Create workspaces

Give one or more people their own cloud desktop. Pick Windows or Linux and a size, choose who gets one, set working hours and pick a location.

You can create desktops for several people at once: each person gets their own.

Before you start: the people must be members of your organization (Invite teammates), and your account setup must be complete.

Go to Compute › Workspaces and select New workspace.
Operating system: Windows or Linux. Windows includes a Windows Server licence, billed per vCPU; Linux has no licence fee.
Size: pick a plan. The price is per desktop, per hour while it runs; each plan also shows what it would cost always on for a month, and on Windows the licence it includes.
Assign to: tick the people who get a desktop (one desktop per person). Turn on Shared pool and enter a Pool name to group them as a team pool, for example "Design team".
Power: turn on Working hours, pick the Days, and set Start and Stop. Desktops start before the day begins and stop at the end of it, in your timezone. Leave it off and desktops start and stop only when someone says so.
Location: pick the region closest to your team; it feels smoothest. Optionally pick a Project.
In the Summary, enter a Name. With several people, -01, -02 and so on are added. Use lowercase letters, numbers and dashes.
Check the estimated monthly cost and select Create workspace.

The setup page shows each step. You can leave it: setup keeps going. Billing starts when the desktop is running.

How workspaces are billed

By the hour while the desktop is running. Stopped desktops aren't billed for compute.
On Windows, the licence is included in the hourly price.
Working hours keep costs down: the summary estimates the hours a month per desktop.