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Summary
- Cross-geo support for Windows 365 features will enable provisioning in different geographies than the tenant’s country/region.
- Hosted machines and Cloud PC pools can be provisioned across geographies.
- Limited metadata will be stored in the tenant’s configured country/region.
- The setting will be turned ON by default for early release environments and rolled out to all supported regions.
- No action is required unless your organization has compliance restrictions against provisioning resources outside the home geography.
Admin Impact: Medium
User Impact: Low
Release Start: 16 Feb 2026
Release End: 16 Feb 2026
Services: Power Platform
Category: Stay informed
Tags: Feature Update
History
1/16/2026 Item Added to Message Center
Microsoft Message
Starting February 16, 2026, we are enabling cross-geo support for Windows 365–based features which includes hosted machines and Cloud PC pools. This change will allow greater flexibility when provisioning compute for UI automation scenarios.
Learn more about cross-geo provisioning for Windows 365-based features.
How does this affect me?
The Enable cross-geo support for Windows 365-based features setting will be turned ON by default for early release cycle environments first and will be rolled out to all supported regions in the following weeks.
When this setting is enabled:
- Hosted machines and Cloud PC pools can be provisioned in a geography different from your tenant’s country/region.
- Only limited metadata will be stored in the geography corresponding to your configured tenant country/region.
What action do I need to take?
This message is for awareness, and no action is required unless your organization has compliance restrictions that prevent provisioning resources outside the tenant’s home geography.
In such cases, please contact Microsoft Support for further assistance.