Enhance Your Cloud PC Experience With HP Anyware for Windows 365

HP Anyware for Windows 365 integrates HP Anyware-powered digital workspaces with the Windows desktop experience of a Cloud PC.

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of HP Anyware for Windows 365 in select regions. HP Anyware for Windows 365 integrates HP Anyware-powered digital workspaces with the persistent, highly secure, and complete Windows desktop experience of Windows 365 to support hybrid work scenarios. 

Adapting to an Evolving Workplace

With hybrid work becoming synonymous with the future of work, IT teams are increasingly adopting virtualization technology to keep employees and contracted workforces productive, no matter where they are located. HP Anyware for Windows 365 supports the diverse hybrid work needs of IT admins and employees alike to deliver the simple deployment and management capabilities that current Windows 365 customers have come to expect. 

“HP Anyware for Windows 365 has significantly improved our operations at Vigilance Networks,” says Jack Lopez, Co-Founder and CTO of Vigilance Technologies LLC. “With our two core businesses, providing graphics-intensive training for first responders and offering cloud desktops with office apps to small businesses, HP Anyware for Windows 365 has been very effective. The integrated solution allows us to quickly and easily deploy Cloud PCs that our customers’ workforce can securely access from anywhere. This combination of security, performance, simplicity, and predictability has enabled us to better serve our diverse customer base.”  

Rapid Deployment and Seamless Management 

Using simple, menu-driven workflows in the HP Anyware for Windows 365 portal and Microsoft Intune, IT admins can easily deploy Anyware-powered digital workspaces and start onboarding users within an hour.

• In HP Anyware for Windows 365, IT admins configure Anyware access and entitle Entra ID users and groups with Anyware licenses.
• In Microsoft Intune IT, admins provision and manage Cloud PCs.

For additional flexibility across Cloud PCs, on-premises virtual machines, and remote workstations, Anyware Manager Enterprise can be used to manage your digital workspaces. 

Secure Access to Endpoints 

End users will access their personal Anyware-powered digital workspaces hosted in the Microsoft Cloud from HP Anyware-enabled endpoint devices running Windows, Linux, or macOS, as well as Trusted Zero Clients or thin clients. 

HP Anyware is based on PCoIP technology, which features adaptive encoders that automatically deliver the best possible user experience under changing network conditions. 

Data doesn’t leave the safety of the corporate network with PCoIP traffic transmitted in the form of image pixels secured by AES-256 encryption, as well as multifactor authentication for additional layers of security. 

For enhanced, secured connectivity to endpoints, organizations can also leverage Trusted Zero Clients and Anyware Trust Center from HP to help integrate a zero trust architecture into their endpoint management strategy. 

For more information, check out the datasheet here. 

Anyware Cloud Gateways

Anyware Cloud Gateways are HP-hosted gateways designed to enable fast and secure communication between clients and cloud-hosted apps and services. They simplify the connection process by removing the need for custom connectors and on-premises setups. Instead of direct communication, both clients and hosts connect to the Gateway exclusively through outbound traffic.

This system significantly reduces common remoting challenges such as complex network configurations, firewall changes, client-side infrastructure management, and potential malware threats. Additionally, Anyware Cloud Gateways streamline governance, security, and change control processes, making it much faster and easier to provide users with secure access to their remote or virtual desktops.

HP Anyware for Windows 365 with Anyware Cloud Gateways is currently available in North America and Northwest Europe and will expand to more regions in the future.

Access Your Anyware for Windows 365 General Availability in a Few Easy Steps  

1. Fulfill prerequisites:

• • Microsoft Requirements:
    • Windows 365 Enterprise license
    • Fully integrated Microsoft Intune available as a standalone license or in combination with Windows E3/E5 or Microsoft E3/E5
    • Microsoft Entra domain in the same tenant as Microsoft Intune
    • Azure admin account:
      • Microsoft Entra Global Admin for required authorizations in the HP Anyware for Windows 365 portal
      • Intune Admin for enabling Anyware connector in Microsoft Intune
    • For more information about the Windows 365 requirements, see Windows 365 Requirements
  • HP Anyware Requirements:
    • HP Anyware Standard license
    • Cloud PCs must have access to https://cas.teradici.com on TCP 443 for Broker connectivity
    • The HP Anyware account must be a local account. B2B accounts are not yet supported
    • Anyware Client version 24.07 or later installed on Mac, Windows, or Linux OS version 24.07 or later or Trusted Zero Clients

2. Turn on the Anyware for Windows 365 connector in Intune

3. Connect Windows 365 to the Anyware portal:

• Browse to the HP Anyware for Windows 365 portal and sign in with your Microsoft Entra ID Global Administrator account.

• Grant Consent, enter the Anyware License registration code, and Enable Integrations to provision the tenant. 

4. Select Entra ID users or groups to assign Anyware Licenses to:

• In the HP Anyware for Windows 365 portal, select Entra ID Users from the left navigation pane.
• Find the Entra ID user group you want to assign Anyware license to and select Activate.

5. Provision and Connect to Cloud PCs:
Provisioning of Cloud PCs is done in the Microsoft Intune console. Please refer to Microsoft documentation for details.

Once Cloud PCs have been provisioned, your users will be able to connect to their HP Anyware-powered digital workspaces.

6. End User Experience:
End users can launch the HP Anyware Client from windows365.microsoft.com to connect to their HP Anyware-powered digital workspace using Anyware-enabled endpoint devices running Windows, Linux, or macOS, as well as Trusted Zero Clients or PCoIP-enabled thin clients.

Access detailed documentation for HP Anyware for Windows 365 

Request a guided onboarding experience of HP Anyware for Windows 365 

Microsoft’s General Availability announcement of HP Anyware for Windows 365

Private preview announcement of HP Anyware for Windows 365 

Disclaimer: HP Anyware for Windows 365 requires an HP Anyware license and a Windows 365 Enterprise license. Contact your authorized HP sales representative or reseller. For complete details, see the data sheet.