[HN Gopher] Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available
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       Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available
        
       Author : ingve
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-07-10 19:36 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (azure.microsoft.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (azure.microsoft.com)
        
       | psyclobe wrote:
       | Do all these dev boxes automatically setup shit like Candy Crush
       | Saga like retail windows does?
        
         | olyjohn wrote:
         | Well their Windows 365 Virtual Desktops certainly do and they
         | are running Windows 11 Enterprise. I'm sure these will too. Why
         | would they leave any possible revenue source untapped?
        
         | willcipriano wrote:
         | No just the candy crush dev kit so you can integrate candy
         | crush ads into your apps in exchange for in game currency.
        
       | mdaniel wrote:
       | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/dev-box/
       | 
       | > To use Microsoft Dev Box, each user must be licensed for
       | Windows 11 Enterprise or Windows 10 Enterprise, Microsoft
       | Endpoint Manager, and Azure Active Directory P1.
       | 
       | uh-huh. I suspect that's why the $138.20/month max charge is
       | suspicious, as I bet that's just the VM cost. I'm not currently
       | incentivized to use the "request quote" button to find out the
       | real cost
       | 
       | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/tutorial-con...
       | doubles-down on the fact they're just Windows instances over RDP,
       | so I am 100% not the target audience for this
        
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