what is needed network bandwidth for Windows 365 cloud pc?

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what is needed network bandwidth for Windows 365 cloud pc?

Answer 1

@Šmid Tomaž, Thanks for posting in Q&A.

The network bandwidth requirements for Windows 365 Cloud PC depend on several factors, including your subscription plan, the type of network being used, and the workload of the Cloud PC.

If you are using a Microsoft-hosted network, the outbound data per month is based on the RAM of the Cloud PC. As an example:

• 2-GB RAM = 12-GB outbound data
• 4-GB or 8-GB RAM = 20-GB outbound data
• 16-GB RAM = 40-GB outbound data
• 32-GB RAM = 70-GB outbound data

However, if you are bringing your own network, then you need to refer to Azure's Network guidelines for bandwidth requirements.

It is also important to note that network traffic into a Cloud PC is free, but outbound (egress) traffic incurs charges against the Azure subscription for the virtual network. Office data, such as email and OneDrive for Business file sync, incurs egress charges if the Cloud PC and a user’s data reside in different regions. RDP networking traffic always incurs egress charges.

For Microsoft Teams, which is one of the core Microsoft 365 services within Cloud PC, different bandwidths are required based on the scenario and video quality being offered. You can refer to the table below for the required bandwidths:

30 kbps	Peer-to-peer audio calling.
130 kbps	Peer-to-peer audio calling and screen sharing.
500 kbps	Peer-to-peer quality video calling 360p at 30 fps.
1.2 Mbps	Peer-to-peer HD quality video calling with resolution of HD 720p at 30 fps.
500kbps/1Mbps	Group Video calling.

References:

• Network requirements
• Bandwidth
• Microsoft Teams requirements

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Answer 2

It depends on what performance you expect.

If you expect work that is comfortable enough, almost identical to that on a local machine, then about 5 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload I think should be enough for FullHD. at 10-15 FPS. If you want to achieve values of 30 FPS, from experience I will say that it is about 20 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload.

Remember that ping is also a very important parameter. Ideally, it will be less than 30-100 milliseconds.