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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...
October 12, 2019 The Challenge Desktop virtualization holds the promise to simplify infrastructure management of end-user computing environments and Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) delivers on that promise by offering a multi-session version of Windows 10 Enterprise OS. Multiple users can be consolidated onto a single VM instance running in Azure thereby reducing the administration and desktop management burden. ...
October 08, 2019 At Nerdio, we see thousands of Azure environments running virtual desktops provisioned using our technology. This gives us a high level view into the relative cost breakdown of an average virtual desktop Azure environment. The typical breakdown we see is this: Compute (VMs): 68% Storage (managed disks): 22% Backup: 6% Bandwidth, VPN, IPs and...
September 10, 2019 Azure Reserved Instances (RIs) are a critical component of any MSP’s or CSP’s strategy in building a profitable cloud practice in Microsoft Azure. RIs are the biggest cost control lever that can be used to cut down the cost of virtual machines (compute) in Azure by up to 57%. Here’s a guide on reserved...