Category Archives: Windows 365

How healthy are your Windows 365 or Azure Virtual Desktop PC’s ?

Introduction Microsoft has just pushed out yet another new feature for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop environments which is called health checks. Myself and my good friend Paul Winstanley took a look at the new feature and wanted to … Continue reading →

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Cloudy With a Chance of Apps

Introduction A new feature for Windows 365, and now in preview, is Windows 365 Cloud Apps. Instead of giving users a full remote desktop session, Windows 365 Cloud Apps are published as individual applications that run on a Cloud PC … Continue reading →

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Expediting updates using Windows Autopatch

Introduction In the previous post I showed you what happens when a user or admin reset’s Windows after the August 2025 cumulative update (KB5063875) , basically the reset fails (rolls back). That problem can be fixed by applying an out … Continue reading →

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August Cumulative update causing Windows reset problems

Introduction If you use Windows reset via a Self-Service Windows Reset app or built in Windows functionality, or via an action in Microsoft Intune, you or your users may be in for a surprise this month. After attempting a reset, … Continue reading →

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Recovering a Windows 365 Cloud PC that was de-provisioned due to license expiration

Introduction Microsoft pushed out some new updates for Windows 365 Cloud PC’s recently and one that we thought was interesting was this one, the ability to recover a Cloud PC that was de-provisioned due to license expiration. The de-provisioning of … Continue reading →

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Moving one or more Windows 365 Cloud PCs to another location

Introduction Microsoft recently released a new feature for Windows 365 Cloud PC’s namely the ability to move one or more Cloud PCs to another region. This involves editing a previously created provisioning policy and then deciding whether you want to … Continue reading →

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Windows app is blank, how to troubleshoot ? part 2

Introduction In a previous blog post I started troubleshooting why my Windows app showed a blank white screen instead of the usual User Interface. I did a bunch of troubleshooting but it didn’t lead anywhere or so I thought. No … Continue reading →

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Windows app is blank, how to troubleshoot ? part 1

Introduction I use my Windows app daily from a variety of devices to access my Cloud PC’s. Today like any day I clicked the Windows app icon but this time, nothing happened, the familiar Windows app did not appear. So … Continue reading →

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Automating Windows 365 part 4 – Managing your Cloud PC

Introduction This is Part 4 of a new series of guides which will cover managing Windows 365 Cloud PCs using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. This mini series should help you get started with automating and managing your Cloud PCs using … Continue reading →

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Automated Provisioning of Windows 365 Cloud PCs: Advanced Scripts

Over the recent months, Paul Winstanley and I have been working on a series of blogs about using Microsoft Graph with your Windows 365 Cloud PC devices. We published part 3 at the end of 2024, with a couple more … Continue reading →

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A quick look at using Windows 365 Cloud PC’s via Motorola Thinkphone

Introduction Windows 365 Cloud PC’s  have evolved a lot in the last couple of years, and with the Windows app you can access them from practically any device. The Android based Motorola ThinkPhone is not new however, but I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Automating Windows 365 part 3 – Provisioning Cloud PC’s

Introduction This is Part 3 of a new series of guides which will cover managing Windows 365 Cloud PC’s using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. This mini series should help you get started with automating and managing your Cloud PC’s using … Continue reading →

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Updating the Windows app to the latest version

Introduction The Windows app (formally the Windows 365 app) is a unified way of securely connecting to your Windows 365 Cloud PCs (and other resources such as Azure Virtual Desktops, Remote Desktop Services, and more) from any device as long … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Securing your Windows 365 PC’s

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Switch

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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