Windows 365 Enterprise Adds Enhanced Data Protection and Monitoring Capabilities

Microsoft has released some important updates for its Windows 365 Enterprise customers. The company has announced that Windows 365 support for Microsoft Purview Customer Key is now generally available for enterprise customers.

Microsoft Purview Customer Key is a security feature designed to boost data protection in Microsoft 365 services. It allows customers to manage their own encryption keys for securing data at rest. This feature is available for SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, and Windows 365 Cloud PCs.

Microsoft highlights that this security feature uses customer-managed keys to encrypt disks, snapshots, and images of Windows 365 Cloud PCs. Customers can manage these keys using Azure Key Vault. This added layer of security helps protect against unauthorized access and supports compliance with regulatory requirements.

Windows 365 Cloud PCs get Azure Monitor support and other updates

Microsoft has introduced Azure Monitor support on Windows 365 Cloud PCs. This release lets administrators install Azure Monitor Agent on Windows 365 Enterprise and Windows 365 Government Cloud PCs. The Azure Monitor Agent tool is used to collect monitoring data from the guest operating system of Azure and hybrid virtual machines.

Lastly, Microsoft has introduced a remote session lock feature that administrators when single sign-on is enabled between the default disconnect behavior and displaying the remote lock screen. This feature automatically locks a remote desktop session after a period of inactivity, enhancing security, especially in environments where users access sensitive information remotely.

Last month, Microsoft introduced that cross-region disaster recovery feature that creates geographically distant temporary copies of Cloud PCs that can be accessed in the fallback region. This feature is available as an add-on license to Windows 365 Enterprise SKUs.