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For MSPs Serving the Defense Industrial Base

Your clients need CMMC Level 2. You need a practice that can scale.

Phase 2 enforcement begins November 2026. Every defense contractor handling Controlled Unclassified Information will need independent third-party assessment — or risk losing their DoD contracts. The MSPs who build a repeatable, Azure Virtual Desktop-based CMMC enclave practice now will own this market. The ones who wait will scramble.

Schedule a 30-minute practical walkthrough of how MSPs are building and scaling CMMC enclave environments with Nerdio.

76,000+

organizations requiring CMMC Level 2 certification.

<1,100

have completed C3PAO certification as of early 2026.

7 months

until Phase 2 enforcement. The window to build is now.

The deadline is real this time

CMMC has been announced, revised, and re-announced since 2019. Every prior cycle lacked teeth. That changed on November 10, 2025, when the DFARS final rule was enforced — making CMMC a contractual obligation. The buyers who were ‘interested’ in CMMC help before are now facing actual contract risk.

Phase timeline

Date

Phase

What it means

Nov 2025

Phase 1 — DFARS final rule enforced

CMMC is now a contractual obligation. Self-attestation accepted for Level 1 and some Level 2 contracts.

NOW*

The build window

MSPs who establish and scale their CMMC enclave practice today will be positioned for the Phase 2 surge.

Nov 2026

Phase 2 — C3PAO assessments required

Any DoD contract handling CUI requires third-party assessment. No certification = no contract.

Why AVD + Nerdio

The DoD’s own CMMC Scoping Guide states that endpoints running a properly configured VDI client — one that does not locally process, store, or transmit CUI — are considered out-of-scope assets. Nerdio is the management layer that makes that enclave deployable at scale and maintainable over time.

Shrink the compliance surface

Endpoints that don’t process or store CUI are out of scope per the CMMC Scoping Guide. AVD enclaves concentrate scope — and Nerdio locks them down.

Deploy enclaves faster

Standardize images and policies once. Deploy new client environments consistently without rebuilding from scratch every time.

Manage at scale

One interface to enforce consistent policies across every client enclave. No manual scripting. No configuration drift. No burnout.

Built on Azure Government Cloud

Inherit Microsoft’s built-in security framework. Nerdio operates within the same GovCloud environment your compliance architecture depends on.

We needed a management layer that could standardize our CMMC enclave deployments across clients — not a one-off build for every engagement. Nerdio gave us that.

C3 Integrated Solutions

Read the case study

~80 of 110

CMMC controls addressed through AVD + Nerdio

80% faster

onboarding for new CMMC enclave environments

100% VDI

all CUI handled in AVD session hosts

CMMC resources

  1. CMMC FAQ for IT professionals
  2. CMMC compliance guide for IT professionals (free download)
  3. How Nerdio Manager helps streamline CMMC compliance
  4. Case study: C3 helps Creation Tech achieve Level 2 compliance at scale with Nerdio-powered Azure Virtual Desktop
  5. Video: C3 Integrated Solutions: Simplifying CMMC compliance with Nerdio
  6. On-demand webinar: Building defense-grade desktops with CMMC compliance

What a conversation with us looks like

  1. Tell us where you are — building from scratch, scaling an existing practice, evaluating AVD. We start with your situation.
  2. We walk you through how other MSPs have done it — using real deployments, including C3’s architecture.
  3. You leave with something useful — a clearer picture of the enclave architecture and what it takes to build a repeatable CMMC practice.

Ready to build a CMMC practice that scales?

Phase 2 is seven months away. The MSPs who start now will have a proven, repeatable model — and a head start on 76,000 organizations that still need help. Let’s talk through yours.

Schedule a 30-minute conversation

No pressure. Just a real conversation about your CMMC practice.

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