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Christiaan Brinkhoff
Christiaan Brinkhoff
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Christiaan Brinkhoff

Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Principal Program Manager and Community Director for Windows 365 and AVD at Microsoft, in his role at Microsoft, he works on features such as Windows 11, Windows 365 app, Switch and Boot. Christiaan is also an Author (3 books) and Inventor (3 patents). His mission is to drive innovation while bringing Windows 365, Windows, and Microsoft Intune closer together, drive community efforts around virtualization to empower Microsoft customers in leveraging new cloud virtualization scenarios. Christiaan joined Microsoft in 2018 as part of the FSLogix acquisition. He has also been rewarded with the Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP, and VMware vExpert community achievements - for his continued support in the EUC community.
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Sandeep Patnaik
Sandeep Patnaik
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Sandeep Patnaik

Sandeep is a virtualization veteran with nearly two decades of experience in the industry. He has shipped multiple billion-dollar products and cloud services for Microsoft to a global user base including Windows, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365. His contributions have earned him multiple patents in this field. Currently, he leads a stellar team that is responsible for building the product strategy for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop services and shaping the future of end-user experiences for these services.
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Morten Pedholt
Morten Pedholt
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Morten Pedholt

Morten works as a Cloud Architect for a consultant company in Denmark where he advises and implements Microsoft virtual desktop solutions to customers around the world, Morten started his journey as a consultant over 8 years ago where he started with managing client devices but quickly found a passion for virtual device management. Today Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop are the main areas that are being focused on alongside Microsoft Intune. Based on all the community activities Morten has done in the past years, he got rewarded with the Microsoft MVP award in the category of Windows 365 in March 2022.
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Client modernization partners – Motorola/Lenovo

Microsoft and Motorola partnered to deliver a new unique Windows 365 Cloud PC streaming experience to their new Lenovo ThinkPhone. This new phone includes a new experience that allows you to directly connect to your Cloud PCs from the Android UI using a USB-C-to-HDMI cable.

Plugging in the cable unlocks the new Cloud PC UI integration and the user is asked to select the Cloud PC to connect to.

If the user has multiple Cloud PCs, all of them will be shown.

The credentials will automatically come from the Azure AD account registered on the phone.

Figure 8.48 – Motorola ThinkPhone – Windows 365

Figure 8.48 – Motorola ThinkPhone – Windows 365

Once you are connected to your Cloud PC, you can also favorite it by hitting the toggle to start the Cloud PC session automatically the next time you plug in the USB-C-to-HDMI cable.

This makes it very convenient for frontline or hotdesking workers as it allows them to use a docking station...

Summary

In this chapter, you’ve learned how partner solutions help Windows 365 to extend its native offering. We walked you through how Citrix brings the benefits of the protocol to Windows 365 and how both IGEL and Rimo3 deliver other great benefits to make the end user and onboarding experiences of applications easier.

In the next chapter, we will celebrate some people that have a passion for Windows 365 and other Microsoft technologies. These people are not just community experts, but they also help build great communities that are fun to be a part of.

Questions

  1. Does Citrix HDX Plus support the onboarding and offboarding of Cloud PCs without re-provisioning?
  2. Does IGEL OS run on Linux or Windows?
  3. Do Citrix HDX Plus and Windows 365 still require Intune?

Further reading

Learn more about the different partner solutions via these links:

Client partners – IGEL Technology

IGEL Technology is the developer of a third-party client for connecting to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). The IGEL client, known as the AVD remote desktop app for IGEL OS, was the first ever Linux-based client built on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client SDK. Because the core of the IGEL client is Microsoft technology, the client is jointly supported by Microsoft and IGEL, which provides users with a smooth user experience.

The IGEL Windows 365 app for IGEL OS is built using the same underlying technology as the IGEL AVD remote desktop app, but with additional features unique to a Cloud PC. Because users have a 1:1 dedicated relationship with their Cloud PCs, they can reboot, shut down, suspend, restore, and rename their cloud computers. These Cloud PC control features are built into the IGEL Windows 365 app.

Other features of the IGEL Windows 365 app include the ability to interact with multiple Windows 365 Cloud PCs at a time. Each...

Package modernization partners – Rimo3

Rimo3 modernizes your application estate. From migration to maintenance, Rimo3 is a solution that automates preproduction compatibility testing, package modernization, and migration of your Windows application estate. It is used to test and modernize applications for OS upgrades, patch updates, migrations from legacy to cloud workspaces, modern management planes, and ongoing maintenance for evergreen environments.

