Windows 365: Week of November 29, 2021 (Service release 2111)

Device management

Operating system end of support status for Cloud PCs

The Provisioning policies page has a new column: Image status. It tells you if the device image for each provisioning policy uses an operating system (OS) that is supported by Microsoft Windows security and other updates. For more information, see Lifecycle policies and end of support for Cloud PC OS.

New documentation article: Optimize Zoom on a Windows 365 Cloud PC

We’ve published a new help documentation article. For more information, see Optimize Zoom on a Windows 365 Cloud PC.

Device security

Two new security baseline settings for Windows 11 Cloud PCs

Windows 365 Enterprise now supports the following Windows 11 security baseline settings:

• Tamper Protection: Helps protect Cloud PCs from bad actors bypassing security features like anti-virus protection.

• Script Scanning: Helps identify possible threats by intercepting scripts and scanning them before they’re run.

For more information about the security baseline updates for Windows 11, see Windows 11 Security baseline. For more information about setting security baselines for Cloud PCs, see Deploy security baselines.