Microsoft launched its Windows in the cloud offering -- Windows 365/Cloud PC -- on July 14. But officials declined to reveal one of the most important details of the coming new offering, the pricing, on launch day. Instead, officials said, Microsoft will share pricing closer to the general availability date of August 2 for the service. However, during a session during the virtual Inspire partner conference this week, a Microsoft official did share what looks to be official pricing for one of the Windows 365 SKUs. Also: Microsoft just blew up the only reason you can't use a Linux desktop Windows 365 will be available in Business and Enterprise flavors, Microsoft officials said this week. Derek **riel (@dsghi on Twitter) shared a screen capture of one of the Windows 365 Business SKUs that showed it would cost $31 per user per month. This is for the 2vCPU, 4GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage version for customers with up to 300 users. This particular SKU supports the desktop versions of Office apps, Outlook and OneDrive; the desktop version of Microsoft Teams; Visual Studio, Power BI and Dynamics 365; and to access and manage Cloud PC virtually. I asked Microsoft to confirm that this $31 per user per month Windows 365 SKU is in its line-up. No word back so far. Update: Yep, the pricing is correct. "This is pricing for just one SKU. We have many more options, both in terms of configurations and price points, to share when the product becomes generally available on August 2," a company spokesperson confirmed
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