Azure Virtual Desktop without Surprises
AVD makes secure remote work possible. Complexity and rising Azure spend are what limit the value. We run it with Nerdio automation and LK Vision analytics.
Identify & Report · Identify & Advise · Fully Managed
AVD rarely fails outright. It leaks value quietly.
Most environments we assess are running correctly and still costing far more than they should, with a user experience nobody is measuring. Four things drive almost all of it.
Azure consumption
Host pools sized for peak demand, session hosts idling overnight, and no autoscaling policy tied to how people actually work.
Image and host pool sprawl
Manual image builds, drift between pools, and update cycles slow enough that teams postpone them until something breaks.
Identity and policy
Entra ID and Intune posture, Conditional Access gaps, and policy that drifts apart across devices, locations, and user groups.
User experience
Latency, profile bloat, and slow logons that never surface as tickets. Users adapt, productivity absorbs the cost, and nobody sees it.
Bring performance and cost control to AVD
Two platforms do the heavy lifting: one automates the environment, the other shows you what it is doing. Together they make AVD predictable instead of surprising.
Nerdio Manager
An automation and cost-optimization platform for Azure Virtual Desktop that streamlines deployment, scaling, image management, and ongoing operations. Autoscaling is tuned to real usage patterns rather than worst-case sizing.
LK Vision
Our proprietary monitoring and analytics platform, delivering deep visibility across Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft 365, and identity infrastructure. Sessions, latency, license spend, and compliance posture in one place.
What the combination delivers
- ✓Reduce Azure consumption costs by up to 70%
- ✓Improve security with continuous policy enforcement and identity-based controls
- ✓Deliver a smooth, consistent experience across devices and locations
- ✓Eliminate the administrative burden of managing virtual desktops
Choose how much of AVD you keep
Every tier includes LK Vision visibility. What changes is who acts on what it shows, and how much of the environment we operate. All delivered under a predictable monthly model.
Tier 01
Identify & Report
For teams that manage AVD internally but need transparency into cost, performance, and posture.
You operate. We measure and report.
- ✓Continuous insight through LK Vision dashboards
- ✓Monthly health summary covering sessions, latency, and spend
- ✓Continuous compliance scoring and security posture visualization
- ✓Automated alerts for identity risk, configuration drift, or idle capacity
- ✓Quarterly review with a senior engineer
Most common fitTier 02
Identify & Advise
For teams who want the findings and the fix plan, and would rather execute the changes themselves.
You execute. We tell you what to change and why.
- ✓Everything in Identify & Report
- ✓Prioritized cost-optimization recommendations with expected savings
- ✓Autoscaling, host pool, and image strategy designed with your team
- ✓Identity and Conditional Access posture review with remediation steps
- ✓Working sessions with a senior engineer and escalation on request
Tier 03
Fully Managed
For organizations that want AVD run for them, with accountability for cost and experience, not just uptime.
You set direction and approve change. We run it.
- ✓Rapid, policy-based provisioning of host pools and images
- ✓Intelligent autoscaling managed continuously against real usage
- ✓Patching, image lifecycle, and update cycles on defined windows
- ✓Identity and device policy managed across Entra ID and Intune
- ✓Instant disaster recovery and snapshot rollback
- ✓24×7 monitoring with U.S.-based engineering support
Same environment. Three ways to run it.
This is the starting template, not a contract. Any line can move between columns during scoping, which is the point of a tailored service.
| Responsibility | Identify & Report | Identify & Advise | Fully Managed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring, dashboards & alerting | LKMethod | LKMethod | LKMethod |
| Monthly health & cost reporting | LKMethod | LKMethod | LKMethod |
| Cost optimization & autoscaling policy | Your team | Shared | LKMethod |
| Host pool provisioning & image lifecycle | Your team | Shared | LKMethod |
| Patching & update windows | Your team | Shared | LKMethod |
| Profile & user experience tuning | Your team | Shared | LKMethod |
| Identity, Conditional Access & Intune policy | Shared | Shared | LKMethod |
| Security posture & compliance remediation | Shared | Shared | LKMethod |
| Disaster recovery & snapshot rollback | Your team | Shared | LKMethod |
| 24×7 escalation | Your team | Shared | LKMethod |
| Architecture roadmap & capacity planning | LKMethod | LKMethod | LKMethod |
| Team development & knowledge transfer | LKMethod | LKMethod | LKMethod |
Swipe the table sideways to see all three tiers.
What doesn’t change, whichever tier you choose
The tier sets the ownership line. These stay constant across all three.
Designed for outcomes, not just uptime
AVD is easy to stand up and hard to run well. Our engineers work in regulated environments every day, where cost, compliance, and user experience all have to hold at once.
Clarity & control
- ✓Real-time dashboards showing user sessions, latency, and license cost
- ✓Continuous compliance scoring and security posture visualization
- ✓Automated alerts for identity risk, configuration drift, or underutilized capacity
Operational precision
- ✓Rapid, policy-based provisioning of host pools and images
- ✓Intelligent autoscaling that reduces Azure consumption up to 70%
- ✓Instant disaster recovery and snapshot rollback
- ✓Seamless integration with Entra ID and Intune
The human advantage
- ✓Deep experience in healthcare, finance, and high-security industries
- ✓24×7 monitoring and U.S.-based engineering support
- ✓A consultative approach: we design for outcomes, not just uptime
Thirty minutes with a senior engineer
No obligation and no sales script. Just a clear read on what your AVD environment costs today, where the experience is slipping, and which tier actually fits your team.