Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Catch up on the latest capabilities for Windows 365 and get answers to your questions! Host Christian Montoya and members of the product team provide answers and insights to help you configure, deploy, and manage Windows in the cloud with ease.
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❓ See the Q&A: https://aka.ms/Windows365AMA
🌐 Become a member of the Windows 365 community: https://aka.ms/Community/Windows365
📅 Join a future AMA and catch up on the latest: https://aka.ms/AMA/Windows365
0:00 – Welcome & Announcements
7:32 – For folks who haven’t heard of Windows 365 Reserve, can you give a top-level summary of what that is?
12:22 – How does this (Windows 365 Reserve) relate to snapshotting features that we have in Windows 365, or does it?
17:04 – When talking to customers, how early do discussions about business continuity or continued access come into the conversation?
20:02 – With regards to business continuity, can you share more about the disaster recovery licenses?
For more information on these options, go to:
- aka.ms/PointInTimeRestore
- aka.ms/W365/CrossRegionRecovery
- aka.ms/W365/RecoveryPlus
28:04 – I'm confused. Is Windows 365 Reserve a different SKU from Enterprise or Frontline, or an add-on?
34:00 – Do we have any dates for when Windows 365 Cloud Apps will become available?
-To join our Customer Connection Program, go to aka.ms/JoinCommunity
-For more info on Windows 365 Cloud Apps, go to aka.ms/ResilienceInTheCloud
37:34 – How do you think of Windows 365 Reserve vs. Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PC in shared mode? How do the 10-days of temporary Cloud PC access per year get tracked?
43:16 – Will W365 Reserve work on the new W365 new Link devices?
46:20 – What is one must-have Intune policy to always deploy to Windows 365 Cloud PCs? I'm trying to build out a solid baseline for policy deployment. – answered at 46:20.
49:52 – How do all these recovery options take compliance into account? Can you walk through any special considerations or reports we should keep in mind?
53:13 – For the cross-region disaster recovery and disaster recovery+ options-- do those recovery actions happen automatically or does the admin get notified and they must manually trigger?
55:34 – If you have to have a spare PC to use Windows 365 Reserve, why not just configure that device normally?
58:38 – Tips and Tricks
Catch up on the latest capabilities for Windows 365 and get answers to your questions! Host Christian Montoya and members of the product team provide answers and insights to help you configure, deploy, and manage Windows in the cloud with ease.
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❓ See the Q&A: https://aka.ms/Windows365AMA
🌐 Become a member of the Windows 365 community: https://aka.ms/Community/Windows365
📅 Join a future AMA and catch up on the latest: https://aka.ms/AMA/Windows365
0:00 – Welcome & Announcements
7:32 – For folks who haven’t heard of Windows 365 Reserve, can you give a top-level summary of what that is?
12:22 – How does this (Windows 365 Reserve) relate to snapshotting features that we have in Windows 365, or does it?
17:04 – When talking to customers, how early do discussions about business continuity or continued access come into the conversation?
20:02 – With regards to business continuity, can you share more about the disaster recovery licenses?
For more information on these options, go to:
- aka.ms/PointInTimeRestore
- aka.ms/W365/CrossRegionRecovery
- aka.ms/W365/RecoveryPlus
28:04 – I'm confused. Is Windows 365 Reserve a different SKU from Enterprise or Frontline, or an add-on?
34:00 – Do we have any dates for when Windows 365 Cloud Apps will become available?
-To join our Customer Connection Program, go to aka.ms/JoinCommunity
-For more info on Windows 365 Cloud Apps, go to aka.ms/ResilienceInTheCloud
37:34 – How do you think of Windows 365 Reserve vs. Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PC in shared mode? How do the 10-days of temporary Cloud PC access per year get tracked?
43:16 – Will W365 Reserve work on the new W365 new Link devices?
46:20 – What is one must-have Intune policy to always deploy to Windows 365 Cloud PCs? I'm trying to build out a solid baseline for policy deployment. – answered at 46:20.
49:52 – How do all these recovery options take compliance into account? Can you walk through any special considerations or reports we should keep in mind?
53:13 – For the cross-region disaster recovery and disaster recovery+ options-- do those recovery actions happen automatically or does the admin get notified and they must manually trigger?
55:34 – If you have to have a spare PC to use Windows 365 Reserve, why not just configure that device normally?
58:38 – Tips and Tricks
