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Cloud PC Prerequisites

Requirements for provisioning or linking Cloud PCs in Change360

Introduction

Before you can use the Cloud PC feature in Change360, you’ll need to enable support for provisioning Cloud PCs, linking existing Cloud PCs, or both. This article explains the requirements for each capability.

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Prerequisites to allow Change360 to provision Cloud PCs for you

When Change360 provisions Cloud PCs for you the following is required:

  • Permissions to create an Azure Network Connection for the Gateways Vnet
  • Microsoft Admin Consent to create and configure Cloud PCs and associated resources
  • Available Windows 365 licenses

Azure Role Assignments for the Windows 365 Service Principal

Windows 365 itself needs two Azure RBAC role assignments so it can attach network interfaces and use the Gateway's virtual network:

Role On
Windows 365 Network Interface Contributor The resource group where the Cloud PC network resources are created, i.e. where the Gateway's Vnet is located.
Windows 365 Network User The virtual network that Cloud PCs will use, i.e. the Gateway's Vnet.

Microsoft Admin Consent

Change360 needs permission to provision and manage Cloud PCs in your Microsoft 365 tenant. When you enable the Cloud PC Task Runner feature you will be prompted to grant the following permissions:

Permission

Description

Application.Read.All

Allow the service to validate that the Windows 365 Application has the correct role assignments

CloudPC.ReadWrite.All

Create Cloud PCs, read status, and manage lifecycle

DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All

Read and write Microsoft Intune managed devices

DeviceManagementScripts.ReadWrite.All

Read and write Microsoft Intune device scripts

Group.ReadWrite.All

Read and write all groups for Cloud PC assignments

Organization.Read.All

Read organization / tenant details

User.ReadWrite.All

Read and write all users' full profiles

You need to be Global Admin in your Microsoft 365 tenant to grant these permissions. If you are not a Global Admin and need to request these permissions, you will not be able to add or provision a Cloud PC Task Runner until they have been granted.

Windows 365 Licenses

Ensure your tenant has Windows 365 licenses (e.g. Windows 365 Business or Enterprise) available. Users who are assigned a Cloud PC must have an appropriate Windows 365 license. The wizard will show available SKUs and allow you to assign a license when creating a new user or provisioning a Cloud PC.

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Prerequisites for linking existing Cloud PCs to your workspace

What needs to be setup before linking a Cloud PC

Before linking a Cloud PC to your workspace you will need to provision it via Intune or a CI/CD pipeline.  Most importantly any Cloud PC you want to link to your workspace will need to be able to access the Gateway, therefore they will need to be provisioned using an Azure Network Connection that is:

  • Directly linked to the Gateway's Vnet, or
  • Linked to a Vnet which is directly peered to the Gateway's Vnet

Even if you can "ping" the Gateway VM from the Cloud PC, e.g. from another spoke Vnet, the service cannot validate that indirect connection and therefore the Cloud PC will not appear as useable in the Link Cloud PC wizard.

Microsoft Admin Consent

When you are linking existing Cloud PCs to your workspace Change360 only needs to be able to read information about your Cloud PCs, specifically it looks for:

  • Provisioning Policies
  • Azure Network Connections associated with the Provisioning Policies, and whether they are:
    • Directly linked to the the Gateways Vnet
    • Linked to a Vnet which is peered with the Gateway's Vnet
  • All Cloud PCs
Permission Description
CloudPC.Read.All Read Cloud PC status and information
DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All Read Microsoft Intune managed devices

You need to be Global Admin in your Microsoft 365 tenant to grant these permissions. If you are not a Global Admin and need to request these permissions, you will not be able to add or provision a Cloud PC Task Runner until they have been granted.

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