Windows 365: Week of March 31, 2025 (Service release 2503)

Device management

Every time sign-in frequency option now is generally available

The Every time sign-in frequency option has moved out of preview and into general availability. For more information, see Set conditional access policies.

Default Visual Effects performance option change

The Visual Effects performance option now defaults to Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer.

Windows 365 disaster recovery options

Admins now have two options for disaster recovery: the existing cross region disaster recovery and the new disaster recovery plus. The latter allocates a second Cloud PC at the time of configuration which improves RTO. As the recovery Cloud PC already exists, there isn't a capacity risk at the time of failure. For more information, see Windows 365 disaster recovery plus.

Provisioning

Data disk not allowed for custom images

Uploading a custom image with attached managed data disks are no longer allowed for Windows 365 custom images.

Windows 365 Frontline

Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs in Shared mode now generally available

Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs in Shared mode has moved out of preview and into general availability. For more information, see Windows 365 Frontline in Shared mode.

Link Autopilot device preparation with Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs in Shared mode

You can now link Autopilot device preparation with Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs in Shared mode. For more information, see Use policy-driven Autopilot device preparation with Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs in Shared mode.

End user experience

Return to local desktop

When in Windows 365 Boot mode (Windows 11 only), users can now switch back to their physical device desktop from either:

• CTRL-ALT-DEL screen
• Cloud PC error screens

Administrators can configure and customize this feature within the Guided Scenario for Boot.

Windows App

Access Windows App using Edge on personal Windows devices with MAM

You can now enable protected Mobile Application Management (MAM) access to Windows App using Microsoft Edge on personal Windows devices. For more information, see Require local client device security compliance with Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra Conditional Access.