Deliver cloud-hosted desktops using Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365
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In this learning path, you'll learn how to deliver cloud-hosted Windows desktops to users using Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop, and how to manage those desktops alongside physical endpoints with Microsoft Intune. You'll start by exploring Windows 365 Cloud PC editions, licensing, provisioning, and end-user experience, then configure and manage Cloud PCs directly from the Intune admin center - including image management, network configuration, user assignment, and ongoing health monitoring. You'll explore Azure Virtual Desktop architecture, host pools, application groups, FSLogix profiles, and session-host management, and compare Azure Virtual Desktop with Windows 365 to pick the right cloud-desktop platform per workload. The learning path concludes with integrating Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts with Microsoft Intune for unified policy, app, and security management across all your Windows endpoints - physical and virtual.
Prerequisites
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Intune device management
- Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID and Conditional Access
- Basic understanding of Azure networking and virtualization concepts
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Modules in this learning path
Windows 365 streams a secure, personalized Windows desktop from the Microsoft cloud, letting users access a Cloud PC from virtually any device. This module introduces Windows 365 — its role in modern endpoint strategies, how it compares to traditional VDI, licensing and prerequisites, use cases, and the endpoint experience options available to administrators and users.
Windows 365 delivers Cloud PCs from the Microsoft cloud, and Microsoft Intune is the management layer that controls how those Cloud PCs are provisioned, configured, secured, and monitored. This module shows how to set up provisioning policies, assign and manage Cloud PCs, apply configuration profiles, and monitor usage, performance, and health from the Intune admin center.
Azure Virtual Desktop delivers virtualized Windows desktops and apps from Azure. This module explores Azure Virtual Desktop architecture, compares it with Windows 365, and explains how host pools, session hosts, application groups, and autoscale scaling plans deliver flexible desktop capacity to users.
Integrating Azure Virtual Desktop with Microsoft Intune brings session hosts under the same modern endpoint management plane used for physical devices and Cloud PCs. This module shows how to enroll session hosts, apply compliance and configuration policies, monitor and troubleshoot the environment, and address governance, licensing, and hybrid considerations.