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November 26, 2019 A common question we get from Managed Service Providers (MSPs) is about the way FSLogix profiles are configured and how they work with Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). In this article, I’ll provide a technical overview of the technology. This is a 200-level technical article. First, you can find everything there is to know about...
November 13, 2019 
Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is a set of new technologies to deploy virtual desktops in the Azure. Putting desktops in the cloud has been possible for a long time and there are many services out there offering this functionality. Is WVD truly something new or more of the same from a new vendor? In this video, we will explain the four primary differences between traditional RDS (Remote Desktop Services) and the new Azure WVD.
November 06, 2019 
Chasing differences in configuration and updates in Azure across many desktop session hosts is a pain point that many administrators are familiar with. To combat this, there is an Azure feature called VM scale sets that can help eliminate this problem. This video will address how it works in four ways.
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 30, 2019 Today is a big day for the world of technology and user productivity. Many may not see it as such and just dismiss Microsoft’s announcement of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) general availability as another feature innovation from their ever-evolving and growing Azure cloud. However, having been neck-deep in the virtual desktop industry for 20 years,...