Windows 365: Week of September 16, 2024

Device management

Support for symmetric NAT with RDP Shortpath

RDP Shortpath in Windows 365 now supports establishing an indirect UDP connection using Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN) for symmetric NAT. TURN is a popular standard for device-to-device networking for low latency, high-throughput data transmission with Azure Communication Services. For more information about TURN and Azure Communication Services, see Network Traversal Concepts. For more information about RDP Shortpath, see Use RDP Shortpath for public networks with Windows 365.

Windows 365 support for HEVC video coding

Windows 365 will support Hardware High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) h.265 4:2:0 on Compatible GPU-enabled Cloud PCs. For more information, see Enable GPU acceleration for Azure Virtual Desktop.

Windows App

Windows App is now generally available

Windows App has moved out of preview and into general availability.

For more information, see What is Windows App?