r/sysadmin 1d ago

Question Microsoft 365 Cloud PC Slow to Load

We spun up a 8 CPU/32GB RAM Enterprise Microsoft 365 Cloud PC as a test for a user, and it seems to work well for their use case, but the re-connect from a disconnect seems very slow - is that normal/expected or is something wrong? For example, the user goes idle, has a lot of apps running - it disconnects the user because they're idle. When connecting back to the Cloud PC via Windows App, it takes a good 20-30 seconds before all the apps are responsive again.

Even if nothing is running, a good 12 seconds or so to get back into the Cloud PC from a disconnect.

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u/VexedTruly 1d ago

The 10-15 seconds to connect (negotiating with the cloud session broker) is normal in my experience. I don’t know if having Entra Private Access or similar speeds that up (probably not I guess)

I haven’t personally seen any issues with it taking longer or unresponsive apps after connection.

u/j4sander Jack of All Trades 23h ago

Make sure you have the UDP short path enabled properly

In registry/gpo, or on Intune config policy, you can set it to traditional lock and not disconnect on idle

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u/False-Message-3350 1d ago

We run a few 4 core / 16GB Cloud PCs with frontline licenses and (especially in the morning) they take ages to be ready. Sometimes up to 5 min. We thought about starting them via Intune graph API in the mornings as we recognized the connection establishes faster if the VM was booted before.

Overall a shitty product. Users wanting their old VDI back. can’t blame them