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What's new in Windows 365 Business

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Learn what new features are available in Windows 365 Business.

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Each monthly update may take up to a week to rollout to all customers.

Week of December 4, 2023

End user experience

New Microsoft Teams app is now generally available for Windows 365

The new Microsoft Teams app has moved out of preview and into general availability. It's been optimized for faster performance and more efficient resource use on Cloud PCs. For more information, see Upgrade to new Teams for Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure.

The new Microsoft Teams app is not yet available in the Windows 365 gallery images.

Week of November 13, 2023

End user experience

Windows App now available in public preview

Windows App lets users securely connect to Windows devices and apps. Supported remote devices include:

  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Windows 365 Cloud PC
  • Microsoft Dev Box
  • Remote Desktop Services
  • Remote PC

Windows App is available for Windows, macOS, iOS and iPadOS, and web browsers.

Week of October 30, 2023 (Service release 2310)

Device provisioning

Two new sizes for Cloud PCs

Two new sizes are now available for Windows 365 Cloud PCs:

  • 16vCPU/64GB RAM/512GB storage​
  • 16vCPU/64GB RAM/1TB storage

These 16 vCPU licenses can be purchased and assigned in the same way that you purchase and assign other Windows 365 licenses.

Miscellaneous

Self-help in Windows 365 Business

A new self-help button for end users is now available for Windows 365 Business. End users will be able to click the ? button and ask questions to find relevant help topics.

Week of October 18, 2023

Documentation

New documentation article: Set up Intune so admins can deploy apps to Cloud PCs

We’ve published a new help documentation article. For more information, see Set up Intune so admins can deploy apps to Cloud PCs.

Week of December 5, 2022

Provisioning

Configure installed language and region for provisioning Cloud PCs generally available

Language pre-configuration for Cloud PCs has moved out of preview and into general availability. Admins can select the Language and region option under Update organization settings to pre-configure the language for the endpoint devices. See Change organizational default settings.

Week of November 28, 2022

Device management

Language pre-configuration for Cloud PCs has moved out of preview and into general availability.

Admins can select the Language and region option under *Update organization settings to pre-configure the language for the endpoint devices. For more information, see Change organizational default settings.

Week of October 25, 2022

Device management

New setting to easily enroll Business Cloud PCs in Microsoft Intune

Windows 365 Business admins can now set a toggle that automatically enrolls new Cloud PCs in to Microsoft Intune. For more information, see Update organization settings.

Week of October 17, 2022

Device management

Point-in-time restore is now generally available

The point-in-time restore feature has moved out of preview and into general availability. For more information, see Point-in-time restore for Windows 365 Business.

Week of October 10, 2022

Apps

Windows 365 app in public preview

A new app to sign in to and manage your Windows 365 Cloud PCs is now in public preview. The app provides functionality similar to the windows365.microsoft.com web site for accessing and managing your Cloud PCs. For more information, see Installing the Windows 365 app.

Week of September 26, 2022 (Service release 2209)

Miscellaneous

Windows 365 Business admins can provide feedback

By using windows365.microsoft.com, Windows 365 Business admins can now provide feedback just like users provide feedback. For more information, see User feedback.

Week of July 4, 2022 (Service release 2206)

End user experience

Transfer files from your Cloud PC by using windows365.microsoft.com web client

You can use the windows365.microsoft.com web client to transfer files to and from your Cloud PC. For more information, see Transfer files to and from a Cloud PC.

Week of May 16, 2022

User experience

Windows 365 Cloud PC support for Teams background effects

Windows 365 Cloud PCs now support background effects in Teams. For more information, see the blog Microsoft Teams background effects generally available on Windows 365.

Windows 365 Cloud PC support for Teams multi-window and Call me

Windows 365 Cloud PCs now support multi-window and Call Me in Teams. For more information, see the blog Teams Multi-window support and Call Me generally available on Windows 365.

Week of May 9, 2022 (Service release 2204)

Device configuration

Set default languages/regions for Cloud PCs (preview)

You can now set the default languages for your newly created Cloud PCs. Thirty-eight languages/regions will be available. For more information, see Change organizational default settings.

Week of April 11, 2022

Device management

windows365.microsoft.com is now generally available

The windows365.microsoft.com web client has moved out of preview and into general availability.

Week of April 4, 2022 (Service release 2203)

Apps

Live captions for Microsoft Teams on Windows 365 Cloud PCs

For Windows 365 Enterprise and Business Cloud PCs, Microsoft Teams can now detect what is said in a meeting and display real-time captions. The captions can be toggled on and off.

To use live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls and select More options and Turn on live captions.

For more information, see Microsoft Teams Live Captions generally available on Windows 365 and Use live captions in a Teams meeting.

End-user experience

End user feedback

End users can now provide feedback to Microsoft from within the Windows 365 web client and directly on windows365.microsoft.com.

End user error log collection

End users can now collect error logs.

Week of February 28, 2022 (Service release 2202)

Device management

Point-in-time restore (preview)

Users can now restore a Cloud PC to a state from a previous point in time. Multiple near-term and long-term restore points are available. For more information, see Point-in-time restore for Windows 365 Business.

To make it easier for admins to set up Windows 365, a link has been added to the Microsoft 365 admin center home page. Admins with Windows 365 Enterprise licenses will see a link for intune.microsoft.com and admins with Windows 365 Business licenses will see a link for windows365.microsoft.com.

Higher Cloud PC screen resolution option (preview)

Cloud PC users can now choose a higher screen resolution when they connect to their Cloud PC from https://windows365.microsoft.com.

Documentation

New documentation article: Windows 365 approved partners

We've published a new help documentation article. For more information, see Windows 365 approved partners.

Week of December 6, 2021 (Service release 2111)

Device management

Windows 11 support for newly created Cloud PCs

Windows 365 Business Cloud PCs are now created with Windows 11 installed by default. For information about how to change the default operating system between Windows 10 and Windows 11, see Change organization default settings. On windows365.microsoft.com, users can see the difference between their Windows 10 and 11 Cloud PCs.

Manage Cloud PCs in the Microsoft 365 admin center and windows365.microsoft.com

You can now control organization-wide Cloud PC settings and device-level actions in the Microsoft 365 admin center and on windows365.microsoft.com.

Week of November 1, 2021 (Service release 2110)

Device management

Improved user interface for online access to Cloud PCs

The user interface on windows365.microsoft.com has been improved with:

  • Faster load times.
  • Higher performance reliability.
  • Local resource settings (printer, microphone, clipboard).
  • Alternative keyboard settings.
  • Edit settings in-session.
  • Accessibility support.

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