Thanks for joining this AMA! Here are the questions our panelists covered during the live AMA, along with associated timestamps: 

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Question – Does Windows Backup for Organizations support hybrid join devices? – answered at 2:17.  

Question – Can I use this feature to back up and restore app settings? - answered at 3:11.

Question – Can I initiate backups on demand or only on a schedule? - answered at 4:42.

Question – What about cross-tenant migration? How will this work? – answered at 5:44.

Question – If the data is stored on the cloud, what encryption methodologies are used? – answered at 6:27.

Question – What are the licensing and maybe storage requirements? – answered at 7:36.

Question – How does this interact/interfere with Enterprise State Roaming? – answered at 9:04.

Question – Does this backup only business data, or personal data/settings as well? Where can we find information to share with our users on what is being backed up? – answered at 10:26.

• To learn more, go to https://aka.ms/WindowsBackupDocs

Question – Is there a way to disable backup for specific categories of settings? – answered at 12:35.

Question – Is this feature specifically for Window 10 to Windows 11 migration - or can we use it to restore on new devices? – answered at 13:34.

Question – What about Windows 365 backup? – answered at 14:34.

Question – What is the default backup frequency? Can we customize it? – answered at 16:02.

Question – When setting this up, any gotchas or best practices we should keep in mind? – answered at 16:48.

Question – How long is data retained? – answered at 18:18.

Question – Does it only store the latest backup or more than that? If more, how many? – answered at 19:10.

Question – Windows 11 looks and feels significantly different than Windows 10. Are the settings the same for restore? – answered at 20:07.

Question – If we want to backup all our remaining Windows 10 devices and restore those settings on the new Windows 11 devices, how many time would you estimate this to take? How long would our users be without their devices? – answered at 21:43.

Question – Does the user need to be present during restore or can that take place offline and they will open their new Windows 11 device with all their settings restored? – answered at 23:39.