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May 05, 2020 Partners frequently ask us to recommend the best VM series size for their use case, or at least the standard for most deployments. Unfortunately, these are difficult questions to answer due to the many variables which must be considered. However, with a basic understanding of the most common VM series, and a few sizing strategies,...
April 04, 2020 December 10, 2019 On November 1st, 2019, Microsoft launched a new commerce experience for CSP partners. It is somewhat challenging to understand what this announcement is all about and what it means to managed service providers (MSPs) who resell Azure and other Microsoft products via the CSP program. In this article, I’m going to answer some of the most...
November 26, 2019 At Nerdio, we teach our partners to commit to 3-year Azure Reserved Instances and to take advantage of Azure Hybrid Usage when it makes sense. But when does it make sense? Well, in every scenario! Why? Because the cost of getting out of the 3-year commitment and paying a small penalty (no more than 12% of...
October 31, 2019 
Learn how to estimate the cost and pricing of Microsoft Azure. I will walk you through how to easily operate our Azure pricing calculator so you can accurately determine the cost of Azure and maximize your margins.
October 23, 2019 
In this video, I will tell you about Azure hybrid usage and the associated benefits. You’ll learn how it’s one of the easiest ways to make money as an MSP selling Microsoft Azure. Remember that in the world of Azure, you pay for two things: compute and the operating license. If you can stop those two meters from running in Azure, you will make a lot of money as an MSP.
October 22, 2019 Microsoft announced General Availability of Azure Ephemeral OS disks in July of 2019. This unique Azure feature with a fancy sounding name doesn’t get a tremendous amount of attention but holds great promise for those deploying virtual desktops in Azure with Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). We wrote in detail about ephemeral OS disks and their...
