Windows 365 integration into Windows 11 demonstrated

[@DeployJeremy]

Great to work with Scott Manchester again on this and really like what's coming with Windows 365 Boot, Windows 365 Switch, Windows 365 Offline and the new Windows 365 app! Let us know what you think.

[@scottmanchester]

Excited to share some of the exciting new Windows 365 features in Windows 11!

[@ShaneTheGeek]

That offline mode for a cloud pc is very slick! Almost like using OneDrive to cache a snapshot of your virtual disk and then merging that disk change on the fly. Pretty crazy how far we have come with all of these background technologies, virtualization and file structures that allow this type of operation. Reminds me of the old user profile disks for having a consistent dekstop across devices.

[@davep9565]

Brilliant technology with so many benefits to organisations.

[@LearningandTechnology]

There are a lot of implications for Education that I'm excited to explore. I can see some of these features being incredibly useful for teaching.

[@vimalraju4688]

Can you please tell me how the direct boot to cloud works

[@Rwayne-]

Please share the wallpaper that 0:08 it is amazing!

[@scottmanchester]

That is the default background image for Windows 365 Cloud PCs.

[@murattasova7598]

Hi nice guys :) Little question. When will we have device what only needs some minor os to connect to my cloud pc. No windows needed more on my machine.

[@summoner2100]

Why would the windows 365 app need to be preinstalled? Very few people, even in work, are going to use a cloud PC. Especially at the costs of cloud pcs.

[@joshuamorden7810]

Offline mode might be the thing that finally convinces me to switch to VDI!

[@bit957]

Wonder if the ADD integration brings MFA to the windows 11 workstation?

[@cheuman1]

How do I protect information leakages from Windows 365 to Desktop, and vice versa? If Intune is the answer, where would I install and setup the MDM/MAM function, on Win 11 or Win 365?

[@MSFTMechanics]

You can use Group Policy or Intune's equivalent ADMX-backed policies to isolate the Cloud PC from the accessing device. For example, you can disable the clipboard, printing, and more.

[@jiml.9026]

This does not seem secure. What encryption is used? How does this deter a MITM attack? How do we know someone is not on the physical pc capturing data packets? There seems to be a lot overlooked here.

[@MSFTMechanics]

Everything is encrypted and we aren't leaving port 3389 open. And you can use 2 factor authentication to access the Cloud PC over Azure AD

[@Richard_GIS]

Finally a product MS should have made 20 years ago, dude that take with you and stream it to whatever device you login - fantastic

[@olagisrarikis]

When will this windows 365 app be available in the Store? But even now using remote desktop or browser this is awesome. I no longer need Parallels on my mac as this works like a charm. I had a little fun yesterday and was creating a .NET Maui app and testing on an android emulator and Windows from my iPad mini...

[@CarlintVeld]

This is really great! Will this be added to classic remote desktop as well? Finally we get rid of this pesky blue bar at the top! And how will the offline feature be working? And are you considering remotely running (with offline capabilities in future) windowed apps as well?

[@divinity176]

Did any of these features ever get released? I can't find any further information since the demos and press releases 10 months go.

[@MSFTMechanics]

The new Windows 365 app is available now.

[@cyberallianceindia]

I hope we get this versions of Desktops working with local lan pc's too 🤗

[@tharagz08]

I'm getting confused on the feature parity between AVD and W365. The features outlined here would be excellent on the AVD side. If I were a new company wanting to look at cloud delivered VDI, which product would Microsoft recommend? When W365 was first introduced I looked at it as something checking the same boxes as AVD, but easier to setup and deploy, perfect for smaller businesses. Now that I see features hitting W365 that AVD lacks, I'm not clear on the direction.

[@adammikolajczyk8]

Where can I find the dark mode wallpaper?

[@zncstr]

How is performance of collaboration tools such as Teams and Zoom using the Windows 365 app vs remote desktop? With rdc , teams requires special configuration and zoom requires an add on to the local device in order to provide better experience

[@MSFTMechanics]

We optimize the image for Microsoft Teams using multimedia redirect, so that it performs well with video calls.

[@KnockItHoff]

How much longer does AVD have to live with the continuous growth and development of Windows 365?

[@MSFTMechanics]

Both solutions are continuously developing. AVD also has Azure AD join support, Azure Stack for hybrid deployment, just to name a few recent additions, and a huge growing list of configuration options, including multi-session client and RemoteApp. Both are great solutions.

[@vimalraju4688]

will solidworks support windows365 cloud pc

[@kalyxwyvern8485]

will there be improvements to teams video using the cloud pc?

[@MSFTMechanics]

Yes, Teams AV redirect optimizes video for Teams calls. It passes the video directly from the sending to receiving devices and eliminates a few encoding and decoding steps in between

[@blie8767]

Any chance I can set up my powerful office workstation as "cloud PC", instead of using Azure? [My employer doesn't allow me to you Remote Desktop app, apparently because that requires to open up a port that is not secure -- while other, similar tools such as TeamViewer uses the web port... as far as I understand.]

[@MSFTMechanics]

Yes, and that's not correct. AVD doesn't use RDP port 3389 or require that it's always open. Connecting to it is secure and you can use 2 factor auth with Azure AD as well.

[@vimalraju4688]

how switch local to cloud pc works

[@apoorvshrivastav6979]

I am working on a case where user is using remote desktop connection manager to connect to the Cloud PC and his account is getting locked out

[@MSFTMechanics]

Does it work from the web portal? Is the challenge failing for the service user login (AAD) or the machine login (AD)?

[@andresottestig8705]

Nice

[@gbaughma]

Soooo... windows terminal server... in the cloud.

[@parmindersinghbharjana9302]

Greta Stuff!

[@MSFTMechanics]

Thanks

[@cfwin1776]

Windows 366.

[@jonathanlopez9210]

That work to hospital