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DEPLOY AVD & WINDOWS 365

Automatically provision a complete AVD or Windows 365 environment in a few hours or connect to an existing environment in minutes.

MANAGE CLIENTS EASILY

Manage all your clients in a single pane of glass admin portal - without the need for an experienced Azure engineer – and eliminating the possibility of human error.

OPTIMIZE COSTS

Save up to 75% on Microsoft Azure compute and storage costs using Nerdio’s Advanced Auto-scaling capabilities.

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FEATURES

Azure Virtual Desktop &
Windows 365 Made Easy With Nerdio

Below are some of the features of Nerdio Manager for MSP – click the icons for more detail.

Price

Complete Cost of Azure Infrastructure and Software Licensing

Best-Practices Recommendations on Rls, AHB

Per-User Azure Cost Reporting

Easy, Wizard-Driven Cost Estimates

Deploy

Overlay on Top of
Existing
Deployments

Best
Practices
Configuration

Greenfield
Deployments

1-Hour Customer Deployment

Manage

Alerting and
Notification

MSIX AppAttach

Desktops,
Servers, Backup
and Networking

Users and
Sessions

RBAC with End-
User Portal

Image Creation
and Management

Performance and
Utilization
Monitoring

3-Click
Complete UI

Optimize

Performance Optimization

Auto-Heal

Up to 75% in Savings

Auto-Scale

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Technical Architecture

PROCESSES

Customer Deployment
Scenarios

GREENFIELD

(No Azure Footprint)

Create a new all-PaaS environment of AVD supporting services + AVD hosts.

New resource group

New network

New Azure AD DS

New Azure Files
share

New AVD deployment

New Cloud PC deployment

Deployment Time: 60 Minutes

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LANDING ZONE ONLY

(Existing AD or AADDS)

Create AVD supporting services leveraging existing components + AVD hosts.

Use existing identity

Use existing resource
group

Use existing network

New Azure Files share

New AVD deployment

New Cloud PC deployment

Deployment Time: 30 Minutes

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EXISTING IAAS

(Existing Azure Environment)

Connect to existing Azure environment and extend with AVD.

Use existing identity

Use existing resource
group

Use existing network

Use existing file storage

New AVD deployment

New Cloud PC deployment

Deployment Time: 10 Minutes

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EXISTING AVD

(Existing AVD Deployment)

Overlay on top of existing AVD deployment to enhance management and auto-scaling.

Use existing identity

Use existing resource
group

Use existing network

Use existing file storage

New AVD deployment

New Cloud PC deployment

Deployment Time: 10 Minutes

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OUR PARTNERSHIP

Nerdio "Partnerd"
Program

Join Nerdio as a partner and start benefitting from the exciting perks along the way.

Customer-led Innovation

Regular product updates based on partner and customer requests and feedback.

White Labeling & Co-branded Documents

Make white papers, case studies, one pagers, and more, look like your own so selling is made easy.

Partnerd Portal

Register your deals, access exclusive content, guides, videos, and more.

Leads Go To You

Nerdio is not a services provider, so unlike other companies, we pass along leads to our partners.

Real-Time Support

No long waiting times here – get access to Nerdio support as soon as you need it.

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OUR TESTIMONIALS

Customer Testimonials

"Awesome Automation! Nerdio has been a game changer for our organization. The planform is user friendly and has reduced the time our engineers take to deploy any Azure workload. From 3 to 5 users to hundreds of users in very little time. Even my three-year-old knows how to use Azure by utilizing the automation that Nerdio offers."
"Fast, Easy and Affordable! The Nerdio Manager application gives us the control, tools and ability to deploy and manage Microsoft Azure tenants for our clients, making the process extremely simple and easy. Any MSP could implement and manage an Azure strategy for its customers with little effort or knowledge of Azure."
"Nerdio is Amazing This has been exactly what we were looking for. It allows us to manage AVD without the need to script everything ourselves. We look forward to utilizing this application for a very long time."
"Awesome! This is Nerdio Manager for Enterprise- built for MSPs. Thanks Nerdio!"
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AVD MANAGEMENT

Multi-Cloud and On-Premises Deployment with Azure Stack HCI (Coming Soon)

Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop in Azure and extend the session host VM placement to on-premises and other cloud using Azure Stack HCI. Nerdio Manager automates deployment of session hosts, AVD agent installation, and full integration into the AVD deployment in Azure.

Deploy new or manage existing AVD environment

Create a brand new Azure Virtual Desktop environment or allow Nerdio Manager to discover an existing deployment, connecting to existing resources, and manage them.

Wizard-driven AVD deployment in under 2 hours

Deploy Nerdio Manager from Azure Marketplace and configure a new AVD environment with an easy to follow, step-by-step configuration wizard. First group of users can access their AVD desktop in less than 2 hours.

Automatic, scripted AVD deployment

Service providers, system integrators, and consultants can leverage Nerdio Manager’s scripted AVD deployment template. Create complete environments with desktop images, host pools, and auto-scaling in minutes.

Multi-region, subscription, network, & resource group AVD deployments

Create and manage AVD environments that span Azure regions and subscriptions. Quickly link Vnets and resource groups and manage AVD deployments world-wide from unified portal.

Split-Azure AD tenant AVD deployments

Link multiple Azure tenants under the same Nerdio Manager instance and manage AVD deployments that span Azure AD tenants. User identities and session host VMs can run in separate tenants for maximum flexibilty and security.

Cross-sovereign Azure Cloud AVD deployments

Deploy and manage AVD environments that span across sovereign Azure Clouds. Cross-sovereign cloud support allows identity (e.g. users and groups) to be in one Azure Cloud, while session host VMs are in another Azure Cloud.

Management of workspaces, host pools, app groups, RemoteApps & custom RDP settings

Administer every aspect of AVD with Nerdio Manager including workspaces, host pools, application groups, RemoteApp publishing, RDP properties, session time limits, FSLogix, and much, much more. Every Azure service that AVD relies on can be managed with Nerdio Manager.

Complete session host lifecycle management

Deploy and manage AVD session host VMs. Hosts can be created manually or with auto-scaling, deleted on-demand or on a schedule, re-imaged to apply updates, run a scripted action, resized, put into or taken out of drain mode, and more.

User sessions

Manage user sessions across the entire AVD environment, within a workspace, host pool or on a single host. Monitor session status, disconnect or log off the user, shadow or remote control to provide support, or send user an on-screen message.

End-user self-service portal

End users have the ability to log into Nerdio Manager with their Azure AD credentials and manage their own session, restart their desktop VM, or start a session host if none are started in a host pool. (Ability to resize and re-image own desktop is coming soon.)

Azure Files management

Create, link, and manage Azure Files shares including AD domain join. Synchronize Azure Files permissions with host pools, configure quotas, and enable SMB multi-channel. Manage file lock handles and configure Azure Files auto-scaling to increase quota as needed.

Azure NetApp Files management

Create, link, and manage Azure NetApp Files accounts, capacity pools and volumes. Configure provisioned volume size, monitor usage, and use auto-scaling to automatically adjust volume and capacity pool size to accommodate the needed capacity and latency requirements.

FSLogix configuration profiles

FSLogix configuration can be complex and overwheling, but not with Nerdio Manager. Create one or more FSLogix profiles with all the needed options, point at one or more Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, or server locations and select from VHDLocations, CloudCache and Azure Blob storage modes.

Directory configuration profiles

Multiple identity source profiles can be set up and used automatically on different host pools. Active Directory, Azure AD DS, and Native Azure AD are all supported. Choose the appropriate directory profile when adding a host pool and all VMs will automatically join this directory when being created.

Host pool cloning

Create a copy of a host pool with all of its settings: auto-scale config, app groups and RemoteApps, MSIX AppAttach, user/group assignments, VM deployment settings, etc. Save time by creating host pool “templates” that can be cloned to any Workspace, Azure region or subscription instead of starting from scratch.

Session time limits

Apply user session time limits at host pool level. Automatically log off disconnected sessions, limit the duration of idle sessions, control empty RemoteApp session behavior and more.

Assign and un-assign users to personal desktops

Assign Azure AD users to personal desktops to ensure the user will log into a pre-configured VM. Un-assign personal desktops from users who leave the organization and re-use these VMs for new users.

Automatic custom Azure tagging of all resources

Pre-configure custom Azure tags for all Azure resources associated with each host pool. Tags can be used for charge-back and cost allocation by host pool.

Automatic GPU driver installation

When creating session hosts using NV-series VMs NVIDIA and AMD GPU drivers are automatically installed.

AVD Classic to AVD ARM migration

Move existing host pools from Fall 2019 (Classic) object model to Spring 2020 (ARM) object model. Choose to whether to move or copy user assignments. Existing session hosts are automatically migrated or new ones can be created in the ARM host pool.

Automatic performance & utilization monitoring configuration

Automatically enable and configure AVD integration with Azure monitor. Zero configuration required. Azure Monitor Insights for AVD can be used instead of or in conjunction with Sepago Monitor.

AVD personal desktops to Windows 365 Cloud PC migration (Coming Soon)

Migrate users from AVD personal desktops to Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs using an existing image and user assignment. (Coming soon)

IMAGE MANAGEMENT

Create image from VM, Marketplace, custom, or shared image gallery

Create desktop images from a single pop-up with just a few clicks. No need to Sysprep, capture, version or do any of the other complex Azure image management tasks. Nerdio Manager fully automates the process. Desktop Images can start with a gallery image, existing custom image, or even an existing VM. Images can be stored as custom or Shared Image Gallery integrated objects.

Local and cross-region image cloning

Duplicate desktop images by cloning them to either the same region or another Azure region. Make a clone before making major changes to the image so the changes can be tested without impact the production environment. All with one click.

Geo-replication of images

Distribute desktop images to multiple Azure regions by selecting the locations where the images should be available. Can be enabled on new or existing images. A single desktop image VM can now be used to update AVD session hosts in all locations.

Automatic image patching and re-packaging

Schedule a recurring update to Desktop Images and automatically re-image host pools on a pre-defined schedule. System and application updates can be automatically applied after hours without manual intervention.

Image refresh from Azure Marketplace

Schedule a regular refresh of a desktop image from Azure Marketplace using the latest patched version. Customize the image with scripted actions and have it automatically deployed to host pools for full end-to-end update automation.

Image VM backup and restore

Leverage native Azure backup to create versions of desktop image VMs before making changes and easily revert to prior versions. Take a backup of an image VM while powering it on to modify or manually trigger a backup at any time.

Image versioning

Maintain multiple version of a desktop image by retaining old versions during image updates. These version can be easily used to deploy session hosts in the future.

Image staging and testing automation

Modify and update production images and test them without affecting current production host pools that use these images. When updating an image, select for the new version to be created in “staged” mode. Designated test host pools can start using and testing this image right away, but production host pools will only begin using it when it is activated after testing and validation. The end-to-end process of image update, user acceptance testing, and deployment into production can be fully automated.

Automatically re-image used hosts in host pool when all users log off

Ensure that users always log into a pristine, image-based session host by refreshing (re-imaging) used VMs after users log off. In single-user pooled scenarios, desktops will be automatically re-imaged when users log off. In multi-user pooled scenarios, session hosts will be re-imaged as soon as the last user logs off. This way, all hosts will be always kept up-to-date and in pristine state

Automatically re-image hosts in host pool on a recurring schedule

Schedule a recurring update to Desktop Images and automatically re-image host pools on a pre-defined schedule. System and application updates can be automatically applied after hours without manual intervention.

Retain host VM name and IP during re-image

When session host VMs are re-imaged, the VM name, AD computer object, IP address and DNS host name remain the same. No need to update other systems when re-imaging host VMs since they appear identical to external systems before and after the re-image process.

Image update change log and reporting

Before “sealing” the image (i.e. running “set as image” task) document any changes that were made. A report can be generated to show these changes and who made them.