Month: March 2026

Initializing the Temp Drive on Azure v6 VM SKUs (NVMe) with Nerdio

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With the introduction of Azure v6 VM SKUs—that is, all virtual machines using NVMe‑based temporary storage—Microsoft changed the behavior of the temporary disk. Unlike previous VM generations, the temp drive is no longer automatically formatted and initialized. This new behavior is documented by Microsoft here:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/enable-nvme-temp-faqs Especially in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments, this can lead … Weiterlesen …

Azure Capacity Extender Profiles in Nerdio Manager for Enterprise – more consistency, less operational effort

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With a recent update, Nerdio Manager for Enterprise (NME) has taken another important step towards scalable and consistent operations of large Azure Virtual Desktop environments:Azure Capacity Extender now supports profiles. At first glance, this may look like a small functional enhancement. In practice, however, it delivers tangible benefits—especially in environments with a large number of … Weiterlesen …

Nerdio Auto-Scale: Consistent OS Disk Performance Even for Stopped Hosts

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With a small but very impactful improvement, Nerdio Manager for Enterprise (NME) recently addressed a well‑known pain point around auto-scale, storage tiers, and Start VM on Connect. The option “Set all hosts to running OS disk type” is now always visible in Auto-scale Profiles—regardless of whether hosts are actually pre-staged or not.While this may look … Weiterlesen …

A Long-Awaited Nerdio Feature: A Practical Improvement to the Image Creation Process

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Sometimes small changes make a big difference in day-to-day operations.With a recent update to Nerdio Manager for Enterprise (7.6.x), exactly such an improvement has been introduced — an enhancement to the image creation process for Azure Virtual Desktop that makes operational workflows noticeably more flexible and practical. It is now possible to decide whether applications … Weiterlesen …