Move a Cloud PC
By editing a provisioning policy, you can move some or all existing Cloud PCs in a policy from:
- One region to another single region.
- One Azure network connection (ANC) to another ANC.
- A Microsoft hosted network to an ANC and vice versa.
Bulk move all Cloud PCs in a policy
Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center, select Devices > Windows 365 (under Provisioning) > Provisioning policies > select a policy.
Under General, select Edit.
Under Join type details, make changes depending on the original type:
For Hybrid Microsoft Entra Join, change the ANC*.
For Microsoft Entra Join:
- You can change Network type from ANC to Microsoft hosted network, or vice versa.
- If a Microsoft hosted network is used, change the Geography and/or Region.
- If an Azure network connection is used, change the ANC*.
Select Next > Update.
When ready to move the existing Cloud PCs, select Apply this configuration.
- In the Apply this configuration to existing Cloud PCs box, select Region or Azure network connections for all devices > Apply.
* The domain defined in the new ANC must match that of the Cloud PCs that you want to move. The domain used in the original ANC must be reachable from the new ANC.
All Cloud PCs provisioned after these changes are created in the new region.
Move a subset of Cloud PCs
Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center, select Devices > Windows 365 (under Provisioning) > Provisioning policies > select a policy.
Under General, select Edit.
Under Join type details, make changes depending on the original type:
For Hybrid Microsoft Entra Join, change the ANC*.
For Microsoft Entra Join:
- You can change Network type from ANC to Microsoft hosted network, or vice versa.
- If a Microsoft hosted network is used, change the Geography and/or Region.
- If an Azure network connection is used, change the ANC*.
Select Next > Update.
When ready to move the existing Cloud PCs, select Apply this configuration.
- In the Apply this configuration to existing Cloud PCs box, select Region or Azure network connections for select devices (preview) > Apply.
- Under Select devices (preview), select the devices that you want to move. You can move up to 100 devices at a time.
- Choose Select > Continue.
Best practices
The best time to perform moves is over the weekend to make sure the impact to users is minimized. Cloud PCs are shut down and inaccessible for up to several hours during the move process. You should notify your users before the move so that they can save their work and sign out.
When moving many devices to a new region, start with a few non-critical Cloud PCs and check for success before moving the critical Cloud PCs.
You can track the status of moving Cloud PCs with the Cloud PC actions report.
New Cloud PCs created by the edited provisioning policy are assigned to the new region or ANC.
Other move operations
Cloud PCs can't be moved from one provisioning policy to another.
You can't move some Cloud PCs to one region and other Cloud PCs to another region in the same policy edit operation.
You can't move Cloud PCs from one virtual network or subnet to another using the edit provisioning policy method. To make VNet/subnet changes, create a new ANC with the updated vNet/subnet and then move the Cloud PCs to the new ANC.