
Using Parallels Desktop 18 may be more accessible for most people, but the standard edition for home and student use starts at $99.99 a year, with professional and business edition subscription services at $119.99 and $149.99 per year. The benefit of this is that Windows 365 offers nested virtualization, allowing you to run emulators and get full compatibility with features that require virtualization, like running Android apps from the Amazon app store. In this case, you can stream Windows 11 to a Mac (or any device) through the software-as-a-service. Windows 365 Cloud PCs are currently available in business and enterprise plans (opens in new tab), starting at $31 per user per month. In general, it seems to be pointing it only toward business users.

The options to do so aren't necessarily new - Microsoft is pushing Windows 365 Cloud PCs or by using Parallels Desktop 18 - but it's the first time we've seen Microsoft provide Windows guidance to Mac users since Boot Camp went away.