Rimo3 automates the entire modernization process, from migration to maintenance, with intelligent, unattended automation that eliminates the need for scripting, specific expertise, or complex configuration. The cloud-native Rimo3 platform integrates with industry-leading solutions and uses your uniquely configured and customized Windows images for testing.

Automating application import from ConfigMgr

Since Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) was introduced by Microsoft nearly 25 years ago, customers have used the solution...

Client modernization partners – LG

Microsoft and LG have partnered to deliver the Windows 365 app on LG Smart TVs as part of their WebOS. All the new 2023 LG TV models will ship with a new Home Office app inbox that includes Windows 365 in the home menu.

Clicking on the icon will bring you to the Windows 365 app client experience, which is the same for Web and Windows desktops. You can use single sign-on to sign in from your TV to your Cloud PC. Adding a USB wireless receiver for a keyboard and mouse makes it a very convenient setup!

Figure 8.47 – LG Home Office app

Figure 8.47 – LG Home Office app

In the next section, we will be going over the new Motorola ThinkPhone partnership.

Client modernization partners – Motorola/Lenovo

Microsoft and Motorola partnered to deliver a new unique Windows 365 Cloud PC streaming experience to their new Lenovo ThinkPhone. This new phone includes a new experience that allows you to directly connect to your Cloud PCs from the Android UI using a USB-C-to-HDMI cable.

Plugging in the cable unlocks the new Cloud PC UI integration and the user is asked to select the Cloud PC to connect to.

If the user has multiple Cloud PCs, all of them will be shown.

The credentials will automatically come from the Azure AD account registered on the phone.

Figure 8.48 – Motorola ThinkPhone – Windows 365

Figure 8.48 – Motorola ThinkPhone – Windows 365

Once you are connected to your Cloud PC, you can also favorite it by hitting the toggle to start the Cloud PC session automatically the next time you plug in the USB-C-to-HDMI cable.

This makes it very convenient for frontline or hotdesking workers as it allows them to use a docking station...

Summary

In this chapter, you’ve learned how partner solutions help Windows 365 to extend its native offering. We walked you through how Citrix brings the benefits of the protocol to Windows 365 and how both IGEL and Rimo3 deliver other great benefits to make the end user and onboarding experiences of applications easier.

In the next chapter, we will celebrate some people that have a passion for Windows 365 and other Microsoft technologies. These people are not just community experts, but they also help build great communities that are fun to be a part of.

Questions

  1. Does Citrix HDX Plus support the onboarding and offboarding of Cloud PCs without re-provisioning?
  2. Does IGEL OS run on Linux or Windows?
  3. Do Citrix HDX Plus and Windows 365 still require Intune?

Further reading

Learn more about the different partner solutions via these links:

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Authors (3)

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Christiaan Brinkhoff

Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Principal Program Manager and Community Director for Windows 365 and AVD at Microsoft, in his role at Microsoft, he works on features such as Windows 11, Windows 365 app, Switch and Boot. Christiaan is also an Author (3 books) and Inventor (3 patents). His mission is to drive innovation while bringing Windows 365, Windows, and Microsoft Intune closer together, drive community efforts around virtualization to empower Microsoft customers in leveraging new cloud virtualization scenarios. Christiaan joined Microsoft in 2018 as part of the FSLogix acquisition. He has also been rewarded with the Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP, and VMware vExpert community achievements - for his continued support in the EUC community.
Read more about Christiaan Brinkhoff

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Sandeep Patnaik

Sandeep is a virtualization veteran with nearly two decades of experience in the industry. He has shipped multiple billion-dollar products and cloud services for Microsoft to a global user base including Windows, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365. His contributions have earned him multiple patents in this field. Currently, he leads a stellar team that is responsible for building the product strategy for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop services and shaping the future of end-user experiences for these services.
Read more about Sandeep Patnaik

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Morten Pedholt

Morten works as a Cloud Architect for a consultant company in Denmark where he advises and implements Microsoft virtual desktop solutions to customers around the world, Morten started his journey as a consultant over 8 years ago where he started with managing client devices but quickly found a passion for virtual device management. Today Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop are the main areas that are being focused on alongside Microsoft Intune. Based on all the community activities Morten has done in the past years, he got rewarded with the Microsoft MVP award in the category of Windows 365 in March 2022.
Read more about Morten Pedholt

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