What is Windows 365 Government?

Windows 365 Government is a cloud-based service that automatically creates virtual machines (Cloud PCs) for US government users. This service spans across a regulated US Government Community Cloud (GCC) and a public facing cloud. It meets federal, state, and local US government needs to securely stream Windows apps, data, content, and settings on Cloud PCs from regulated clouds to any device at any time.

Windows 365 Government customers are government agencies or public entities that qualify to use services hosted in GCC and GCC High. The services in the GCC and GCC High clouds must meet specific requirements and pass rigorous audit reviews before customers are allowed to use them.

For GCC environments, users that access Windows 365 Government Cloud PCs have an identity in the public cloud while the underlying resources and content are secured in a regulated US government cloud. GCC customers that don't require underlying resources and content to be secured in a regulated US government cloud can purchase use Windows 365 Enterprise.

Windows 365 Government supports this scenario in a secure, scalable, and transparent manner. It provides flexibility to administrators to manage users in the public cloud, resources in the government cloud, and the dynamic relationship between the two.

Windows 365 Government is available for GCC and GCC High customers in the US, and contractors (in US entities) holding or processing data on behalf of US government agencies.

For more information about Cloud PCs and Windows 365, see What is Windows 365? For more information about purchasing, see How to buy Windows 365 Government.

Features not yet supported Windows 365 Government

The following features aren't yet supported for Windows 365 GCC or GCC High.

• Unified dashboard

• Windows 365 Security baseline

• Windows 365 System based alerting on Microsoft Intune for Cloud PCs

• User initiated feedback in End User Portal and Windows 365 Web Client

• Citrix HDX Plus for Windows 365

• Multimedia redirection for improved video playback

• Microsoft Dev Box

• System alerts and email notifications

• Admin feedback

• GPU Cloud PCs

• Audit logs support in Azure Log Analytics

• New Microsoft Teams client

• Windows 365 Boot (available for GCC, not available for GCC High)

• Microsoft Purview forensic evidence

• Windows 365 Switch

• Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PC in shared mode not available for GCC and GCC High

• Cross region disaster recovery

• Disaster recovery plus

• Support for Omnissa Horizon clients and the Blast protocol

• Microsoft Purview Customer Key

• HP Anyware for Windows 365

• RDP Shortpath for public networks via TURN

• Windows 365 Link is available for FedRAMP but not for GCC and GCC High

• Configure client device redirection for Windows App on iOS/iPadOS/Android using Intune

• Copilot in Intune for Windows 365

• External identities

• Windows 365 Reserve

• Windows 365 for Agents

• Migration API

Next steps

To learn more about Windows 365, see What is Windows 365?