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Introducing Nerdio Manager Copilot

What’s up, everyone! Since we have arrived in the age of AI, it was only a matter of time before I would write a post about Copilots or another AI solution. Microsoft has introduced various Copilots that aim to make...

Dominiek VerhamNov 13, 2024

Azure Virtual Desktop Nerdio

Optimizing auto-scale profiles in Nerdio Manager

What’s up, everyone! This one is for my Nerdio friends! Nerdio is, amongst other things, well known for their amazing auto-scale feature. This feature is all about finetuning the size of the host pool to save cost spendings. It also...

Dominiek VerhamNov 7, 20241 Comment

Azure Virtual Desktop Nerdio

Using CIS hardened images in Nerdio Manager for Enterprise

What’s up, everyone! Nerdio has released Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 6.4 and it’s packed with lots of great features! In this post I’d like to highlight something really cool! Nerdio has teamed up with the Center for Internet Security (CIS)...

Dominiek VerhamSep 27, 2024

Azure Virtual Desktop Intune Windows 365

Using a Windows 11 IoT Enterprise thin client to connect to Cloud PCs or AVD

What’s up, everyone! This week I’ve had a lot of fun with nothing less then a thin client running Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC from my friends at 10ZiG. And there’s some great potential here. The thin client is built...

Dominiek VerhamJul 24, 20245 Comments

Azure Virtual Desktop Windows 365

Limiting clipboard transfers for Windows 365 Cloud PCs

What’s up, everyone! You probably know that it’s possible to disable clipboard redirection when connecting to a Cloud PC. When configured, it either works or it does not. So it makes a lot of sense to have some more granular...

Dominiek VerhamMar 20, 20241 Comment

Azure Azure Virtual Desktop Windows 365

Book announcement: Securing Cloud PCs and Azure Virtual Desktop

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! ??? We are beyond excited to announce our first book; Securing Cloud PCs and Azure Virtual Desktop! This book aims to assist anyone from cloud architects, engineers and security consultants alike to design and implement both Windows 365...

Dominiek VerhamJan 11, 2024

Azure Virtual Desktop

Using scaling plans in Azure Virtual Desktop

What’s up, everyone! This week I had a look at scaling plans for Azure Virtual Desktop. Until recently we only had the ability to use Autoscale for pooled host pools but nowadays we can use Autoscale for personal host pools...

Dominiek VerhamAug 16, 20231 Comment

Azure Virtual Desktop Intune Windows 365

Using screen capture protection and watermarking in AVD and W365

What’s up, everyone! Last week I’ve noticed that watermarking went into general availability and that gave me the idea to dedicate a post to it. Watermarking is a feature that can help to prevent data leakage by displaying QR codes,...

Dominiek VerhamAug 3, 2023

Azure Virtual Desktop

Using custom image templates to create and update AVD images

What’s up, everyone! If you are using Azure Virtual Desktop then you probably have a ritual in place that helps you update and manage your image. There are a couple of ways to do so and this week I will take...

Dominiek VerhamJul 25, 2023

Azure Virtual Desktop Intune Nerdio Scripts Windows 365

A deepdive into Unified Application Management by Nerdio

What’s up, everyone! Last week I wrote an introduction into Unified Application Management which has been introduced in Nerdio Manager for Enterprise v5. This week I will continue with a second post where I will get into more details. I...

Dominiek VerhamJun 22, 2023