Hands-on: You can now run Windows 365 on iPad, and Microsoft even has an app for it - 9to5Mac

I flew over to the App Store and downloaded the app, entered my credentials, and boom — I had a smooth virtual install of Windows running in a native app on my iPad from the App Store?

You could even run Xbox streamed games through your virtual Windows 365 PC on your iPad.

Some actions that have polished animations were slightly slower, like opening the Windows 10 start menu.

Most basic apps you’ll need are there, and the store is only growing with Microsoft’s less strict rules being enacted with Windows 11.

Apps like Spotify, Netflix, Pinterest, Affinity Photo, and more are all already on the Microsoft Store.

Windows 365 cloud PCs come with Microsoft Office and Xbox applications out of the box, so you don’t need to download them separately.

iPad power users have been crying out for a way to run a traditional desktop windowed environment with a file system on their devices.

Most recently, users found a way to run Windows 3.1 on iPad through an app called iDOS?

There have been other attempts in the past, like an early iPad app called OnLive that streamed a copy of Windows 7 to your iPad.

The iPad’s trackpad cursor turns from the circle into the traditional white arrow cursor when using Windows 365 in-app.

The cloud PC also holds its state, so you can multitask to other native iPad apps as you use Windows 365.

Long story short, Windows 365 could be the start of something very big.

It still has a ways to go, I think, despite being totally usable if you need to run a Windows program on iPad.

All of the business tiers of Windows 365 allow up to 300 users, while the enterprise tiers allow for unlimited users.