Microsoft announce that Windows 365 Reserve is generally available. This flavour of Windows 365 is a solution that gives licensed users instant access to a temporary, pre-configured Cloud PC when their primary physical device is unavailable – perhaps through theft or damage. Each Windows 365 user licence gives access to 10 days of Cloud PC usage during the 1-year licence term.
Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/48uRvFm, and some useful Learn documentation here: https://bit.ly/4pGDSdh.
Microsoft announce that Windows 365 Cloud Apps are now generally available. This Windows 365 feature enables administrators to give users access to individual apps hosted on a Cloud PC without requiring a dedicated Cloud PC for every user. From a licensing perspective, Windows 365 Cloud Apps run on Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs in Shared Mode, and thus Windows 365 Frontline licenses are required to use Cloud Apps.
Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/4iLgZmx.
There are some useful resources if you’re involved with Windows 10 ESUs.
Firstly, there’s a general article covering activation, and preparing your devices for ESUs: https://bit.ly/3LSpeBb, then there’s one focused on working with ESUs and Windows 365: https://bit.ly/4a7WrT0, and a final one for some hints and tips if you’re using ESUs with Azure Virtual Desktop: https://bit.ly/488GJEB.
The options for accessing a Windows 365 Cloud PC have somewhat evolved over time, with an array of choices available! A relatively new offering is Windows 365 Link, a purpose-built hardware device optimised for Windows 365. Windows 365 Boot is a feature that lets you boot directly into your Cloud PC, bypassing the local experience entirely. For hybrid environments, Windows 365 Switch lets you move seamlessly between your local and Cloud PC. Finally, with The Windows App, you gain cross-platform access from virtually any device.
This useful update in the Windows blog provides a helpful summary with more detail: https://bit.ly/49K3Ojg.
Microsoft Dev Box, launched in July 2023, is a Cloud PC optimised for developers. It’s built on Windows 365 and Microsoft now announce that the developer capabilities of Dev Box will move to Windows 365 and be enabled with Windows 365 Frontline. No new Dev Box customers will be accepted from 1 November, 2025, but existing customers can use and scale their Dev Box deployments as usual. Organisations that have previously evaluated or tested Dev Box and now need to onboard after November 1, 2025 can request an exception.
Find out more details and the link to the exception form here: https://bit.ly/4nDR7dc.
Microsoft prolong their Windows 365 promotion, which offers a 20% discount to first-time customers. This ties in neatly with the flexibility offered to users of a Windows 10 device (now end of support), as they can continue to receive ESUs whilst accessing Windows 365. The promotion runs until April 30, 2026.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4hjL2Bc.
There’s an updated (October 2025) Copilot Studio Licensing Guide with a new section for Computer Use – a capability that enables Agents to interact with websites and desktop apps by clicking buttons, selecting menus, and typing into fields on the screen. Customers have two options for running Computer Use: a hosted browser, powered by Windows 365, or using a Windows machine that they own and manage.
You can find out more about Computer Use as it enters public preview here: https://bit.ly/3LfpGc5, and grab the Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/487GUSk.
There are two updates for Windows 365. First of all, Windows 365 Frontline is generally available in Dedicated Mode for Government Community Cloud (GCC) and GCC High customers – find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/4h15yXf. And, secondly, Cross-Region Disaster Recovery, previously only available as an Add-on licence to Windows 365 Enterprise is now also available for Windows 365 Frontline in Dedicated Mode.
Find the announcement article with useful information on how it all works here: https://bit.ly/3IYJWOt.
Microsoft announce the general availability of three Windows 365 innovations – find the article here: https://bit.ly/4k3VcGv, and read on for the summary.
First, Windows 365 Link is now available. This is a purpose-built Cloud PC device that’s designed to connect to Windows 365 in a fast and secure way; you can find out more on our blog here: https://bit.ly/4jwyp6d.
Then there’s Windows 365 Frontline Shared Mode for when you want to provision a single Cloud PC which lots of people need to use for short periods on an ad hoc basis, perhaps for a specific task. Only one person can use the Cloud PC at a time, and you can find out more on our blog here: https://bit.ly/4cOpf2e.
And finally, there’s Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus, an Add-on licence for Windows 365 Enterprise for (of course) disaster recovery scenarios. Find out more about that on our blog here: https://bit.ly/42wcy8P.
Microsoft announce that Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus is currently in preview and will be available in Spring 2025. Like the existing Windows 365 Cross Region Disaster Recovery capability it will be an Add-on licence for Windows 365 Enterprise. So, what’s the difference between these two options? Well, it’s all about how quickly your systems are back up and running and the maximum amount of data loss that’s acceptable. Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus improves on these metrics and you can find a useful table comparing the two licences on the announcement page here: https://bit.ly/4ie1pix.