Microsoft launches Dev Box cloud service: what developers will get
On August 15, Microsoft gave developers shared access to the preview version of its Microsoft Dev Box cloud workstations, writes The Verge.
Microsoft Dev Box contains programs and services designed specifically for developers that allow you to quickly access pre-configured workstations called "dev boxes".
Dev Box is primarily intended for developers who implement projects that have conflicting software and dependencies that significantly complicate the maintenance of workstations.
Specialists working on legacy applications will be able to support Dev Box for older versions of applications to quickly create an environment that can reproduce and diagnose critical problems for customers as they arise.
Microsoft has identified several key advantages of the new product:
For development teams: Quick Start, use multiple dev boxes for isolation and parallel operation, access from any location (you can work from any device and with any OS).
For development managers: using pools of development tools to separate workloads, group scenarios.
For development infrastructure administrators: setting up development centers, configuring network connectivity, and managing projects.
For IT administrators: manage Dev Box devices just like any other (dev boxes are automatically registered in Intune. You can use the Microsoft Endpoint Manager portal to manage dev boxes just like any other device on the network); organize secure access in a secure environment (you can automatically connect dev boxes initially to Azure AD or Active Directory; configure conditional access policies that require users to connect via the appropriate device, etc.).
Microsoft Dev Box is available today as a preview version. During this period, organizations receive the first 15 hours of a dev box SKU with 8 virtual CPUs and 32 GB of memory for free every month, as well as 365 hours of a 512 GB dev box storage SSD SKU.
They will pay for development based on the consumption model. Microsoft plans to charge organizations an hourly fee for computing and storage.
