agreed Amboss , I too like barebones building.


Not so agreed ajalkane,
M$ currently offers Windows 10, Office 365 and its Intune device-management and security products in the form of the Microsoft 365 subscription bundle.

The aim is that specific M$ partner businesses (ie: Dell, Lenovo, etc) will be targeted and both parties (M$ and the manufacturer) will work toward a complaint structure for the new M$ desktop DaaS model. Meaning M$ is closing the field and tightening control , in this regard.
It will be ...
want to run windows?
you must have a compliant device and a subscription.
How/whether Microsoft plans to allow partners to sell the Microsoft Managed Desktop platform and add value on top of it or if Microsoft intends to sell this directly to large enterprise customers itself (or both) is the only real question remaining.

some Microsoft partners are selling what sounds a lot like this Microsoft Managed Desktop service, but under the "Modern Workplace as a Service (MWaaS) banner. Microsoft has been using "Modern Workplace" to refer to its Microsoft 365 subscription bundle and related software/services.

Just look at CompNow, an Australian education, government and business services vendor, sells a Modern Workplace package that includes a Windows device of choice, Office 365, Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility + Security, managed IT services and helpdesk, a flexible warranty all for one monthly payment, (from what the company website has to say)
https://www.compnow.com.au/mwaas/
sure that is an enterprise / business model...
but..the model works.

having the 6 month update of patches and pulls that cause chaos currently is an excellent strategy to soften and warm everyone up to a subscription model.
Already the market is prime for it.
I hear all the time here at TMO how "the latest phone is a must have ...and so-and-so is going to buy it"
People buy the latest phones on a 2 year or year or less basis.
The planned obsolescence model works.
DaaS implementation on the desktop should be trouble free as far as huge outcry.



Everyone using approved hardware that has been tested for compat.
Everyone using just 1 desktop. The same desktop on the same hardware is an easy way not only to control but an easy way to troubleshoot.
No more insanely costly support for the previous version of the OS (ie win xp, 2000, me, vista, win 7 etc... ) or even 2 previous versions whose lifespan M$ has felt obliged to support while dealing with the current one.
Due to the fact that people wish to continue using , or refuse to upgrade from, or who are too lazy too, or businesses who are still running old versions that get compromised or fail...
It is costly.
No doubt.
Madly costly I am sure.

The DaaS model is basically M$ deformed concept of a rolling release model involving the device manufacturers ...
But a paid subscription and enforced.

It will save them a lot of money.
and that is something I don't think they will ignore and continue with the "business as usual " model of the last few decades.
Long before articles such as this, the word is that win 10 will be the last of its kind.
What that meant at the time was speculation.
What is happening now is prep for implementation ...
The deets of that implementation are another matter.
But from a cost cutting view alone it is sane for M$ to be heading in this direction.

Don't sweat it...
there are other options...
I am sure that ReactOS is going to absolutely jump in new users when ..by 202? the big M$ migration occurs