Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes

Microsoft has launched Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus, a service designed to rapidly bring Cloud PCs back online in the event of an outage.

The preview is currently available as a licensed add-on for Windows 365 Enterprise, and goes GA in the spring.

It's pitched at users in desperate need of higher disaster recovery performance in the case of unplanned downtme, as can occasionally happen to victims customers of Microsoft's online services.

Microsoft launched Windows 365 cross-region disaster recovery in July 2024. That service created snapshots of Cloud PCs, which were placed in customer-defined locations. When a disaster recovery event was triggered, temporary copies of the Cloud PCs could be accessed in the back region.

There were some limitations. Although a user will have access to all installed applications and settings based on the latest restore point, no work is saved; Microsoft advises customers to use a service ...