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Many of Microsoft’s cloud services are designed to be platform-agnostic, with management from a web browser running on any operating system. As an administrator, for example, you can manage virtual machines and cloud services in Microsoft Azure from its web-based interface.

A few cloud services are tied directly to Windows 10, including the most recent client software for Microsoft’s cloud-based file storage. This so-called next-generation sync client is capable of synchronizing OneDrive and OneDrive for Business files from a single PC and displaying the synchronized contents in File Explorer. I discuss this option more in Chapter 2.

Similarly, you can create a Windows 10 virtual machine in the Microsoft Azure cloud, or connect a work account to a Windows 10 PC by using Azure Active Directory. I discuss both options in Chapter 11.