Overview
Expand what AI agents can do without expanding risk
- Give AI agents an environment to do computer‑using work-operating directly in apps, portals, and legacy systems even when APIs don’t exist.
- Run agents with the same governance, security, and observability as users-using Cloud PCs that are Entra-ID joined, Microsoft Intune-managed, and auditable.
- Provision-secured Cloud PCs to run AI agents from Microsoft, partners, or custom code. Compute scales predictably while IT retains enterprise governance and observability.
- Focus on creating the agent. The execution environment is handled-provisioned when needed and released when the work is complete.
Features
Safely run and deploy AI agents on Cloud PCs in enterprise environments
Supporting Windows environments
AI agents can operate inside enterprise applications whether they expose APIs, rely on user interfaces, or run in legacy systems.
Secure and compliant by design
Each Cloud PC comes secured – domain-joined, policy-controlled, and monitored just like any other user device.
Streamlined IT management
Manage agent-assigned Cloud PCs through the familiar Microsoft Intune interface alongside user-assigned Cloud PCs today.
Fueling Microsoft and third-party AI and agents
Works with Agent 365, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and AppQ to run agents at scale in enterprise environments.
Pay only for what agents use
Provision Cloud PCs on demand, scale agent capacity instantly, and pay only for the compute agents use through consumptive-based pricing.
From AI agent prototype to enterprise-scale
Whether built with no‑code or pro‑code, agents can be brought in and run on a secured, scalable Cloud PC using provided tooling.
Pricing
Helping AI agents get work done
On demand
Available on request, Cloud PCs spin-up as needed
Pay-as-you-go
Available on request, Cloud PCs spin-up as needed
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Plan highlights:
- On-demand compute, where Cloud PCs spin up as needed
- Full Windows environment
- IT defined access to enterprise applications and data
- Microsoft Agent 365 integrated, Microsoft Intune managed, all Microsoft 365 security investments apply
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Always available
Instant access Cloud PCs, no spin up wait
Pay-as-you-go
Instant access Cloud PCs, no spin up wait
The version of Microsoft 365 is not available in your country/region. Visit Microsoft Store to find out which versions of Microsoft 365 are available in your country/region.
Plan highlights:
- Always-available compute, which provides instant access to running Cloud PC for consistent workloads
- Full Windows environment
- IT defined access to enterprise applications and data
- Microsoft Agent 365 integrated, Microsoft Intune managed, all Microsoft 365 security investments apply
- In addition to pay-as-you-go based usage, always available Cloud PCs are billed at a fixed amount per Cloud PC per month
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Resources
Explore more
Dive deeper into how Windows 365 for Agents provides secured Cloud PCs built specifically for agent workloads
Documentation
Review platform capabilities on Microsoft Learn
Frequently asked questions
- Windows 365 for Agents is designed for a wide range of organisations and organisational personas who need AI agents to operate inside full desktop and application environments—securely, at scale, and under enterprise governance—including information workers, frontline workers, developers, and contractors,
Primary focus is on:
- Enterprises adopting agentic productivity, especially those looking to scale AI agents responsibly across business processes while maintaining security, compliance, and IT control. Windows 365 for Agents allows IT teams to manage agent‑assigned Cloud PCs using familiar tools such as Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra ID, just as they do with user‑assigned Cloud PCs.
- ISVs and solution providers delivering agent‑powered solutions to customers. Windows 365 for Agents provides a standardized, secured execution environment—supporting Windows and Linux—that ISVs can rely on to deliver scalable, enterprise‑ready agent experiences without building their own runtime or compliance layer.
- Teams using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Agent 365, and related agent platforms that need a trusted execution layer when agents must move beyond reasoning and APIs into full UI‑driven work. In this model, Agent 365 governs the agent, while Windows 365 for Agents provides the secured Cloud PC environment where the agent’s work runs.
- Agent makers and developers building AI agents that must interact with full applications, authenticated websites, browsers, or legacy and line‑of‑business systems that APIs alone can’t reach. The platform abstracts infrastructure complexity so makers can focus on agent logic and innovation rather than execution environment management.
- Windows 365 for Agents enables scenarios where AI agents must operate inside full desktop and browser environments—securely, at scale, and under enterprise governance—rather than relying on APIs alone.
Windows 365 for Agents can provide compute for Microsoft first-party agents, third-party agents, or internally developed agents. It is particularly well suited for workloads that are UI driven, legacy, multistep, or high trust, and that require elastic, on‑demand compute. Common scenarios include UI-based agentic work across legacy and line-of-business applications; high-concurrency, burst, or parallel agent workloads; and human-in-the-loop or supervised automation. - Windows 365 for Agents provides the secured compute environment (Cloud PCs) for agentic workloads, while Agent 365 is the governance and control plane for those agents—defining what work an agent should perform and how it fits into organisational policy. While Agent 365 governs agent identity, intent, and oversight, Windows 365 for Agents provides the secured execution environment where that work actually runs. Together, they form an end‑to‑end enterprise agent platform that moves seamlessly from reasoning to action inside full applications.
- Windows 365 for Agents is a distinct offering that works in conjunction with other Microsoft agent and AI solutions, delivering the secured, policy-controlled Cloud PCs agents need to operate securely, at scale, and under enterprise governance. It provides the secured execution environment for agents and integrates with services such as Copilot Studio and Agent 365, but it is not a feature add‑on to user‑assigned Windows 365 plans.
- Windows 365 for Agents is billed on a pay-as-you-go model, based on hourly usage, making Windows 365 for Agents a cost-effective option for dynamic or burst-style workloads. It appears as a separate line item in customer billing. Agent capabilities and compute are billed independently from Cloud PC usage, allowing organisations to distinguish between agent functionality and the runtime environment used to execute tasks.
- On-demand Cloud PCs are provisioned per task with a pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Always-available Cloud PCs are billed at a fixed amount per Cloud PC per month. This is in addition to pay-as-you-go based usage.
- Pricing by geography (on-demand Cloud PCs PAYG fee / always-available Cloud PCs fee):
- US East / West / Central: USD$0.40/VM/hr, USD$5/VM/month
- Central America: USD$0.44/VM/hr, USD$5.5/VM/month
- Canada: USD$0.48/VM/hr, USD$6/VM/month
- Europe / United Kingdom: USD$0.52/VM/hr, USD$6.5/VM/month
- Asia / India: USD$0.56/VM/hr, USD$7/VM/month
- Middle East / France / United Arab Emirates / Switzerland: USD$0.572/VM/hr, USD$7.15/VM/month
- Australia / Australasia: USD$0.58/VM/hr, USD$7.25/VM/month
- South Africa: USD$0.584/VM/hr, USD$7.3/VM/month
- South America: USD$0.80/VM/hr, USD$10/VM/month
- Azure provides foundational infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Windows 365 for Agents operates as software as a service (SaaS)—a managed layer above infrastructure, delivering a preconfigured, secured, and updated Cloud PC environment. This reduces the operational overhead for organisations to manage infrastructure directly.
Get started
Create an agent in Copilot Studio - then give it a Cloud PC to work in
Get started with 50 hours of free Cloud PC usage.
- [1]For the free trial, you can create up to two Cloud PC pools in a tenant without requiring a Windows 365 for Agents billing plan in your Power Platform environment.
Cloud PC pool usage isn't billable when triggered from embedded test chat, and each tenant is provided with 50 hours of free Cloud PC pool usage for published agent running autonomously.
Microsoft reserves the right to discontinue this trial, and to modify these policies, terms and conditions at any time. - [2]In addition to pay-as-you-go based usage, always available Cloud PCs are billed at a fixed amount per Cloud PC per month
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