This is how you poach users.
So obviously Microsoft can’t count on Windows Phone and Surface RT sales to reinforce their Remote Desktop service. Buried in a recent press release for their new enterprise cloud services:
Further, with Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft is introducing the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, available for download in application stores later this month, to provide easy access to PCs and virtual desktops on a variety of devices and platforms, including Windows, Windows RT, iOS, OSX and Android.
Acknowledging that even people who run Windows desktops, laptops, and servers are most likely using an Android or iOS phone or tablet is maybe the best thing to continue encouraging Windows adoption. With all these devices connected to the interwebs, it becomes less precious to develop native apps for consumer-grade tablets when we can use them like thin clients or dumb terminals for displaying proper programs.
Not a bad play Microsoft, especially as Google will be sneaking Chrome OS onto Windows 8 hardware soon too…
Full PR after the jump.
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