-loca	Windows 365 Business can be bought only in a country listed for the service
2026-11-02	www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/business/compare-plans-p	the trial terms require a card, and the same terms allow one trial per customer

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keep rate	1.0
keep rate basis	always-on by contract
billing model	unclassified
shape	`{"vcpu": 2,"ram": 8,"disk": 128,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null,"note": "the entry Cloud PC; the top of the ladder is 8 vCPU, 32 GB and 256 GB"}`
session cap	`{"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "a Cloud PC is a persistent desktop for the subscription term; the trial is the only clock"}`
free tier kind	trial
granularity	`{"min_billed_s": 0,"rounding_s": null}`
ps	`{"gib": 128,"price": "included in the subscription","durability": "persistent Cloud PC disk","on_stop": true,"on_destroy": false,"retention": "the subscription term"}`
net	`{"out": true,"in": true,"ports": "a managed desktop, reached through the Windows App","static_ip": false,"ipv6": null,"allowance": null}`

Unknown values 10