8.4 Independent cloud execution (Enterprise direction)

Planned, not released

Independent cloud execution is a planned direction for Enterprise, still under evaluation with no available hosted service. This page preserves the former Cloud link. Cloud is not a separate product or version and is outside the first Pro release. What you can use today is Community open-source Web.

The direction for enterprise execution environments

Enterprise is evaluating an execution environment independent of a personal Mac for employees, tasks and automations. The aim is for organizations to manage execution resources, permissions and audits. Deployment environments, control, identity integration and resource costs must be defined in the delivery scope. Official cloud compute is not available for purchase.

How it differs from Pro cloud services

Pro tasks run on your Mac. Mobile remotely uses the same host and conversations. Cloud services only provide accounts, licensing, device connections and explicitly authorized data transfer. An offline Mac does not cause automatic cloud reassignment.

Remote access, data transfer and independent execution are different capabilities. Connecting to cloud account services does not mean work runs in the cloud or automatically grant access to local files, programs or model keys.

Materials, permissions and costs

Enterprise execution uses only explicitly authorized materials and connections. Storage, retention, backup, export and migration policies, organizational permissions and approval responsibilities must be verified with actual delivery. Enterprises configure their own models. Licensing, compute and storage, delivery services and model usage are agreed separately.

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