Windows 365 Cloud PC Explained

Updated: Sept. 21, 2026

Windows 365 is Microsoft's Cloud PC service. It streams a full Windows desktop, apps, files, and settings included, from Microsoft's cloud to whatever device you open it on. Close the laptop in the office, then pick up the same session on a tablet at home. Nothing to reinstall, nothing to resync.

What is a Windows 365 Cloud PC?

A Cloud PC is a Windows desktop that runs on Microsoft's servers instead of your own hardware. Users sign in through the Windows App, a browser at windows.cloud.microsoft, or an RDP client, and land on the same desktop every time, regardless of which device they used to get there.

Windows 365 editions

Windows 365 comes in three editions. Business is the entry-level option, capped at 300 users, and doesn't require Microsoft Intune to manage it (Microsoft 365 admin center handles it instead, though Intune enrollment is optional). Enterprise is managed through Intune from the start and supports custom images and network configurations for larger, more regulated environments. Windows 365 Flex (renamed from Frontline in May 2026) is built for workers who don't need a dedicated PC full time: a single license covers a group of users sharing access on a rotating basis, with only one session active at a time.

Where do you manage a Windows 365 Cloud PC?

Enterprise and Flex Cloud PCs are managed through the Microsoft Intune admin center, under Devices > Windows 365. Business Cloud PCs are managed through the Microsoft 365 admin center unless you choose to enroll them in Intune alongside your physical devices.

Printing from a Windows 365 Cloud PC

A Cloud PC runs in Microsoft's data centers, often nowhere near the printer at a user's desk. That's exactly the setup traditional print drivers were never built for, and it's where ezeep comes in. Instead of installing a matching manufacturer driver for every printer a user might need, ezeep renders each job in the cloud and delivers it to whichever printer that user has been assigned, with no print server required to make it happen. A Cloud PC provisioned in Denver can print to a printer at a branch office in Chicago the same way it prints to something down the hall. ezeep is built on ThinPrint, already handling printing in Fortune 500 environments, so that reliability carries into a Windows 365 deployment.

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