If you run Windows 365 with Citrix in front of it, you’ve probably lived with the Citrix path being the one that missed out. New Cloud PC provisioning features tended to land for the native experience first, and the Citrix-integrated flow trailed behind. Autopilot Device Preparation support for Citrix Cloud PCs closes one of those gaps.
What it brings
Device Preparation is now supported for Cloud PCs with Citrix integration, bringing that provisioning path in line with the other supported Windows 365 scenarios. In practice: you can attach a Device Preparation policy to the provisioning workflow, and the required apps and scripts are installed before users access their Cloud PCs — the same pre-handover guarantee the native path already had.
Why it matters
The value of Device Preparation is that a Cloud PC arrives ready — baseline apps present, scripts run, nothing half-configured for the user to stumble into. Extending that to Citrix-integrated Cloud PCs means you no longer have two provisioning stories with different guarantees depending on which broker sits in front. One policy shape, applied consistently, whether or not Citrix is in the picture.
If you’re a Citrix-plus-Windows-365 shop, this is a straightforward win: the modern provisioning tooling now covers your setup instead of assuming the native experience.
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