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Windows 365 · /// Cloud PC Performance Testing

Cloud PC behaviour at scale. Measured, not assumed.

Windows 365 (Cloud PC) shares session-host infrastructure with AVD, but the licensing model and provisioning path differ. LoadGen runs the same scenario engine against Cloud PC environments — per-license user behaviour, FSLogix-aware, Intune-managed posture. Honest numbers for the Cloud PC rollout.

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Cloud PC licensing-awareSame engine as AVD€1,099 / week · 50 → 25k vUsers

AVD wizard — adapted for Cloud PC licensing + provisioning.

The Problem

Cloud PC is licensed per user. Capacity planning still needs measuring.

Windows 365 / Cloud PC is licensed per-user — but performance still depends on shared infrastructure. License count + Cloud PC SKU + FSLogix configuration + Intune posture all affect what the user actually experiences. Without measured load, capacity planning is a license-count guess.

License count ≠ capacity model.

Cloud PC ships per-user licensing, but the underlying infrastructure (Cloud PC SKU, region, FSLogix share) still has real performance characteristics that license counts don’t capture.

Intune-managed posture adds variance.

Intune-applied policies, conditional access, and device-posture checks add per-session latency. Generic load tools don’t see this; production users do.

W365 vs AVD planning often confused.

Many teams treat Windows 365 and AVD as interchangeable when they’re not — different licensing, different provisioning, different operational posture. Capacity planning needs to be explicit about which is which.

Why LoadGen for Cloud PC

Same engine as AVD. Licensing-aware.

Cloud PC and AVD share session-host infrastructure even though licensing diverges. The same scenario engine that drives AVD load testing runs against Cloud PC environments — capturing per-license behaviour, FSLogix profile-load, and Intune-applied policy latency.

Cloud PC environment discovery

The wizard handles Cloud PC environment configuration — per-license user posture, region selection, Cloud PC SKU. The same authoring model adapted for the Microsoft Graph-based provisioning surface.

Same scenario, AVD ↔ Cloud PC

The same .lgs workload that runs against AVD runs against Cloud PC. Compare per-user performance across both — useful for organisations evaluating AVD vs Cloud PC strategically.

Intune-posture-aware testing

Intune policies, conditional access, device-posture checks visible in per-step latency. The components that actually slow Cloud PC sessions surface in measurement.

Live orchestration

Cloud PC, live, under measured load.

The cockpit during a Cloud PC test run. Per-license users ramping, per-region concurrency, FSLogix profile-load time, Intune-policy application latency — all live.

  • vUsers ramp across warm-up / steady / spike / cool-down — visible as the run progresses.
  • VDI agents allocated per Cloud PC environment — per-license session pressure.
  • Per-step latency + FSLogix profile-load + Intune-policy application latency.
  • Data flows into SLA reporting after rollout — same engine, monitoring mode.

Live orchestration cockpit during a Cloud PC run.

Capability

What ships with Cloud PC performance testing.

AVD-derived wizard, Cloud PC-aware

The 7-step wizard adapted for Cloud PC — license posture, region, Cloud PC SKU, Intune-policy capture. Same authoring model as AVD.

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VDI agents for Cloud PC sessions

Per-session Activate / Reset / Kill operations land on Cloud PC environments. Real per-license session pressure measured.

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SUT Monitoring + Cloud PC binding

FSLogix profile-load, AAD / Entra auth latency, Intune-policy application latency — bound to every test execution.

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Live cockpit + per-region testing

Per-step latency, per-region concurrency, FSLogix profile-load — visible as the test runs.

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Analytics & AI

AI-flagged login-latency anomalies, Intune-policy drift, and Cloud-PC-vs-AVD parity comparisons.

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Cloud PC ↔ AVD overlay

Same workload, both products. Compare per-user latency, FSLogix profile-load, host-pool density. Strategic AVD-vs-Cloud-PC decision on measured data.

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Outcomes

What Cloud PC testing delivers.

Time to first Cloud PC test

Before

Days

After

Hours

faster
Cloud PC SKU right-sizing

Before

Guess

After

Measured

real
Sessions per Cloud PC env.

Before

Guess

After

Measured

real
Intune-policy latency captured

Before

No

After

Yes

visible

See it in action

Three Cloud PC surfaces.

AVD-derived wizard

Cloud PC environment + Intune posture.

Live orchestration

Per-license vUsers + region density.

AVD ↔ Cloud PC overlay

Same workload, both Microsoft products.

Where Cloud PC testing lives

Three Cloud PC-load testing windows.

Cloud PC rollout sizing

Right-size Cloud PC SKU per persona. Measure per-license behaviour with real session load before rolling out to wider populations.

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AVD vs Cloud PC strategic comparison

Run the same scenario shape on AVD and Cloud PC. Strategic decision on measured data — different licensing models, different operational profiles, same scenario engine.

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Intune-posture validation

Cloud PC sessions are Intune-managed. Validate that posture-policy latency remains acceptable as policies tighten — measured per-step.

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Validate Cloud PC performance at scale.

Bring your Cloud PC environment configuration and a workload sketch. We’ll author the .lgs scenario on a call, fire it from VDI agents, and show you per-license behaviour — live.

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Questions

Frequently asked.

Does LoadGen test Windows 365 / Cloud PC the same way it tests AVD?

The scenario engine is the same; the provisioning surface differs. AVD uses ARM-native discovery; Cloud PC uses Microsoft Graph-based provisioning. The 7-step wizard authoring model adapts to either. FSLogix capture and per-step measurement are identical.

Can we compare AVD performance against Cloud PC?

Yes. Author the scenario once; run it against AVD, run it against Cloud PC. The cockpit overlays per-step latency, FSLogix profile-load, login time. Useful for organisations evaluating AVD vs Cloud PC strategically — different licensing, different operational profile, same scenario engine.

How does Intune-managed posture affect the test?

Intune-applied policies, conditional access, and device-posture checks add per-session latency. LoadGen captures this in per-step latency measurement — visible alongside FSLogix profile-load and AAD / Entra auth.

Does the test reflect per-license Cloud PC pricing?

The test measures performance, not pricing. Cloud PC is per-user-licensed; LoadGen helps decide which Cloud PC SKU each persona needs. Combined with Microsoft’s license pricing, the result is per-persona rollout sizing on measured data.

What does Cloud PC load testing cost?

€1,099 per week at the 50-vUser tier, scaling to 25,000 vUsers. Same published pricing as AVD load testing — no Cloud PC-specific upcharge.

Can LoadGen Services manage the Cloud PC rollout testing?

Yes. LoadGen Services (consulting + managed runs) is available where in-house bandwidth is tight. Particularly common for high-stakes Cloud PC rollouts crossing thousands of per-user licenses.

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