Windows 365 integration into Windows 11 demonstrated

What's in store for Windows 365? Get a early look at what’s coming for Cloud PC experiences with Windows 365, including deeper Windows 11 integration with capabilities for booting directly to your Cloud PC, the new Windows 365 app experience, as well as switching from your local device to your Cloud PC. For admins, we’ll show you how setup and management is easy with native, fully cloud managed Azure Active Directory authentication for your Windows 365 Cloud PCs and the new Windows 365 Business simplified admin experience. Scott Manchester, Partner Director PM for Windows 365, joins Jeremy Chapman to share all the Windows 365 updates.

- Windows 365 Boot will allow specialized devices to go from powering on, to logging in directly to your Cloud PC.
- Windows 365 Switch will enable fast desktop switching via the Task View in Windows 11 to move to your Cloud PC and from there back to your local desktop.
- Windows 365 app will be included in a future Windows 11 release and available for Windows 10, which allows you to access your Cloud PCs, manage and troubleshoot them.
- Windows 365 Offline in the future will allow your Cloud PC to sync locally on your device and you'll be able to work without an internet connection; then once you reconnect any changes made will synchronize to your Cloud PC.
- Azure Active Directory Join support for Windows 365 Enterprise is currently in preview and will be generally available in May.
- Updates to the Windows 365 Business portal and simplified management experiences for small businesses, and
- New Microsoft 365 Lighthouse portal integration for partners who manage multiple customer tenants.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Introduction
01:44 - Boot directly to your Cloud PC with Windows 365 Boot
02:44 - How it works behind the scenes
03:35 - Windows 365 app to access and manage your Cloud PC
05:23 - Windows 365 Switch to move between your local device and Cloud PC
06:11 - Admin setup and management updates
08:14 - Windows 365 Business portal
10:35 - Windows 365 Offline for using your Cloud PC when disconnected
11:22 - Wrap-up

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[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.

[davep]

Brilliant technology with so many benefits to organisations.

[joshuamorden]

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

[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.

[vimalraju]

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

[murattasova]

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.

[cheuman]

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?

[bit]

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

[summoner]

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.

[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?

[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...

[jiml.]

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.

[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

[tharagz]

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.

[cyberallianceindia]

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

[Rwayne-]

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

[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

[divinity]

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