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Christiaan Brinkhoff
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Product and Community Leader for Windows Cloud & AI, Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Inventor (6 patents) and podcast host 🎙️ http://windowsinthecloud.com
Excited to share that for the 3rd year, we’ve been named #Leader in Desktop as a Service (#DaaS) by the #Gartner®️ Magic #Quadrant™ for the third year running.

➡️ Read the full report to learn more why:
www.gartner.com/doc/reprints...
August 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What’s New in Windows 365 – August 2025 🌥️

🔄 Recover Deprovisioned Cloud PCs (Preview)

🔒 Stronger Default Security for Cloud PCs
To align with the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI).

Learn more: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
August 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🎂 Celebrating 4 Years of #Windows365! As 4 years ago, to be precise 8/2/2021 we launched the service in GA that reimagined the future of Windows with Windows 365, bringing the power of the cloud to the PC.
August 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Recharged after a short road trip break to Yellowstone 🦬 camping in the woods with my family, completely offline, reflecting last year, gaining new inspiration for product ideas, new #AI learnings and writings!
August 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yesterday I was finally able to visit Paradise at Mount #Rainier when the skies during sunrise were clear. I have to admit, this is one of the most beautiful contrasting parts of the planet. The enormous size of the mountain behind the trail and roads is just mind blowing. #SkylineTrail
July 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Have you checked this amazing blog about #RDP #MultiPath - a recently released feature by Rinku Jayashree and team! Dieter our MVP from Belgium did a great job highlighting the highlights. Check it out via ⤵️ kempeneers.eu/2025/06/22/r...

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July 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
🎉 💙 Big congratulations to all the renewed #Microsoft #MVPs 2025 - 2026 today! You all deserve it, the impact you have on our roadmap, product and customers are amazing! Greatful of your work for our #WindowsCloud products as Alumni — Keep up the amazing work. 👏👏 #CommunityPower
July 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎙️Stay tuned… Had a real pleasure having Pavan Davuluri, Corporate Vice President, #Windows + Devices in the Redmond studio again - after nearly two years. We talked about 50 year #Microsoft, how we moved from “A Computer in Every Desk..” to how #Windows #Cloud and #AI
July 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🟦 Please join me in welcoming Dane Young, MBA, Aaron Parker, Challa Prabhu and Alan Hodson GAICD as our new Windows Cloud #Windows365 #AVD #MVPs. Congratulations and thank you for your leadership and contributions for our community.

Megan Gremmell Martin Tatar Chauncey Larsen
July 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The way we interact with our computers is changing with #AI in #Windows. See here an example how #Copilot #Voice brings usability and accessibility to new levels you have not seen before. The future is very excited - as there is so much more potential here. www.computerworld.com/article/4007...
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🔥 ANNOUNCEMENTS! It's a #big #day for us as we introduce significant new features, #Windows365 Cloud Apps: #app #streaming, #Windows 365 #Reserve: and much more.

Read more about all the announcements via ➡️ lnkd.in/gX7DExuE
June 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Did you know that #Windows365 Frontline supports scheduled reprovisioning of Cloud PCs? You can schedule them on a once, weekly or monthly cadance to keep the data fresh and your Cloud PC secure. More information ➡️ techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/...
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Excited to be delivering the opening keynote around Windows, Cloud & AI at Workplace Ninjas Norway 🇳🇴 tomorrow with my great colleague Bhavya Chopra. Looking forward having fun, meeting our customers & community to learn building a better product. See you there?!
June 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Cool stuff… Today we're taking the next leap with Bing Video Creator, allowing you to turn your ideas into videos, for free. Powered by #OpenAI’s #Sora video models, Bing Video Creator transforms your text prompts into short videos.

blogs.bing.com/search/June-...
June 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Sometimes people ask me, how I recharge from work. This was earlier today, about 30 minutes from Redmond.
May 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It was great to present at the first Windows Cloud Community Japan 🇯🇵 User Group last Friday. With over 60 IT professionals being excited about #Windows365 #AI and Windows 365 #Link is was a huge success. Interest in our products is expanding globally and our roadmap and vision is resonating.
May 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Excited to be delivering the keynote of Workplace Ninja’s UK next month together with Bhavya Chopra. It’s gonna be a fun story with learnings around Windows, Intune, Cloud and AI.

🎫 There are still tickets available that sell out soon. Go to aka.ms/UKNinja to secure your spot now!
May 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
👋 We arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰 to meet with #WindowsCloud customers and our amazing #community for the next couple days in our Microsoft Office ending at LEGOLAND for EUCtech Denmark. Tristan and I look forward seeing you!? #Windows365 #AVD #Link
May 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📸 Memories… 3 of the most inspiring leaders at Microsoft in one frame, who have been instrumental in building the #endpoint #management and #virtualization #industry. From starting SMS, to ConfigMgr, to Intune to Windows 365. Exciting times ahead as we have a lot coming this year.
May 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Happy Mothersday to all moms ❤️
May 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
📱 One of our amazing Intune MVPs, Somesh Pathak [MVP] 🇳🇱 wrote a (native) mobile iOS app for IT Pros to #manage #Windows365 Cloud PCs using our RestAPIs. Well done!

Blog with more information via ⤵️ intuneirl.com/zap365-your-...

Download the app via ⤵️ lnkd.in/gQrB8Sr4
May 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Microsoft Teams VDI State of Union – Spring of 2025. Read about all the latest Teams on #Windows365 and #AVD improvements, including Windows 365 Link support. Great article Fernando Klurfan

➡️ techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
May 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🌍 Wanna learn how easy it is to move Cloud PCs from one region to the other—while the users data, apps everything moves too? Niall Brady got you covered in his latest blog. Thanks for your continued passion and knowledge sharing, Niall!

➡️ www.niallbrady.com/2025/05/08/m...
May 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We just finished an very well received #MMSMOA presentation on “What’s new and next with Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop”.
May 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Are you at #MMSMOA this week and have any questions about #Windows365/#Intune? Make sure to stop by our Microsoft booth. Oh, and we have some exclusive swag too.

Adam Gross Ken Goossens Shannon Fritz Adam Nichols Marvin Quinzon Midwest Management Summit @mmsmoa.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM