Microsoft 365 recasts Windows 10 S laptops as inexpensive corporate machines

From PC World: Windows 10 S is no longer just for education. On Monday at its Ignite conference for corporate partners, Microsoft unveiled four new Windows 10 S laptops from Acer, HP, and Lenovo, together with a new shorthand for the services they'll provide: Microsoft 365.

The new Windows 10 S machines will be sold to such customers later this year, and all cost less than $350. They're part of the cadre of low-cost Windows 10 S devices that Microsoft showed off at the introduction of Windows 10 S last year. Contrary to that event's educational bent, however, these machines are being positioned as business PCs for what Microsoft terms "firstline workers" but might better be known as "front-line" workers—the staff you meet on support lines or at service counters, who interface with the public.

As for Microsoft 365, this is a suite that used to be just for business PCs, but is now being sold to educational customers as well. In the education space, it includes Office 365 for Education, Windows 10, Minecraft: Education Edition, and a device management service known as Enterprise Mobility + Security. Microsoft hasn't released pricing for the service, encouraging potential customers to get it in touch with sales agents instead.

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