2025 Was Full of New Features, Integrations, and Events
What a year 2025 was for Numecent, from launching major new Cloudpager® features and integrations with Microsoft to events around the world, including our debut at Microsoft Ignite. All of it was centered on our mission to Containerize Everything.
Why? Containerizing your applications means drastically simplifying the mobilization and management of them across all modern Windows environments.
Before we continue full speed ahead into 2026, with a lot of exciting developments on the horizon, let’s take a moment to look back at the biggest highlights of the year.
Key 2025 Feature Launches and Integrations
Our mission is simple: containerize everything. It’s a simple phrase, but it carries weight. So, what does that mean? Containerizing everything is the key to true modernization, where applications can seamlessly run on any physical or virtual Windows desktop. To do so, we have to stay on top of all the latest advancements in Windows technologies.
AI Packaging
This year, we fundamentally transformed application packaging with the launch of AI Packaging, making application containerization easier and more accessible than ever. With just a few clicks, you can containerize applications in minutes, transforming a traditionally complex and time-intensive task into a fast, highly automated workflow.
Simply select applications and let AI handle the rest. The result? Maximized application compatibility, performance, and security across all modern Windows endpoints, from physical machines running Windows 11 and Windows on Arm to virtual desktop solutions like Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Citrix.
Cloudpager’s intuitive AI Packaging service doesn’t require any scripting knowledge, empowering IT professionals of all skill levels (even non-IT team members for that matter) to package hundreds of applications in minutes instead of days, dramatically reducing packaging bottlenecks and lowering operational overhead.
Beyond speed, AI Packaging improves end-to-end application lifecycle management by enabling low-risk and low-touch updates, all while enhancing desktop security and freeing IT professionals to focus on higher-value transformation work.
Intune Storefronts: Cloudpager’s Native Integration to Microsoft Intune
In May 2025 we launched Intune Storefronts in Cloudpager, extending native support for Cloudpaging® containers to Microsoft Intune. With this integration, IT teams can natively publish Cloudpaging application containers into the Intune administrative console, instantly maximizing application compatibility, security, and real-time application insights.
Thanks to Cloudpager’s dedicated content delivery network (CDN) and per-user virtualization, you can accelerate Intune application deployments up to 20x. Whether you’re already leveraging Microsoft Intune or planning to migrate from SCCM to Intune, this integration is the fastest mechanism for modernizing without sacrificing control.
Native Cloudpaging Support for Windows on ARM
On the heels of our Intune integration launch, we rolled out native Cloudpaging support for Windows on Arm, enabling your legacy and modern x86/x64 applications alike to seamlessly run on ARM64 devices.
This removes major application compatibility barriers to the adoption of Windows on Arm, allowing enterprises to embrace new hardware without reengineering existing applications.
We also expanded Cloudpager capabilities to support modern deployment models across Intune, Azure Virtual Desktop, and App Attach. Together, these enhancements reinforced our commitment to simplifying application delivery while aligning with Microsoft’s vision for a more flexible and efficient Windows ecosystem.
Numecent Was at More Events Than Ever in 2025
From community events we’ve been at for years, such as EUC Forum, to making our Microsoft Ignite debut, we sponsored and attended more events than any prior year in the company’s history. There’s truly something special about connecting with everyone in person as we collectively evangelize application containerization.
Microsoft Ignite
Our Microsoft Ignite debut was the pinnacle of events this year. It was a jam-packed week in a hub of innovation, where our CEO and co-founder Arthur Hitomi led Ignite Your Endpoint Strategy with AI Packaging and Intune to a packed house.
We also hosted multiple events throughout the week, including an official Microsoft Ignite afterparty Zetta Bytes and Brews at Hotel Zetta and an exclusive dinner with our partners Ferroque Systems.
The event reinforced our commitment to solutions that fit seamlessly into modern enterprise environments.
Midwest Management Summit MOA
Our Midwest Management Summit (MMS) debut coincided with the launch of our Intune integration. It was the perfect opportunity to engage directly with IT teams on modernizing their approach to Windows application management and enhancing the speed and precision of Intune.
EUC Forum
As a sponsor at EUC Forum, we attended three meetings around the UK – including London and Edinburgh – connecting with IT teams and sharing insights on application containerization and application management. We’re excited to return throughout 2026 to the meetings, starting with the upcoming Spring meeting in a few months!
NerdioCon
Our NerdioCon debut featured a deep dive into the future of virtual desktops. We exchanged ideas with IT leaders and initiated some motions we’re really excited to unveil in the near future – all centered on streamlining application management at scale, of course.
AVD Tech Fest
At AVD Tech Fest, we led the charge on helping IT teams optimize Azure Virtual Desktop performance. As you’ll see in our Top 5 Blogs section later, this has been a major initiative for IT and EUC teams of virtually every scale.
AppManagEvent
Our AppManagEvent debut was another net-new event for us! While it was our first time, we felt right at home with all the EUC veterans and application packaging experts in attendance. Rory’s session AI Packaging and App Containers: The New Frontier in Desktop Security laid the foundation for a series of enterprise security initiatives across a number of enterprises throughout Q4 of 2025. We look forward to returning later this year!
Workplace Ninjas Dallas
Workplace Ninjas made its United States debut, featuring intimate sessions with IT practitioners focused on simplifying application management and reducing support overhead. It’s exciting to be a part of an emerging conference and we can’t wait to return!
