Case Study: Government of Alberta achieves 46% AVD cost savings and improved remote access with Nerdio

How Nerdio Empowered the Government of Alberta to Improve Remote Access

The Government of Alberta needed a more reliable, cloud-based desktop infrastructure and real‑time analytics to support employees and service providers across a vast province, especially teams working in extreme conditions. After moving from on‑prem Citrix/VMware and recognizing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) was included in their Microsoft licensing, they engaged Nerdio—specifically the Nerdio Manager for Enterprise—to replace manual spreadsheets and gain actionable dashboard insights.

Nerdio implemented AVD with a multi‑session environment and Nerdio Manager for Enterprise to automate monitoring, right‑sizing, and auto‑scaling for compute and storage. This transition improved end‑user experience, simplified management, and produced measurable savings—storage auto‑scaling first delivered over 30% (approx. CAD $25,000) monthly savings, and extending optimizations to personal desktops resulted in a total AVD storage savings of 46% (about CAD $36,000), supporting 3,000+ monthly active users and 31,000 named users.

Government of Alberta

Deryck Webb

Senior Remote Access Analyst