Cost-efficiency: Maximizing Your Desktop as a Service Investment
Enterprises often encounter significant challenges when it comes to managing expenses and optimizing resources in the realm of cloud computing.
Enterprises often encounter significant challenges when it comes to managing expenses and optimizing resources in the realm of cloud computing. Desktop as a service (DaaS) is a complex cloud solution that demands meticulous planning and monitoring to prevent unnecessary spending and underutilization. This has prompted many to seek managed platforms to alleviate these burdens.
One standout enterprise VDI solution is Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), renowned for its exceptional scalability, security, and adaptability for organizations of all sizes. This virtual desktop operating system securely hosts desktops and applications in the cloud, boasting high scalability, flexible customization options, robust security features, and a cost-effective, consumption-based pricing model.
Though many organizations face challenges when implementing and managing AVD, especially when their IT team lacks experience with cloud-based virtual desktop environments. Configuring AVD to meet specific organizational requirements requires thorough planning and expertise. This has led some organizations to complement AVD with Nerdio Manager, which simplifies applications management, streamlines support for hybrid workforces, and offers a unified platform for overseeing AVD, Windows 365, physical devices, and Windows applications.
By leveraging AVD with Nerdio, organizations can modernize their IT infrastructure and enhance user productivity. Nerdio significantly reduces the learning curve associated with AVD by providing user-friendly management interfaces and tailored guidance for IT administrators.
Mitigating Cloud Cost Challenges
Unoptimized cloud computing expenses can pose significant challenges for IT and finance teams. Nerdio’s patented Auto-Scaling feature can slash Azure compute and storage costs by up to 80%. Nerdio Manager for Enterprise automates the swapping of OS disks from SSD to HHD when VMs are inactive, adjusts Azure Files IOPS and sizes based on usage, and optimizes storage needs.
Through Nerdio’s Auto-Scaling and automation capabilities, the IT team at Equitable Bank in Canada achieved substantial cost savings. By dynamically adjusting VM schedules based on AVD usage and demand fluctuations, the bank reduced compute costs by 74% per month compared to its previous setup. Nerdio now supports around 1,900 end users at the bank, seamlessly connecting employees across Canada through a cloud-based solution.
Nerdio’s storage optimization tools, combined with Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files, Log Analytics, OS disk swapping, Advanced Predictive Drain Mode, and multiple scaling triggers, enable organizations to align their Azure infrastructure with real-time user demand. This optimizes the utilization of AVD’s consumption-based pricing model.
Nerdio can efficiently manage desktop images using Scripted Actions, facilitating image creation and software installation within 30 minutes without manually logging onto the VM. This eliminates the complexity associated with manual image creation or other intricate methods like DevOps or Packer.
By automating the provisioning of AVD with Nerdio, organizations ensure consistency and reliability across deployments, mitigating errors and delivering a seamless user experience.
In 2021, the University of North Florida embarked on a strategic digital transformation initiative to migrate to the cloud for better service delivery. While transitioning to Azure Virtual Desktop, the university noted improved agility and performance. However, due to limited native capabilities, managing and automating the environment became challenging, leading them to adopt Nerdio Manager for Enterprise to enhance their AVD ecosystem.
Michael Holmes, Assistant Director of Endpoint Management at UNF, emphasized the value Nerdio brought to their environment: “Nerdio handles it all gracefully, ensuring a seamless user experience.”
Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop guarantees a consistent and efficient user experience, whether employees are working remotely, on the go, or in-office. If mastering AVD optimization seems daunting or resource-intensive, explore how Nerdio can offer the necessary expertise and support to deliver a seamless experience to end users and maximize your investment’s value.
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