Managed Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
Our Managed Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) service keeps your users working and rapidly enables new staff to be operational.
Why choose Azure Virtual Desktop?
Through Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Microsoft provide the building blocks to run desktops on Azure, but it’s the customers responsibility to build and maintain that desktop environment.
As more and more organisations review the use cases for the adoption of cloud hosted Windows desktops, through services such as Microsoft AVD, the more we see adoption of this technology.
Delivering domain joined Windows desktops direct from Azure to your users brings many benefits and our customers are enjoying the flexibility and improved remote working capabilities this brings to their organisations.
Deliver Windows 11 and 10 virtually anywhere:
provide a best-in-class work experience for your employees through Windows 11, 10, and Microsoft 365 virtualised workspaces
Built-in security features:
security is a key component for virtual workspaces and its essential you remain compliant, and your applications and data are secure
Rapid deployment and scalability:
adopt an infrastructure that’s simple to deploy and management, while giving you the opportunity to scale based on your needs
Utilise existing licenses to reduce cost:
apply the eligible licences you’re currently using to cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure and only pay for the devices that you’re using
Our Managed Azure Virtual Desktop service
Phoenix, an Azure Expert MSP, has deployed AVD for many organisations and they can all testify that implementing and configuring AVD is a specialist job with detailed knowledge of Azure, PowerShell, and networking required as well as image management and app deployment expertise.
Our Managed Azure Virtual Desktop service provides a low-cost solution to ensure that your AVD environment is always correctly configured, optimised, and most importantly running in the most cost-effective way possible.
With access to our AVD dashboards enabling you to check that users are working and AVD is running to budget, we keep tabs on the back end to ensure that things like environment auto-scaling is configured so your AVD world is always optimised for both peak and off-peak operations.
Benefits of our Managed Azure Virtual Desktop service
24/ 7 Azure AVD technical support
AVD best practice configuration
AVD session host patching
AVD platform monitoring
Regular Azure security reviews of your AVD environment
Implementation of security recommendations by Azure Security Specialists
Why Phoenix for your Managed Azure Virtual Desktop?
Phoenix is proud to hold Microsoft’s Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (AEMSP) accreditation.
Azure Expert MSP is the highest level of Microsoft accreditation and independently validates our expertise and quality of cloud transformation covering planning, migration, optimisation, operation, and management of cloud services on the Azure platform.
With a service built and delivered from the UK, we look forward to delivering next
Managed Azure Virtual Desktop FAQs
Azure Virtual Desktop is a cloud service that allows you to run Windows desktops and applications on Azure. You can access them from any device, anywhere, and enjoy a secure and consistent user experience. Azure Virtual Desktop lets you scale up or down your desktop resources as needed, and pay only for what you use. You can also benefit from the built-in security and compliance features of Azure, and integrate with other Microsoft services like Office 365 and Microsoft 365.
Azure Virtual Desktop works by creating virtual machines (VMs) in Azure that host your desktops and apps, and using a web browser or a client app to connect to them. You can scale up or down your VMs as needed, and benefit from the security and compliance features of Azure.
Talk to our managed service specialists today
Arrange a free chat with one of our managed service specialists today to talk about the advantages Azure Virtual Desktop would bring to your organisation and how apply it as a managed service will bring you these benefits, without the time and resources associated with it.
Alternatively, please email us at [email protected] or call 01904 562200 and one of our specialists will be in touch to discuss your requirements.