2-Hour Deployment & Classic to ARM Migration

• Create a WVD environment in less than 2 hours with a wizard-driven deployment
• Automatically migrate an existing WVD Classic (aka Fall Release) to the new WVD ARM (aka Spring Update)

3-Click Complete UI

• Manage all aspect of the WVD environment from a single user interface with an easy-to-use UX. Most actions can be accomplished in 3 clicks or less. Everything from FSLogix to auto-scaling, storage and MSIX AppAttach, user sessions and performance, and everything in between.

User Session Management

• View all users in a Workspace who are currently active or disconnected
• Shadow and remotely control user sessions to provide secure support

FSLogix Storage Deployment & Management

• Configure and apply FSLogix configuration to all hosts in the environment or customize on a per host pool basis, all without registry editing and GPO configuration

Image Creation & Deployment

• Create images from Azure marketplace, shared image gallery, existing session host VM, or a custom image
• Automatically update and package images on a schedule
• Schedule automated image deployments to host pools on a recurring basis without any admin intervention

Scripted Actions

• Create Powershell scripts and store them in a library. Scripted actions can be used to install software, apply custom settings, download updates, and much more.
• Scripted actions can be executed on all session hosts on-demand or on a schedule. They can also be applied automatically at various times: host creation, host deletion, host shut down, desktop image creation and desktop image update.

MSIX Packaging & AppAttach Delivery

• Link Azure Files shares, automatically upload MSIX packages, and assign them to users
• Add MSIX AppAttach applications to host pools and deliver applications to users without the need to install them on the image

REST API for ITSM Integration

• Leverage the power of Nerdio Manager by integrating with other automation tools such as ServiceNow. Users of existing ITSM platforms can control Nerdio Manager for WVD from a familiar interface.

Robust Auto-Scale

• Nerdio Manager automatically matches size of infrastructure to real-time user demand with multiple powerful, but easy-to-use auto-scale algorithms. Auto-scaling perform both VM power management and provisions/deletes resources on demand.
• Single-user, non-persistent VDI auto-scaling provides each user with their own desktop without permanently assigning a dedicated VM.
• Personal, persistent desktops can be powered on when users start their work and powered off automatically when they are done for the day.
• Control aggressiveness of auto-scaling to balance cost savings with end-user experience.
• Comprehensive auto-scale visualizations to understand and optimize system behavior.

Auto-Provisioning & Storage Scaling

• Auto-scaling perform both VM power management and provisions/deletes resources on demand. Session hosts can be set up as “base capacity” and be pre-provisioned and ready to power on or as “burst beyond base capacity” and be created on-demand. Burst capacity VMs incur no storage costs as OS disks are created only when needed.
• Ephemeral OS disks reduce costs and improve performance.
• Automatically deploy Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files

Save up to 75% on Compute & Storage Costs

• Well-tuned auto-scaling can reduce Azure infrastructure costs up to 75% by shutting down compute or completely removing both compute and storage when not in use.
• Estimate Azure compute and storage costs before deploying a new host pool
• Monitor auto-scale costs and savings at workspace, host pool and per-user level.

Customize & Optimize Thousands of VMs

• Create and test a host pool with 1 VM and scale out a validated configuration to a thousand VMs with one click.
• Customize VMs at create time by automatically installing FSLogix, monitoring agent, GPU drivers, enabling accelerated networking, setting zone redirection, setting user session limits, etc.
• Optimize session hosts for performance with virtual desktop optimizations and any Powershell commands

Auto-heal

• Detect “broken” session hosts and repair them by restarting and/or rebuilding the VM to get it back to a functional state.

Measure & Report Costs & Utilization

• Easy to understand auto-scale visualizations help understand auto-scale behavior and its impact on costs and savings
• Monitor Azure compute and storage costs and savings on a per workspace, host pool and user level
• Estimate Azure costs before deploying a host pool and VMs

Cost & Performance Optimization Advice

• Leverage auto-scale visualization to understand user behavior and impact on costs to better match infrastructure size to user demand
• Azure monitor in-depth dashboards show performance and utilization of user sessions, session hosts and applications

Performance Monitoring & Alerting

• Collects data from WVD service and inside of each VM every minute. Data is collected in Azure Log Analytics and can be retained for a configurable amount of time.
• Actionable dashboards show users, hosts, and applications utilization and performance
• Alerting via Azure Monitor can be triggered on any combination of logged events

No 3rd Party Access

• Nerdio Manager is deployed as a standalone Azure application from the Azure Marketplace.
• Since this is not a multi-customer management portal, no third-party service principals are created inside of the Azure environment.

Data Residency Controls

• Nerdio Manager is deployed as an application from Azure marketplace and consists of Azure PaaS service only.
• These PaaS service can be created in any Azure region and control where the metadata resides.
• A single Nerdio Manager deployment in a selected Azure region can control WVD resources in multiple regions.

RBAC Admin Roles

• Role-based access controls allow different admin teams to be granted access to the Nerdio Manager console for “least privilege” administration on a defined scope.

End-user Self-service portal

• Desktop users can be granted access to Nerdio Manager to control their own pooled desktop sessions (e.g. log off), power on, restart and power off their personal desktops.

Resilience with Availability Zones

• Automatically distribute session host VMs across Azure Availability Zones to ensure that WVD remains available in case of a data center failure
• Leverage Azure Availability Sets to increase WVD uptime

Multi-tenant & Multi-Region Deployments

• Nerdio Manager can manage complex WVD deployments that span many Azure regions, subscriptions or even Azure AD tenants

Desktop Image Versioning

Automatically backup desktop images before making changes and easily restore them from backup

PaaS App

• All-PaaS secure application deployed through Azure Marketplace
  • App Service
  • SQL Database
  • Log Analytics
  • App Insights
  • Automation
  • Key Vault
• No VMs to manage and update. Updates are applied with a single click.