Windows 365 Link – Deployment Planning, Setup and Enrollment

Hi folks, Mike Hildebrand here! It's fall in the US - school is back in session, the NFL football season has begun, and I've been spending some quality time with our Windows 365 Link device. Let's take a look...

The Windows 365 Link is a neat little purpose-built device, designed to enable easy deployment and simple, secure access to your Windows 365 Cloud PCs.

The Link device is a ‘last mile’ endpoint device; there are pre-requisites that need to be in place in Intune, Entra and Windows 365 for both deployment of Link, as well as on-going use of Link to access Cloud PCs.

In many cases, where Intune, Entra and Windows 365 are in ‘Production’ use in typical enterprise environments, many/most of the pre-reqs will already be met – but not always.

Lastly, it is easy to forget that “Entra Join” and “Intune enrollment” are separate backend actions, occurring separately, in separate services and with different limits and controls

All that to say, your current tenant configurations might allow you to successfully deploy Link devices, right now. If you’re feeling lucky, give it a try; otherwise, read on…