Case Study: Petrofac achieves scalable, high-performance Azure Virtual Desktop and major cost savings with Nerdio Manager for Enterprise

How an Energy Company Deploys, Manages and Cost-optimized Azure Virtual Desktop Company-wide With Nerdio Manager for Enterprise Quickly and Easily

Petrofac, a UK-based global energy services and engineering firm, needed to support thousands of engineers working on large, graphics‑intensive 3D models across distributed teams while maintaining version control, security, and cost efficiency—challenges that became urgent with the COVID‑19 shift to remote work. To modernize its desktop and storage stack, Petrofac deployed Azure Virtual Desktop (with FSLogix and Azure NetApp Files) and engaged Nerdio, using Nerdio Manager for Enterprise to manage and automate the environment.

Nerdio implemented automated AVD management with dynamic host pools and Azure Auto‑scale (NVv3 VMs for GPU workloads), keeping the solution inside Petrofac’s tenant for security and predictable governance. The result: Petrofac had all projects and engineers live within three weeks, eliminated multi‑office model replication, improved performance and time to market, enabled engineers to work anywhere, and achieved significant cost savings through Nerdio’s auto‑scaling and management capabilities.

Petrofac

Vladimir Krdzic

Chief Digital Officer