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Published inOct 2021

PublisherPackt

ISBN-139781801078993

Edition1st Edition

Tools

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Microsoft Project

Concepts

Network Security

Authors (2):

Christiaan Brinkhoff

Per Larsen

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Chapter 3: Introducing Windows 365

In this chapter, you'll learn everything you need to know about Windows 365 from a conceptual perspective.

After reading this chapter, you'll know more about the benefits of using Windows 365 and the different service components. In the next chapter, you'll learn how you can deploy it!

This chapter is very comprehensive – we'll go through the following topics:

What is Windows 365?
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager support

What is Windows 365?

Users want technology that is familiar, easy to use, and always available so they can work and create fluidly across devices. Cloud PCs make this possible by combining the power and security of the cloud with the familiarity of a PC. Only Microsoft can bring together a PC and the cloud with a consistent and integrated Windows experience. Windows 365 is the world's first cloud PC. With Windows 365 Cloud PC, Windows evolves from a device-based OS to hybrid personalized computing.

A Cloud PC is your personalized desktop, apps, settings, and content streamed securely from the cloud to your devices. Lowering the complexity level of your environment as you deploy and manage virtual endpoints in Microsoft Endpoint Manager, no additional Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) expertise or resources are needed.

Windows 365 provides you with all the benefits of Windows, without any of the traditional hardware limitations as your desktops are running in the Azure...

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager support

Configuration Manager is an on-premises management solution to manage desktops, servers, and laptops that are on your network or internet-based. You can cloud-enable it to integrate with Intune, Azure AD, Microsoft Defender ATP, and other cloud services. Use Configuration Manager to deploy apps, software updates, and operating systems. You can also monitor compliance, query and act on clients in real time, and much more.

Co-management and Windows 365

As part of Endpoint Manager, you can continue to use Configuration Manager as you always have. If you're ready to move some tasks to the cloud, consider co-management.

Co-management combines your existing on-premises Configuration Manager investment with the cloud using Intune and other Microsoft 365 cloud services. You choose whether Configuration Manager or Intune is the management authority for the seven different workload groups.

Sizes and performance of fixed-price...

On-premises connections

An on-premises network connection is needed to connect to your own data center environment. This could be to your own Azure Virtual Network only, but also to your co-location or other private/hybrid cloud environment. Most likely, you are going to install line-of-business applications on top of your Cloud PCs that require a connection to the database or application server that still resides on-premises.

To connect to your on-premises location, you need to have a site-to-site VPN or ExpressRoute (more reliable) to your on-premises network. When you are an enterprise with multiple network locations, you can easily add more by clicking on + Create connection, as shown in the screenshot that follows.

The following screenshot is an example of a successful on-premises network connection that is checked and defined as successful by our Watchdog service:

Figure 3.7 – Create an on-premises network connection

Summary

In this chapter, you've learned everything about the fundamentals you need to know regarding the new Windows 365 service. Are you ready to learn how to kick the tires!?

In the next chapter, we will learn how to deploy Windows 365.

Questions

What service is used to manage, maintain, and operate your Windows 365 cloud desktops?
1. Microsoft Endpoint Manager
2. Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager
3. System Center Configuration Manager
Is Windows 365 fully integrated and does it work out of the box with other Microsoft 365 cloud services?
1. Yes
2. No

Answers

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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Per Larsen

Per Larsen works as a Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Customer Acceleration Team - Commercial Management Experiences (CMX) Engineering, where he takes learnings from Microsoft's largest and most strategic customers back into the rest of engineering to drive improvements for the service so that customers have a continuously improving product experience. He also helps deploy and adopt Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Microsoft Intune. Per mainly focuses on the management of Windows and special devices such as HoloLens 2, Surface Hub, and Microsoft Teams Room System. Per was also an MVP in Enterprise Mobility, from 1st July 2016 to when he joined Microsoft on 1st April 2018.
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