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Windows 365 Business Cloud PC Local Admin
Hello, I have deployed Windows 365 Business and thus far it is working great. However, I was wondering if each user is required to have local admin privilege's? Thanks!
EricOrman
Microsoft
MicrosoftWe are currently investigating capability to provisioning Business Cloud PC's without requiring users to be local admins, they would be standard users. There is problems with this because without MEM there will not be a way to perform elevated administration on these devices. More details to come as we continue our development/progress.
EricOrman, is there an update to this? From a compliance point of view, a standard user cannot have local admin rights to the Win365 provisioned instance. We do not want users installing software. Or, is there a workaround to strip it later?
- ivaylo_ivanov
M_Titcombe we introduced functionality in late 2021 to give admins more granular control over account types.
Users who are assigned a Windows 365 Business Cloud PC have standard user permissions by default. This default can be changed in the Organization Settings available at windows365.microsoft.com. More information is available in our documentation: Change organizational default settings in Windows 365 Business | Microsoft Learn
In addition, you can also change the account type on an already-created Cloud PC: Remotely manage Windows 365 Business Cloud PCs | Microsoft Learn
