It is that time of the year again, time to reflect on 2020 and list some of my personal and professional highlights. I’ve seen a few of these types of posts come by already, throughout the last 10 days or so. It’s always fun and inspiring to see what everybody has been up to, achieved, etc. Of course, in my case Nerdio has played a significant role in 2020 as well.
Continue reading 2020 – my year in reviewThroughout this article I will be focusing on virtual machines and data as part of your Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) environment, combined with the Nerdio Manager for WVD deployment – from an architectural point of view. This data may be stored on your VMs, in the form of user profiles, departmental and personal user data.
Continue reading How to Make Your 1,000+ User WVD Deployment Highly AvailableI think most of you have probably heard or read about Reserved Instances (RI) and Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) before. If so, keep reading anyway because I’ve noticed that it is often unclear how these types of contracts work – and I’m here to help. What are the “rules” exactly? What happens when you want to quit early, what other options do you have? And if you haven’t heard about RI or Azure Hybrid Benefit before, this post is must read.
Continue reading What you need to know about Azure Reserved Instances, AHB and WVDEphemeral OS disks are a form stateless disk storage. They are created on the virtual machine’s local storage (as part of the available VM cache, read on below) and are not written/saved to Azure Blob storage. This makes them ideal for stateless workloads, providing lower latency and thus faster read and write times. As always, there are multiple pros and cons to consider.
Continue reading What are Azure Ephemeral disks, how to use them with WVD, and why care?A few months ago, when Windows Virtual Desktop was still in tech preview I published v1.0 of this sheet. A few weeks ago a bunch of new partners were officially announced and added to the WVD ecosystem, making it 13 in total. This sheet provides you with a brief and clear overview on all companies and technologies/products involved.
Continue reading The Windows Virtual Desktop Technology Partner Cheat Sheet v2.0
