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Nerdio for Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid

Modernize your virtual desktop environment without moving every workload to the cloud.

Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid gives you the flexibility to run Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts on supported on-premises infrastructure. Nerdio Manager for Enterprise brings the management, automation, and visibility you need to operate your hybrid environment from one place.

Modernize on your terms

Moving to Windows Cloud doesn't have to mean moving everything at once.

Keep workloads on-premises where performance, data residency, existing investments, or business requirements demand it, while adopting Azure Virtual Desktop and building toward the Windows Cloud environment that's right for your business.

Hybrid infrastructure. One management experience.

Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid gives you more choice in where your desktops run. Nerdio gives you the tools to manage them.

Manage from one place

Manage Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid alongside Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop through one centralized Nerdio Manager experience.

Simplify image management

Create, deploy, update, and manage images with repeatable workflows built for day-to-day operations.

Automate the everyday

Reduce manual administration with automation for provisioning, image management, and other repeatable desktop operations.

Stay in control

Bring greater visibility and consistency to desktop operations across cloud and on-premises infrastructure

How Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid works

Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid extends Azure Virtual Desktop to supported infrastructure outside Azure, giving organizations more flexibility in where session host compute runs.

Microsoft provides the platform. Nerdio makes hybrid manageable.

Built for the infrastructure your business needs

AVD Hybrid gives organizations more choice in where Azure Virtual Desktop workloads run.

Nutanix AHV

Run Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid session hosts on Nutanix AHV while Nerdio helps simplify image creation, provisioning, updates, and ongoing management.

VMware vSphere (coming soon)

Extend Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid to VMware vSphere environments while bringing management and automation into the broader Nerdio Manager experience.

Is Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid right for your organization?

AVD Hybrid can provide greater flexibility for organizations with:


  • Existing investments in supported on-premises infrastructure

  • Applications or workloads with specific performance or latency requirements

  • Data residency or regulatory considerations

  • Legacy VDI environments they want to modernize

  • A phased approach to cloud adoption

Build your path to Windows Cloud

Modernization looks different for every organization. Nerdio helps you plan where to start, deploy at your pace, optimize what you're running, and evolve as your needs change.

Modernize your desktops on your terms

Bring the flexibility of Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid together with the management, automation, and visibility of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise.

Keep workloads where they make sense today. Simplify how you manage them. Build the Windows Cloud environment that's right for tomorrow.

Ready to get started?