diff --git a/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/CHANGELOG.md
index 621f76dc8c3..9303d6adfb3 100644
--- a/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.0.0-beta.2 (2024-11-18)
+## 1.0.0-beta.2 (2024-11-19)
 
 This release improves compatibility with modern JavaScript environments by migrating the package to ECMAScript modules and Vitest
 
diff --git a/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/src/initialize.ts b/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/src/initialize.ts
index d830236961c..49945b88d1a 100644
--- a/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/src/initialize.ts
+++ b/sdk/playwrighttesting/create-microsoft-playwright-testing/src/initialize.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export default defineConfig(
     exposeNetwork: '<loopback>',
     timeout: 30000,
     os: ServiceOS.LINUX,
+    useCloudHostedBrowsers: true // Set to false if you want to only use reporting and not cloud hosted browsers
   }),
   {
     /*