Microsoft claims Cloud PCs cannot be benchmarked

Published April 7, 2023
Author: Ash Khan

Microsoft claims Cloud PCs cannot be benchmarked

Published April 7, 2023
Author: Ash Khan

Microsoft is saying that there are simply too many variables to Cloud PCs.

Microsoft has explained why benchmarking cloud PCs is an extremely difficult procedure that, in many cases, is just not possible.

In a recent blog post, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PC and Azure Virtual Desktop, detailed why it’s virtually hard to evaluate cloud computing due to the vast number of factors.

Microsoft Office 365 company claims we should merely rely on the fact that ongoing improvements provide us with optimal performance.

Comparing cloud computing is challenging

Microsoft 365 Office company claims it’s nearly impossible to get repeatable data. Especially in an environment that reflects the reality of what users will be using. This is based on nearly three decades of experience and countless performance studies.

 

Furthermore, the subsequent testing can provide different outcomes and it might be difficult at best to make accurate comparisons. Considering such a suggestion, choosing virtual hardware that satisfies is preferable to comparing numbers that don’t accurately reflect reality.

Moreover, Microsoft 365 claims when trying to evaluate there are some of the most crucial elements to consider. These elements include the operating systems, network latency, disc controller caching, and memory optimization.

 

The number of variables becomes “overwhelming” in the setting of cloud computing. Host computer serving a variable number of Cloud PCs is running on a cluster.  In addition, this is especially true for virtualization workloads like Windows Subsystem for Linux.

The virtual desktop you used a year ago was probably updated and enhanced in the months that followed. This helped it achieve better performance and/or efficiency.

 

Furthermore, Microsoft criticizes benchmarking tests for being conducted in impersonal settings. Even outside the context of cloud computing, we look for the best possible results rather than comparison results.

Conclusion

While it is conceivable that better performance for the end user would emerge from higher benchmark statistics. The difference will virtually never be this pronounced. Microsoft’s relative performance indicators provide a basis for comparison when it comes to cloud computing.

 

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