What Are Possible Customer Deployment Scenarios?

Nerdio Manager provides flexibility as to how you integrate into an environment. Specifically, you can choose from the following deployment scenarios:

1. Greenfield Deployment (in 60 Minutes or Less)

2. Landing Zone Only (in 30 Minutes or Less)

3. Existing IaaS (in 10 Minutes or Less)

4. Existing AVD (in 10 Minutes or Less)

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Greenfield Deployment (in 60 Minutes or Less)

With this scenario, we assume that there is no footprint in Azure, and you are starting from scratch.

When starting greenfield, Nerdio Manager creates a new all-PaaS environment of AVD supporting services plus AVD-hosts. In particular:

1. Nerdio Manager starts by creating the new Microsoft Entra Domain Services, followed by a VNet.

2. Next, the actual domain comes into play, and a file share based on Azure Files technology, another native Azure service, is created.

3. Finally, Nerdio Manager creates a fully operational AVD deployment including a workspace, one or more host pools, and virtual machine hosts.

A major benefit of the greenfield deployment is that you don't have to worry about integrating the existing assets. At the same time, it allows you to integrate them at later stages, or build net new assets as needed.

Landing Zone Only (in 30 Minutes or Less)

Let’s assume that there is a landing zone consisting of the Microsoft Entra ID or Microsoft Entra Domain Services in place already. Nerdio Manager would then be able to leverage the existing identity provider and (re)use any existing resource groups and networks available. Next, Nerdio Manager provisions a new Azure Files-based file share and finally builds an AVD environment just as in the greenfield example above.

Existing IaaS (in 10 Minutes or Less)

In this situation, most of the groundwork needed to run Azure virtual machines and AVD hosts is already in place. Here, Nerdio Manager is able to (re)use the existing identity provider, be it Microsoft Entra ID or Microsoft Entra Domain Services, just as in the previous example. It will also be able to leverage an existing VNet and file storage. And just like before, Nerdio Manager builds a fully operational AVD environment just as in the greenfield and landing zone examples earlier, taking only a few minutes.

Existing AVD (in 10 Minutes or Less)

This is where Nerdio Manager is a direct overlay on top of an existing AVD environment combined with identity, networking, file storage, resource groups, and any other type of virtual machines or services that might already be part of the Azure deployment.

Within minutes, Nerdio Manager adds an impressive set of features and management capabilities aimed at optimizing, fine tuning, and enhancing AVD and other types of IaaS-based Azure virtual machines.