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 ReadingAdd existing WVD deployments, migrate to ARM, and enable autosclaing
Using Nerdio Manager for WVD you can easily onboard/add existing WVD Tenants and/or Workspaces you might have deployed previously.
Continue ReadingWhat you need to know about Azure Reserved Instances, AHB and WVD
I 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 ReadingWhat are Azure Ephemeral disks, how to use them with WVD, and why care?
Ephemeral 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 ReadingMy presentation at IGEL Disrupt 2020 on now on YouTube
On June the 25th I represented my company, Nerdio during the IGEL Disrupt 2020 conference. I presented a breakout session on our flagship product “Nerdio Manager for WVD”. Thank you to all who joined, a special experience for sure, it being a 100% digital, I mean.
Continue ReadingHow to: Calculating costs for smaller WVD environments using the Azure Calculator
Not necessarily a new topic, though, I might be able to provide a different angle. I won’t go into the details of what WVD is, how it works and why it is a good fit for a ton of companies world-wide. What I will do is give you an example of how to use the Azure calculator for WVD in a slightly different way.
Continue ReadingI’m speaking at IGEL Disrupt – Come and meet Nerdio Manger for WVD!
On June the 25th (2020) IGEL Disrupt 2020 Digital will take place. I’m thrilled to be able to represent our company “Nerdio” at this already legendary annual EUC event. Come and hear what I, and dozens of others have to say, and learn how we (Nerdio) can help you to accelerate your business by moving to the Cloud, and of course, to meet up and learn from peers spread across the globe. Nerdio makes deploying, managing and maintaining Windows Virtual Desktop a Breeze – That’s a promise.
Continue ReadingLevel up! I will be joining Nerdio
I have some big news to share. As of 01-06-2020 I joined Nerdio in the role of Field CTO for the EMEA region. I am extremely excited and cannot wait to get started. They have an excellent team of highly skilled, motivated and ambitious IT professionals who give it their all every single day, the way I like it best.
Continue ReadingWindows Virtual Desktop (WVD) 6 months in, what do we have to show for it?
This is a referral to an article I wrote for brianmadden.com – WVD reached general availability six months ago, on September 30, 2019 to be precise. the WVD/RDS team(s) over at Microsoft have put in a lot of effort to optimize the service, with and without the help of various technological partners. Let’s have a look the timeline so far.
Continue ReadingMS Community event: Windows Virtual Desktop. Here’s what I will be talking about
Have you registered already? No? Well, you better hurry up than. They are nearing a 1000 participants and I’m not sure what the limit will be. Go here to do so. While it was planned to be an in-person event, it will now be a virtual event only, due to the COVID_19 pandemic. Have a look at the agenda, Microsoft MVP’s exclusively and some very interesting topics. Let me tell you about mine for a bit.
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