[Tech Takeoff resource guide] The path ahead: The roadmap for Windows in the cloud

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This session explores the latest updates to Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop, looks at recently released features, and offers a peek at what's next.

To help you learn more, here are the links referenced in the session:

 

Windows 365 Enterprise

Navigate to What’s new in Windows 365 Enterprise or What’s new in Windows 365 Business to learn about everything that’s new in greater detail with links to documentation.

• Seamless user experience
  • Windows 365 higher configuration (16vCPU) SKUs​
  • Windows 365 Cloud PC gallery images use new Teams VDI
  • Support for UDP TURN connectivity​
  • Windows App for Windows, MacOS, and iOS​
  • Windows 365 Link (public preview)
• Security and reliability
  • Support for Microsoft Intune Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM)​
  • Ability to assign Microsoft Intune tamper protection policy​
  • Microsoft Purview Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) support​
  • Region expansion: Sweden Central, South Africa North and Israel Central​
  • Disk Encryption with Microsoft Purview Customer Key (BYOK)​
  • Windows 365 Customer Lockbox​
  • RBAC Microsoft Intune scope tags for support for Windows 365 workloads ​
  • One-way clipboard redirection control ​
  • Microsoft Intune mobile application management (MAM) support for iOS and Android​
  • Security baseline updates​
  • Configurable session lock experience for SSO​
  • Microsoft Entra Passkey/FIDOs support in macOS and iOS​
  • Elevate security in Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop​
  • Windows 365 now supports Israel Central
• Easy manageability
  • Resize and downsize including group-based licensing​
  • Worldwide support for resizing via step-up licenses​
  • Concurrency report for Windows 365 Frontline (public preview)​
  • Utilization insight reports (public preview)​
  • Connection quality reports (public preview)​
  • Connectivity report (public preview)​
  • IT admin alerts on Cloud PC that aren’t available (public preview)​
  • Cloud PC recommendations report​
  • Cloud PC maintenance windows (public preview) ​
  • Concurrency buffer to enable temporary shift overlap ​
  • Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs for Windows 365 Enterprise and Windows 365 Frontline 
  • Windows 365 Cross-region Disaster Recovery ​
  • Windows 365 Frontline shared mode (public preview)​
  • Selective move of Cloud PCs
• Partner integration
  
  • Motorola Thinkphone integration​
  • Support for Omnissa Horizon and Windows 365 Enterprise integration (Omnissa Horizon previously VMware Horizon)

 

Azure Virtual Desktop 

Navigate to What’s new in Azure Virtual Desktop to learn about everything that’s new in greater detail with links to documentation.

• Seamless user experience
  
  • Access OneDrive for Business files with RemoteApp deployments (public preview)​
  • Directly link to Azure Virtual Desktop resources with new URI schemes​
  • Windows App for Windows, MacOS, and iOS​
  • New Microsoft Teams with WebRTC VDI optimizations on Azure Virtual Desktop​
  • Migrate from Azure Virtual Desktop Preview app to Windows App
• Security and reliability
  • Azure Confidential Compute VMs​
  • Azure Private Link​
  • Apply a watermark to the session​
  • Single sign-on (SSO) ​
  • In-session passwordless authentication ​
  • Microsoft Purview Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) support​
  • Administrator can control one-way clipboard redirection​
  • Microsoft Intune mobile application management (MAM) support for iOS and Android (public preview)​
  • Configurable session lock experience for SSO​
  • Microsoft Entra Passkey/FIDOs support in macOS and iOS​
  • Session recording for forensic evidence gathering purposes
• Easy manageability 
  • Azure Virtual Desktop Insights admins can migrate to Azure Monitor Agent​
  • Azure Virtual Desktop ADMX available in Microsoft Intune administrative templates and Settings Catalog​
  • AutoScale for Personal Desktop ​
  • Hibernate support for autoscale ​
  • Custom image templates​
  • Configure Shortpath settings in Azure Virtual Desktop portal ​
  • Connection Reliability tab in Azure Virtual Desktop Insights​
  • Session Host Update (public preview)
• Deployment flexibility
  • Autoscale and Start VM on Connect support for Azure Stack HCI update to Azure Local​
  • Guided experience to create custom image in Azure portal​
  • MSIX app attach packages can now be applied to multiple host pools simultaneously, entitled per user, and Microsoft Entra joined supported​
  • Azure Extended Zones support​
  • Azure Virtual Desktop Metadata Database available in South Africa ​
  • Enhanced host pool management for Azure Virtual Desktop​
  • App-V and partner support for App attach (public preview)​
  • Dynamic Autoscaling (public preview)

Call to action

• Navigate to What’s new in Azure Virtual Desktop doc to learn about everything that’s new in greater detail with links to documentation​
• Navigate to What’s new in Windows 365 Enterprise doc to learn about everything that’s new in greater detail with links to documentation​
• Learn more about Azure Virtual Desktop: aka.ms/AVD​
• Learn more about Windows 365: aka.ms/W365