What’s new
Windows 365 Cloud Apps can now be prepared using Microsoft Autopilot device preparation. The capability is in public preview and is available to customers on the Windows 365 Reserve plan. For admins, it means the same provisioning approach already used for physical and cloud endpoints can be applied to Cloud Apps, rather than treating them as a separate configuration path.
Why it matters
Autopilot device preparation gives admins a consistent, policy-driven way to bring devices to a ready state. Extending it to Cloud Apps reduces the number of provisioning models to maintain and makes it easier to reuse existing groups, profiles, and app assignments.
- One provisioning approach across Windows 365 scenarios
- Less manual setup work before Cloud Apps are handed to users
- Reuse of existing Autopilot device preparation configuration
Availability and considerations
Because this is a public preview, treat it as pre-release functionality: validate it in a test environment, confirm your tenant is licensed for Windows 365 Reserve, and expect behaviour to change before general availability. Avoid rolling it out to production user groups until you have confirmed provisioning results end to end.
Next steps
Review your current Autopilot device preparation policies and identify which settings and app assignments should apply to Cloud Apps. Run a pilot with a small group, document the provisioning outcome, then decide whether to expand once the feature reaches general availability.
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