W365 Deploy#
Windows 365 ยท v2.0.2
W365 Deploy sets up Windows 365 Enterprise in your own tenant: the users group, user settings, a provisioning policy on the Microsoft-hosted network, an Intune device group for the Cloud PCs and, if you want, group licensing. It runs in your browser at deploy.andykemp.com/w365: you install nothing and run no scripts, every change is made with your own sign-in, and you don't need an Azure subscription.
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How it works#
- Connect. Sign in with a work account and consent to the W365 Deploy app reading your directory and Windows 365. Provisioning policies you already have are listed with the groups they're assigned to.
- Design. Five short pages: Cloud PCs, network, names, access and user settings. See Design and deploy.
- Review. Your roles, licences, the gallery image and anything already in the tenant are checked, read-only, and you see exactly what Deploy creates.
- Deploy. It asks for the write permissions the design needs, for that browser tab only, then creates and assigns everything in about a minute.
- Provisioning. Windows 365 makes a Cloud PC for each licensed person in the users group. Each takes up to about an hour.
Run it once per persona or department: each run is one provisioning policy, assigned to one group.
What it creates#
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Users group | W365 - <name> - Users by default, with you as owner, or a group you already have. Add people to it after Deploy. |
| User settings | W365 - <name> - User settings: local admin off, restore points every 12 hours, users can restore their own Cloud PC. Assigned to the users group. |
| Provisioning policy | W365 - <name>: Entra joined, Microsoft-hosted network in your geography, the newest supported Windows 11 gallery image, your language, single sign-on and a naming template. Assigned to the users group. |
| Device group (optional) | W365 - <name> - Cloud PCs, a dynamic group of this policy's Cloud PCs, to target Intune apps and policies. |
| Group licence (optional) | A Windows 365 Enterprise licence assigned to the users group, so everyone in it gets one. |
Anything with the same name that already exists is kept as it is. Nothing is created in Azure.
Where to go next#
- Before you start: licences, roles and decisions.
- Design and deploy, page by page.
- Security model
- Troubleshooting
- What's new