"We want the focus of Link to be the Windows 365 part of it," explains Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft's head of Windows and Surface, in an interview with The Verge. "Our goal really is for the device itself to be as transparent as possible, so we minimize the steps for you from setup, to login, to handoffs and transitions."
Windows 365 Link is secure by design, using all of Microsoft's previous work of locking down Windows and even the Xbox console to keep hackers out. That means it won't run anything local on device other than a lightweight OS that's designed to get you into a Windows 365 cloud PC as quickly and securely as possible.
Link boots in seconds, can wake instantly from sleep, and uses its own chips to process video for Microsoft Teams or Webex by Cisco. Microsoft isn't detailing the exact specs of Windows 365 Link yet, but the internals won't really matter too much given it's designed as a portal to a more powerful cloud PC.
It does have two USB-A ports and one USB-C port at the rear, alongside a single DisplayPort and HDMI port, and Ethernet connectivity. At the front there is a single USB-A port, and Microsoft has also included Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 wireless connectivity.
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