Case Study: Riverside County reduces VDI costs and simplifies management with Nerdio-managed Azure Virtual Desktop

Riverside County reduces VDI costs by running 144 training VMs only when needed with Nerdio

Riverside County, a government organization, faced rising costs and complexity with its on-premises VMware Horizon VDI. The hardware and software renewal costs were becoming unsustainable, and managing the infrastructure required significant ongoing maintenance. They sought a cloud-based solution to reduce upfront investment and simplify management, ultimately selecting Nerdio Manager for Enterprise to manage Azure Virtual Desktop.

The solution implemented by Nerdio migrated the county to Azure Virtual Desktop. Nerdio's platform provided auto-scaling to shut down resources during non-business hours, drastically reducing compute waste and cloud spend. This eliminated infrastructure maintenance overhead and allowed for faster, standardized deployments across dozens of departments with clear cost allocation. The move resulted in immediate cost savings and allowed the IT team to focus on supporting users rather than maintaining hardware.

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