Numecent’s Top 5 Blogs of 2025
One of the best things about a year-in-review is seeing what you, the readers of this blog, were most excited to explore. So, let’s dive into the top 5 most popular Numecent blogs from 2025.
5 Ways to Optimize Azure Virtual Desktop Performance
We explored practical strategies enterprises can use to improve Azure Virtual Desktop performance, from image and application optimization to reducing login times and resource contention. This blog resonated strongly with you as organizations looked to achieve a faster, more reliable, and cost-efficient Azure Virtual Desktop environment at scale. Read the blog
Introducing Cloudpaging AI
As the industry barrels forward into the AI era, it comes as no surprise that our AI Packaging launch blog piqued the interest of the community. Ultimately, this blog is about showcasing how AI Packaging can help IT teams securely accelerate and expand application packaging workflows. Check out the blog to see how investing in AI Packaging can help you modernize your approach to application management. Read the blog
Introducing Intune Storefronts in Cloudpager
We introduced Intune Storefronts in Cloudpager to simplify how applications are delivered and managed through Microsoft Intune. This blog explores how IT teams can enhance the speed and precision of Intune, including greater visibility and control over application deployments – helping improve the end-user application experience. Read the blog
Understanding Application Compatibility on Windows 11
Windows 10 end of support (EOS) was on October 14, 2025. Many of you were exploring ways to mitigate application compatibility on Windows 11 to ensure all your applications can run on the latest Windows OS.
This blog breaks down the most common application compatibility challenges enterprises face during migration. If you’re still looking for a way to securely run your applications on Windows 11 without sacrificing functionality or performance – including legacy and custom-built applications – check out how containerization can help you do so (no costly rewrites needed). Read the blog
5 Challenges with Custom Image Management
Image management is the bane of most IT and EUC teams’ existence. Don’t fret! We’re here to help. This blog from Rory Monaghan, an IT veteran with more than 15 years in the industry, examines the hidden complexity and operational overhead of maintaining custom images across virtual and physical environments. This piece can help you eliminate desktop image sprawl and ever-expanding host pool (session host) costs by incorporating containerization – and thus, more agile application management capabilities. Read the blog
Our Annual Webinar Series Featured a Wide Range of Solutions
Not only did we meet each other in-person, you came to us and our partners for a series of webinars throughout the year to solve common IT and EUC challenges.
Reduce AVD Host Pools: More Apps, Less Downtime with App attach and Cloudpager
We kicked off the year with Microsoft, showing off how organizations can leverage Cloudpager and its integration to App attach in Azure Virtual Desktop to reduce host pool (and thus costs) while maintaining performance and user experience. After all the excitement from the webinar, we authored How to Reduce AVD Custom Images and Host Pools to Reduce Costs up to 50%.
Lift and Shift Legacy Applications to Windows 11
As teams ramped up Windows 11 migration efforts, we demonstrated how containerization ensured your legacy applications could securely lift and shift to Windows 11 with full functionality, including 16-bit applications like Family Tree from 1993. In this webinar, Rory Monaghan breaks down how to solve for common legacy application compatibility issues with Cloudpaging containers so you can get them running on the latest Windows desktop environments, including non-persistent multi-session environments.
Introducing Cloudpaging AI
This webinar marked the debut of AI Packaging within Cloudpager. This webinar showcases AI Packaging in its original iteration, enabling you to transform application packaging into a series of clicks. With a lot of exciting updates on the horizon, including drag-and-drop AI Packaging previewed at Microsoft Ignite, this is a great way to see what the future of packaging looks like.
Accelerate Windows on Arm Adoption Without Leaving Any Applications Behind
Windows on Arm (WoA) is Microsoft’s most significant move toward supporting non-Intel devices. Windows devices powered by Arm-based processors, such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform, provide drastic improvements in battery life, performance, and AI-ready capabilities.
With growing interest in Windows on ARM, we addressed one of the biggest barriers to adoption: application compatibility. Extending native Cloudpaging support to ARM64 devices (and virtual machines) enables organizations to easily embrace new the latest Windows endpoints, even if your software vendors have yet to natively support ARM64 endpoints.
Hone the Speed and Precision of Intune with Cloudpager
We closed out our 2025 webinar series by exploring how Cloudpager and the power of Cloudpaging application containers enhance Microsoft Intune by accelerating Intune application deployments up to 20x, reducing application attack surface, and establishing real-time application usage insights.
Conclusion
As we look back on 2025, it is clear simplifying and streamlining application management is the priority for today’s IT and EUC teams. We’re excited to venture into 2026 with this in mind. Many organizations still need to start or complete their migrations to Windows 11. They also have App-V end of support on the horizon, with App-V Server being retired on April 16, 2026.
We hear from a lot of folks that they’re evaluating virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) solutions as they head into the new year, whether they’re seeking alternative to their existing Windows technologies or making their foray into the cloud.
As we head into 2026, we’re focused on further reducing complexity, accelerating modernization, and helping organizations manage applications in a more secure, controlled, and highly automated fashion in the cloud.
Thank you for being part of the journey this year. We’re excited about what’s ahead and look forward to continuing to innovate together. Join our mailing list so you don’t miss a single exciting moment in 2026: