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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Search for resources, objects, and settings from the top of any page to quickly navigate to your desired location.

Enable automatic Azure backup on pooled and personal host pools. Back up and restore individual hosts.

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 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.)

Create recommendation and filtering rules to assist with selection of VM sizes and OS disks when creating host pool or adding hosts. VMs can be filtered based on vCPU availability in selected subscription and region, processor, VM family & version, number of cores & GB of RAM, and local temp storage. OS disks can be filtered based on storage type (premium, standard, SSD, HDD, or Ephemeral) and disk size. Resource selection rules can be used to suggest the best VM for a specific AVD use-case and while taking into account core availability. They can also be used to limit the types of VMs and OS disks can be used globally, in a Workspace, or even at specific host pool level.

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.

FSLogix configuration can be complex and overwhelming, 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, Cloud Cache and Azure Blob storage modes.

Delete or archive a user’s Fslogix profile directly in the Nerdio Manager console, removing the need to access the Azure portal. Additionaly, administrators cand choose to ‘log off and flush profile’ for Fslogix users experiencing profile issues.

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.

Create global RDP profiles for quick assignment to new and existing hostpools. The feature now includes an advanced RDP text editor.

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.

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.

Easily manage large AVD deployments by creating groups of Custom Views for items like host pools, session hosts, and user sessions that span multiple workspaces. Custom Views groups can have unique icons and contain any number of views. Custom Views groups can also be sorted automatically or manually to help with organization and order. Custom views can be assigned to user who created the view, everyone with access to Nerdio Manager, or to one or more RBAC roles (both built-in and custom). Limit access or make Custom Views available to admins based on their role.

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.

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.

View average and peak user-to-CPU and user-to-RAM ratios for each host pool to determine if VMs and host pools are optimally sized, oversized, or undersized.

Use built-in search field on all pages to filter items displayed in the table (e.g. find hosts using a specific image). Search matches are highlighted.

Select multiple resource groups or networks to link at the same time instead of linking them one-by-one.

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

Automate deployment of AVD session host VMs into Azure Dedicated Hosts to enable compute isolation, which can be important in highly secure environments. After creating a host group and at least one dedicated host, individual AVD host pools can be enabled to use isolated capacity by creating VMs on selected host groups and dedicated hosts.

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.

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.

Join Azure files storage accounts to AD by creating either a user object or computer object in Active Directory. When using the computer account option AES256 encryption is automatically enabled.

Administrators can now use their own naming conventions for Nerdio Manager’s core storage accounts.

Allows desktop start actions to be grouped, extending the batched action functionality from previous releases.

Encryption at host can be fully configured, directly from the Nerdio Manager console.

Create collections of scripted actions and assign these scripts as groups rather than individually during standard deployment tasks.

Create collections or ‘groups’ of Azure tags for assignment to resources including host pools, images, and storage accounts.

 Import and export RemoteApp collections directly between host pools or in JSON format to allow for migration between environments.

Import and export AppMasking rule sets directly between host pools or in JSON format to allow for migration between environments.

A new default option has been added to control the use of RDP Shortpath for public networks on a per-host pool basis.

Custom auto-shrink email messages can now be configured for users. These emails can include variables such as the host pool, host name, and date to simplify the user experience.

Organizations who do not require Azure Virtual Desktop management features can now opt to select ‘Intune Only mode’ to manage Intune devices.

A new option allows administrators to bypass SID searching in AADDS scenarios.

The option to assign either FSLogix or AppAttach NTFS permissions is now available during file share creation.

ASHCI devices can now be configured with dynamic memory allocation, allowing for increased density.

Administrators can now set the name of the App group when creating a new pool.

Multiple schedules can now be configured for actions of the same type, removing the current limit of one schedule per action type. 

FSLogix profiles can now be created and edited in ‘simple’ mode, removing the need to configure registry settings individually. The registry settings may still be configured by selecting ‘Advanced’ mode.

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 flexibility and security.

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.

Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop in Azure and extend the session host VM placement to on-premises networks using Azure Stack HCI. Nerdio Manager automates deployment of session hosts, AVD agent installation, and full integration into the AVD deployment in Azure. Leverage “burst-to-cloud” capabilities to add session host VMs in Azure once on-premises capacity is consumed.

Overcome Azure ARM API limitations in very large AVD deployments with thousands of VMs. Multiple client app registrations can be linked to one or more Azure subscriptions and API calls will be evenly distributed across these client app registrations multiplying the API limits thresholds.

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.

Automatically deploy Teradici CAM and install PCoIP agent as pooled and personal VMs are created.

Host in drain mode can now be excluded from scheduled or one-time bulk tasks at the pool level. Drain mode hosts can now be excluded from the AVD agent maintenance window tasks configured in the host pool properties.

Support for Azure Stack HCI 23H2 using the latest Azure Arc Resource Bridge. Create and manage Hybrid AVD host pools with VMs running on-premises using physical hardware.

Review and manage your Intune enrolled Windows devices quickly and easily within the Nerdio Manager console. Perform management operations such as adding or removing group membership, review the status of devices and user experience details from a single intuitive console.

Powerful granular RBAC allows administrators to build custom roles to limit access to device details and tasks, allowing organizations to delegate many aspects of device management.

Extend existing AVD environments with Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs. Nerdio Manager automatically creates the necessary network connections, images, and provisioning policies based on the current AVD configuration. It can also be used to deploy Windows 365 even if there is no existing AVD deployment.

Manage all aspects of Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs. Restart, re-provision from image, resize to a larger VM size based on available licenses, end grace period when Cloud PC is no longer needed, and run any PowerShell script on one or more Cloud PCs.

Create and manage Cloud PC provisioning policy and assign user security groups to policies to begin the provisioning process for licensed users.

Automatically detect if a provisioned Cloud PC does not have an assigned Intune primary user. Alert administrator and allow for one-click primary user assignment.

Leverage existing AVD images to create Cloud PC deployments. Image updates are automatically applied to AVD and Cloud PC environments using these shared images.

Scripted actions are shared between AVD and Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PC environments. Scripts that install apps, apply optimizations, or anything else that can be scripted with PowerShell can be applied to both AVD session hosts and Cloud PCs.

Update compliance and antivirus global dashboards have been added to the console.

Enhanced dashboards now make use of Windows Update for Business Log Analytics workspaces to provide more detailed update status information.

Assign and review Intune compliance policies, configuration profiles and update policies from the Nerdio manager console.

The deployment status of Intune native applications can now be reviewed from a global dashboard, providing an overview of Intune applications within the estate.

Unified Application Management (UAM) now lets you link Intune as a read-only repository. This means you can deploy Intune apps to Intune devices directly from the UAM console.

New AVD desktops can be forced to remain in drain mode until all UAM application policy installs have completed.

The option to use the existing pool maintenance window can now be selected when creating or editing a UAM policy, simplifying the management process.

Edit policy configuration directly from the Nerdio Manger console.

Device action state information can now be reviewed from the device properties pop-up.

View the global health of your Intune-enrolled Windows devices. Measure performance and identify trends as they emerge. 

View and manage a subset of Intune devices using Nerdio’s Custom View feature.

Customers can now select the option to limit UEM device visibility by either a limiting user or device group.

Scripted actions provide limitless flexibility in AVD deployments. Windows scripts can be used to execute any set of Powershell commands on VMs are created, started, stopped, remove, or re-imaged. This can be used to deploy applications, security software, optimizations, and much more. Azure runbooks can be used to configure and maintain the Azure environment on the outside of the VM. Many triggers are available including VM or AVD host create, start, stop, delete, image create, schedule, run-once, and more.

Synchronize scripted actions with public and/or private GitHub repositories. Use your favorite tools, like Visual Studio Code, to edit and maintain scripted actions with all of the power of GitHub workflows, versioning, and so much more. Scripted actions are automatically synchronized with GitHub repositories and any changes take effect immediately without any configuration changes made in Nerdio Manager.

Windows scripts and Azure runbooks can be executed automatically with security context maintained by Nerdio Manager during VM create, delete, start stop, and AVD host register operations.

Windows scripts and Azure runbooks can be executed on all hosts within a host pool either on demand or on a schedule with recurrence.

Automatically install software on newly created desktop images or maintain existing images with regular updates using Scripted Actions.

Execute Scripted Actions on desktop images while packaging the VM into an image object. These scripts do not impact the original image VM but only apply to the resulting image. For example, SCCM agent can be uninstalled from the image but remain on the image VM where it is used to update and install software.

Leverage powerful scheduling capability to schedule any session host actions such as start, stop, add, delete, re-image, resize, activate, deactivate, run script, and more.

Run scripted actions as part of auto-heal remediation. Nerdio Manager watches for session host issues and can execute an automated remediation sequence to resolve the problem. Restarting, executing scripts, or even removing and completely rebuilding the host VM. (Coming soon)

Get status of Nerdio Manager, SQL DB, Azure and AVD access via an unauthenticated URL. Can be used by monitoring tools to check environment health.

Define global variables that can be used by any scripted action. Variables are encrypted and stored securely in Azure Key Vault.

Nerdio Manager provides built-in integrations for popular desktop virtualization tools such as Teradici PCoIP, security and AV tools like Sophos, and much more.

Power on all hosts in a pool during maintenance window operations to ensure installation of latest AVD agent and other updates.

Integrate your corporate GitHub enterprise repositories into the Nerdio console.

Deploy ControlUp monitoring agents to host pools automatically from the Nerdio Manager for Enterprise console.

Deploy ControlUp monitoring agents to host pools automatically from the Nerdio Manager for Enterprise console.

Leverage the power of Nerdio Manager automation by integrating with existing ITSM platforms (e.g. ServiceNow). Add and re-image hosts, create or update desktop images, control user sessions and much more.

Synchronize scripted actions with Azure DevOps. Use your favorite tools, like Visual Studio Code, to edit and maintain scripted actions with all of the power of Azure DevOps workflows, versioning, and much more. Scripted actions are automatically synchronized with Azure DevOps repositories and any changes take effect immediately without any configuration changes made in Nerdio Manager.

Quickly and easily interact with the Nerdio manger API via a dedicated Powershell module. This tool provides powerful management capabilities directly from a PowerShell window or scripted action.

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.

Host re-image task will optionally wait for users to log off and only then re-image the session host VM. Alternatively, re-image process can force users to log off after a pre-defined grace period delay.

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.

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.

Nerdio Manager for Enterprise now includes a column on the Images pages detailing host pool associations for each image.

New images added to the Azure Compute Gallery can now be replicated, allowing for increased concurrent VM creation activities per image.

Automatically activate staged images after a specified number of days.

Leverage the power of Azure Custom Image templates (CIT) as part of the image creation process. Integrate CITs into the existing image management process and apply customizations directly in the UI via parameters.

Create customizable, filtered lists of desktop images.

Add tags to Desktop Images from the image menu. In addition, filter images by Azure tag name & value on the Desktop Images page.

Desktop images can now be backed up on a schedule or manually.

Create multiple clones of an Azure Compute Gallery (ACG) image in a single action.

Nerdio Manager is a single-customer Azure application deployed from the Azure Marketplace into a customer’s own Azure environment. It consists of Azure PaaS services only with no VMs to manage. The application is integrated into Azure AD and uses Graph API to turn the dials inside the Azure environment. No third-parties have any access into the customer’s Azure environment.

Nerdio Manager is not a hosted SaaS service, but rather an Azure application that’s installed in a single customer environment. There is no third party access to this single-tenant app deployment.

Because Nerdio Manager is an Azure application, customers can choose the Azure region where it is deployed. All associated metadata is stored in a selected Azure region with customer having full control over backup, retention, and destruction.

Delegate access to deploy and administer AVD deployments to users with defined role-based access controls. Built-in AVD Admins can full access to the environment, Reviewers have read-only access, Desktop Admins can manage images and power state of host VMs, Help Desk users manage user sessions, and End-users can manage their own virtual desktop session in a self-service portal.

RBAC admin roles can be assigned to users and groups and proper level of access is provided at Workspace level and host pool. Different groups of admins can manage different sets of Workspaces and host pools within a larger AVD deployment.

Company-provided SSL certificate and domain name can be applied to Nerdio Manager for Enterprise Azure App Service to increase the security posture of the deployment.

Protect Nerdio Manager and AVD deployment by hardening the SQL, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, App Service by enabling private vnet endpoints in Azure.

Increase the security posture of an AVD host pool by preventing users from using saved credentials in their AVD client app. Users will always be prompted for password when logging into their desktop.

Access to Nerdio security staff for a phone discussion. Obtain response to security audit or security questionnaire crafted by your organization. Standard two-week turnaround time for security audits. Access to Whistic report.

‘Manage Drain Mode’ and ‘Manage Power State’ RBAC roles have been added to allow for non-destructive support role creation.

Watermarking for AVD sessions can now be enabled and configured on the host pool settings > VM deployment page.

All newly created file shares use secure AES 256 encryption by default, for both Computer & User object joins.

Create custom roles to control admin access to all areas of Nerdio Manager. Custom roles define scope and level of access and can be assigned to users and security groups. Users can access modules in read-only or full access mode.

Narrow the scope of available images to users with custom RBAC roles for desktop image management.

AVD Modeler lets you create detailed models for new host pools, these models will provide anticipated costs, allowing you to tweak settings to meet your requirements. Optionally print or export your models.

Consolidated dashboard that combines usage, costs, and savings across all Workspaces in AVD deployment. Select desired time range and view graphs of named, concurrent, and active users. View graphs of host pools, hosts, and total CPUs. Review and export data on compute and storage costs savings.

Analyze Azure compute (VMs) and storage (OS disks, Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files) costs at per-hostpool, per-workspace and across the entire environment. Understand average cost per named, concurrent, and monthly active user.

Export detailed usage and costs data to be used for chargeback.

Review auto-scale behavior in an easy-to-understand, visualized dashboard that can be drilled into for more detail. All auto-scale behavior, including corresponding user sessions, can be reviewed for further optimization.

View project monthly compute (VM) and storage (OS disks) costs when creating a new host pool. The real-time calculation is based on Azure pricing API and takes into account the entire auto-scale configuration profiles. This calculation provides the minimum host pool cost, assuming the pool stays at the minimum size and never scales out, and the maximum cost, assuming the host pool scale out to its maximum size and never scales in.

Azure list prices used for all calculations can be adjusted with a negotiated discount so all financial data accurately reflect actual Azure costs.

Be always in the know with automated notifications and alerts. Define rules to generate email alerts based on various conditions and actions. Select whom to notify based on tasks, statuses, resources, and other criteria.

Gain fully visibility into AVD environment that extends beyond the Azure Monitor insights. User sessions dashboard provides a wholistic view into user performance that can be drilled down on a per-user basis to understand latency, app input delay, utilization patterns and more.

Hosts dashboard provides a deep analysis of VM performance and utilization (e.g. CPU, RAM, CPU queue, Disk queue, etc.) and displays recommendations for user-to-host density.

Application dashboard display per-application-per-user statistics to understand application usage patterns, application resource consumption, and user behavior.

Track and report on all changes to desktop images performed by all users.

All Nerdio Manager informational task logs can now be directed to the Azure Application Insights instance. These logs can then be exported to or queried by an SIEM solution.

AAD join logs are now available for host build operations.

When a pool is using burst resources, a warning is displayed next to the pool.

This feature enhances customer understanding of AVD's environmental benefits with NME, providing reports on their setup's effect on CO2 emissions, coal energy, and tree equivalents. Incorporated into the AVD Modeler, it allows users to assess the environmental impact of supported VM sizes.

Export the current configuration of a host pool in .JSON format including all properties, the total number of VMs, and their current power status.

Link and use an SMTP gateway for alert configuration

Report on precise per-individual-user costs that allocate the total cost of AVD deployment (compute, storage, network, PaaS, SaaS) to individuals based on duration of their usage of AVD desktops during the selected time frame.

Export Power BI reports into a customizable dashboard with rich reporting capabilities.

Allow end users of personal desktops (e.g. developers) to restore their own VM from backup.

Alow end users of personal desktops (e.g. developers) to re-image their own VM using an image made available to them by the administrator.

Allow end users of personal desktops (e.g. developers) to resize their own VM and OS Disk to sizes that have been made available by the administrator.

Administrators can now force desktops resized by end users to revert to their original size after a specified time.

Windows Scripted Actions can now be delegated to users to run on their own desktop. Users may also be permitted to assign tags to their desktop.

The disk & VM resize functions can now be enabled independently, allowing administrators to only show configurable settings to users.

UAM Applications can now be made selectively available for installation by end users, reducing administrative overhead and improving the end-user experience.

Auto-scale can automatically detect broken AVD session hosts and to repair them. The auto-heal sequence can include VM restart, scripted actions (e.g. re-install SxS, re-register host with AVD, etc.) and VM remove, which will re-create the host through auto-scale.

Protect against data center failure by automatically distributing session host VMs across Availability Zones (data centers) in supported Azure regions.

Azure availability sets of variable size can be optionally enabled. When enabled, session host VMs are automatically placed in availability sets when deployed.

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

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.

Configure a scheduled backup of Nerdio Manager application to protect App Service, Azure SQL database, and key vault contents.

Place RemoteApps in maintenance mode (without requiring AVD feed refresh) to allow for changes while keeping the session host active for other applications. Now includes the ability to run custom actions and specify schedules.

Enable host pool level active/active DR configuration and Nerdio Manager will automatically distribute session hosts across two Azure regions. Users will be distributed across VMs in both regions as they log in and FSLogix profiles will be automatically replicated using Cloud Cache. In case of an Azure region failure users will continue accessing VMs in the available region.

Overcome Azure compute capacity limits by specifying multiple fallback VM sizes for use if capacity is exhausted for your preferred VM size in the region. Ensure that hosts creation, auto-scale, auto-grow, and auto-heal operations do not fail due to Azure capacity constraints.

Administrators can now configure their NME application with replicated databases to mitigate the risk of database outages.

Applications can be automatically deployed to AVD session hosts and Intune devices. Use Deployment Policies to automatically install, uninstall, or update applications across the desktop environment. Deploy and manage applications on Physical endpoints and Windows 365 through intune integration.

Use Unified Application Management to install and manage applications on desktop images or during session host VM creation. Large library of popular software installations is included and gets updated on a regular basis. Create your own scripts to install and manage your own apps.

Applications installed on images or session hosts are automatically discovered and can be assigned to only some users and groups (whitelist) or be available to all users with exceptions (blacklist). Leveraging FSLogix application masking technology, apps are completely removed from user’s environment unless user is authorized.

Create MSIX images using MSIX apps, store them in an Azure Files based library with versioning, and deliver these apps seamlessly to users.

Upload native MSIX installer files and let Nerdio Manager automatically expand them into a VHDX container, capture all needed metadata, and make the app available for host pool attachment.

Upload multiple MSIX apps to be packaged together in a single VHDX image. Combining multiple apps in a single image reduces the number of VHDX files mounted on each session host VM and improves performance.

Upload and manage MSIX AppAttach images to an Azure Files share. Update images to new versions and automatically apply to all host pools with existing assignments. Leverage images with multiple MSIX packages inside for more efficient app delivery.

Leverage native AVD MSIX AppAttach integrations via the AVD agent. Assign MSIX packages to host pools from Nerdio Manager image library or use existing images storage on any SMB storage including Azure NetApp Files and file servers.

Upload and manage a library of self-signed or CA-issued certs that were used to package apps in MSIX format. These certificates can be automatically installed on desktop images or session hosts during provisioning.

Upload an existing MSIX app attach image in VHD(X) format by specifying a link to the file.

File and folder access requests can be redirected to alternate locations, including attached disks. Leveraging Fslogix’s file redirection technology allows administrators to control access to specific files and folders, replacing native locations with alternatives.

Filter by application deployment results on the Deployment status page.

Supports the deployment of complex applications via PowerShell scripts. Includes the ability to specify custom detection scripts.

Nerdio Manager now enables the deployment and assignment of application packages directly to users. This feature streamlines the process of targeting applications, eliminating manual configuration steps.

Distribute AppAttach packages to multiple linked file shares. When adding applications, the package in the file share closest to the host pool’s region is prioritized to reduce latency.

Import and deploy your SCCM applications. Connect directly to your SCCM environment, catalog applications and import applications directly into a private Winget repository.

Package names can now be edited in the console & Administrators can specify their own custom installer success codes.

Unified Application Management, including the ability to schedule automated application synchronizations and the ability to import new versions into existing applications.

Customers can now select policies to apply when creating a new host pool or editing an existing host pool.

Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop in Azure and extend the session host VM placement to on-premises networks using Azure Stack HCI. Nerdio Manager automates deployment of session hosts, AVD agent installation, and full integration into the AVD deployment in Azure. Leverage “burst-to-cloud” capabilities to add session host VMs in Azure once on-premises capacity is consumed.

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.

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 flexibility and security.

Reduce Azure compute and storage costs in complex cross-sovereign cloud and multi-AAD tenant deployments.

Report on precise per-individual-user costs that allocate the total cost of AVD deployment (compute, storage, network, PaaS, SaaS) to individuals based on duration of their usage of AVD desktops during the selected time frame.

Allow end users of personal desktops (e.g. developers) to restore their own VM from backup.

allow end users of personal desktops (e.g. developers) to re-image their own VM using an image made available to them by the administrator.

Overcome Azure ARM API limitations in very large AVD deployments with thousands of VMs. Multiple client app registrations can be linked to one or more Azure subscriptions and API calls will be evenly distributed across these client app registrations multiplying the API limits thresholds.

Configure host pools to scale in and out based on up to 3 usage criteria. Auto-scale triggers can be CPU+RAM, CPU+RAM+Sessions, CPU+Sessions, or RAM+sessions. Host pool capacity will increase (scale out) when ANY of the scale out triggers are true and will decrease (scale in) when ALL scale in triggers are true.

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.

Ensure high performance of Azure NetApp Files at the lowest possible cost. The performance of an Azure NetApp Files volume is determined by the volume size, regardless of capacity actually used. Storage auto-scale increases the volume size during times of peak demand (e.g. log-on and log-off storms) and decreases it automatically when the extra boost in performance is no longer needed. This is done based on a schedule and/or in response to elevated IO latency. Storage auto-scale also automatically grows volume (and capacity pool) size when capacity reaches a pre-defined threshold ensuring that it never runs out of space.

Log Analytics is used by Azure Monitor AVD Insights (and other monitoring solutions like Sepago) to collect and store diagnostic data. The size and cost of Log Analytics can quickly grow and make up a large component of the overall AVD cost. Azure Log Analytics pricing is complex and depends on ingestion rate, retention period, performance counters collected, and sampling frequency. Nerdio Manager analyzes all these dimensions and makes recommendations on how to best optimize Log Analytics costs.

Enable host pool level active/active DR configuration and Nerdio Manager will automatically distribute session hosts across two Azure regions. Users will be distributed across VMs in both regions as they log in and FSLogix profiles will be automatically replicated using Cloud Cache. In case of an Azure region failure users will continue accessing VMs in the available region.

Create custom roles to control admin access to all areas of Nerdio Manager. Custom roles define scope and level of access and can be assigned to users and security groups. Users can access modules in read-only or full access mode.

Leverage the power of Nerdio Manager automation by integrating with existing ITSM platforms (e.g. ServiceNow). Add and re-image hosts, create or update desktop images, control user sessions and much more.

Synchronize scripted actions with Azure DevOps. Use your favorite tools, like Visual Studio Code, to edit and maintain scripted actions with all of the power of Azure DevOps workflows, versioning, and much more. Scripted actions are automatically synchronized with Azure DevOps repositories and any changes take effect immediately without any configuration changes made in Nerdio Manager.

Overcome Azure compute capacity limits by specifying multiple fallback VM sizes for use if capacity is exhausted for your preferred VM size in the region. Ensure that hosts creation, auto-scale, auto-grow, and auto-heal operations do not fail due to Azure capacity constraints.

Narrow the scope of available images to users with custom RBAC roles for desktop image management.

Access to quarterly security testing report from Veracode. Covers results of static testing (SAST), dynamic testing (DAST) and software composition analysis.

Report on precise per-individual-user costs that allocate the total cost of AVD deployment (compute, storage, network, PaaS, SaaS) to individuals based on duration of their usage of AVD desktops during the selected time frame.

Building upon the standard capabilities of Azure Capacity Extender. Intelligent automation allows for the automatic selection of alternate VM sizes in the event of capacity exhaustion.

Allow end users of personal desktops (e.g. developers) to resize their own VM and OS Disk to sizes that have been made available by the administrator.

Administrators can now configure their NME application with replicated databases to mitigate the risk of database outages.

Distribute AppAttach packages to multiple linked file shares. When adding applications, the package in the file share closest to the host pool’s region is prioritized to reduce latency.

Nerdio Manager learns to predict user behavior based upon previous logon times. Pre-stage the running OS disk type of personal desktops according to learned user habits, saving resource costs and optimizing performance.

Administrators can now force desktops resized by end users to revert to their original size after a specified time.

Quickly and easily interact with the Nerdio manger API via a dedicated Powershell module. This tool provides powerful management capabilities directly from a PowerShell window or scripted action.

Export Power BI reports into a customizable dashboard with rich reporting capabilities.

Export the current configuration of a host pool in .JSON format including all properties, the total number of VMs, and their current power status.

Link and use an SMTP gateway for alert configuration

Offers customers the ability to review and optimize personal desktops sizes. Nerdio Manager’s VMRSS gathers and assesses resource demand over time and makes dynamic recommendations to resize over or under provisioned desktop VMs. Take the guesswork out of VM resource allocation and realize cost savings for overprovisioned resources.

Windows Scripted Actions can now be delegated to users to run on their own desktop. Users may also be permitted to assign tags to their desktop.

Import and deploy your SCCM applications. Connect directly to your SCCM environment, catalog applications and import applications directly into a private Winget repository.

Create multiple drain windows and target a specific percentage of your hosts to drain mode, outside of the Scale In Restriction window. This feature allows customers to prevent new connections to a percentage of hosts and allows these hosts to be shut down more quickly, saving on resource costs.

Host in drain mode can now be excluded from scheduled or one-time bulk tasks at the pool level. Drain mode hosts can now be excluded from the AVD agent maintenance window tasks configured in the host pool properties.

The disk & VM resize functions can now be enabled independently, allowing administrators to only show configurable settings to users

Set up and use different auto-scaling schedules. These schedules can run indefinitely or only during a specified window.

Unified Application Management, including the ability to schedule automated application synchronizations and the ability to import new versions into existing applications.

Customers can now select policies to apply when creating a new host pool or editing an existing host pool.

UAM Applications can now be made selectively available for installation by end users, reducing administrative overhead and improving the end-user experience.

Shared session host pools can now be analyzed, and recommendations provided based on usage

Review the right-sizing recommendations across your desktop estate. Optionally export the recommendations, observe trends and discover the cost implications when accepting the recommended changes.

Support for Azure Stack HCI 23H2 using the latest Azure Arc Resource Bridge. Create and manage Hybrid AVD host pools with VMs running on-premises using physical hardware.