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Get answers to your questions about Windows 365, the end user experience, the IT admin experience, and how you can manage Cloud PCs using the same workflows and tools you use today with traditional P...
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Updated Dec 27, 2024
Saud Al-Mishari
Microsoft
Jul 21, 2021Hi Bryan,
We have two options to provide update. For our gallery image, we will maintain those for new provisioned devices (so we keep the image up to date). Once provisioned, you're correct and the Cloud PCs are updated by Microsoft Endpoint Manager. For customer provided images, they are automatically MDM enrolled into Microsoft Endpoint Manager as part of provisioning.
Yes, it is possible to then enable co-management in MEM between Intune and Configuration Manager. The best way to do this is to allow Intune to install the ConfigMgr client similar to Autopilot. You can use the steps from the existing ConfigMgr docs for this: see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/clients/deploy/deploy-clients-to-windows-computers#bkmk_mdm. One recommendation would be to disable AD System Discovery in SCCM/ConfigMgr for the OU where the Windows 365 Cloud PCs are provisioned. This will help prevent a race condition between client push installation and Intune push installation.
On Windows 365 Business - it does not include integration with Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Customers are free to layer their management solution of choice, including MEM, on that like they would with physical PCs on their devices.
Hopefully I have answered all your questions - if not let me know and we'll get them answered 😊
bdam55
Jul 21, 2021Iron Contributor
Thanks Saud! Is it correct to say then that there's no way to have an Enterprise Cloud PC without MEM? Sure, you could conceivably lay some other management tool on top of that (ex. PDQ, Altiris) but that it would have to coexists with MEM.
- Saud Al-MishariJul 21, 2021
Microsoft
That's correct - they would have to co-exist and customers would have to manage any policy/configuration conflict between the management solutions. - bdam55Jul 21, 2021Iron ContributorOh, and can you clarify what the 'optional automated OS updates' refers to in the 'Getting Started page?'.
- Saud Al-MishariJul 21, 2021
Microsoft
That specifically refers to Windows Update for Business, though you could leverage ConfigMgr for software updates if you wanted to (to match existing devices). Regardless of post-provisioning management, we do maintain the gallery images behind the scenes regardless.