Azure Virtual Desktop Consultancy
Azure Virtual Desktop assessed, migrated and cost-optimised by our certified UK team, led by a Microsoft MVP for AVD.
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In short: Assessment, migration and cost optimisation for Azure Virtual Desktop by our UK team, led by a Microsoft MVP for AVD. Assess before you migrate: most AVD estates we review are paying for capacity they never use.
Who this is for
The problem
AVD is the platform with the most levers, which is exactly why it's the one most often left un-tuned. Host pools sized for a Monday peak keep running at that size every night and weekend, FSLogix storage bought on habit rather than measured concurrency, and an image so bloated with applications that a routine patch cycle has become a quarterly project.
What we would do
Assess before you migrate. Most AVD estates we review are paying for capacity they do not use, and the order that works is right-size against measured usage, then optimise storage and images, then reserve. Reserving first commits you to the wrong number.
- If the environment was inherited and has drifted, a design review will return more than an optimisation pass.
- If infrastructure overhead is not being repaid by the flexibility, the honest recommendation may be Windows 365 rather than a better-tuned AVD.
When we are not the answer: If you have fewer than about twenty desktop users and no unusual application requirements, AVD is probably more machinery than your problem needs, and we would point you at Windows 365 or physical devices instead.
What is included
- AVD cost and performance assessment, with a written TCO analysis against your actual usage
- Host pool sizing, VM SKU selection and autoscale scaling plan design
- FSLogix profile containers and Azure Files storage design for real concurrency
- Golden image build and versioning through the Azure Compute Gallery
- Application delivery strategy: image, Intune Win32, or MSIX App Attach
- GPU host pools for CAD, design and rendering workloads
- Migration of an existing AVD environment someone else built
- Ongoing cost optimisation, monitoring and performance tuning
What the last 12 months looked like
0 P1 incidents in 6 months
How moving a client from Azure Virtual Desktop to Windows 365, and fixing long-standing shared mailbox faults, drove priority-one incidents to zero.
Read what we actually didA UK client. Our case studies are anonymised at our clients’ request, so they name no client and no sector.
What it costs
Scoped and quoted against your estate rather than sold from a rate card. We price what you already run, including the parts that are working and do not need replacing, and the quote itemises what is included so it can be compared line by line with anyone else’s. Managed IT support starts at £40 per user, per month if that is the wider question.
Three questions people ask
When is AVD more cost-effective than Windows 365, and vice versa?
AVD tends to win on cost once you have enough users to make pooled multi-session hosts and autoscale worthwhile, or wherever demand genuinely varies by time of day or day of week, because you stop paying for capacity nobody's using.
What's the real difference between AVD management and Windows 365 management?
Windows 365 management is close to administering a subscription: assign a licence, the Cloud PC exists.
What should a TCO analysis of AVD versus Windows 365 actually include?
More than list price. A genuine TCO comparison needs your measured concurrency pattern (not headcount), the Azure compute, storage and networking AVD would actually consume once autoscaled, the engineering time to design and maintain the AVD environment, and Windows 365's fixed per-seat cost at the Cloud PC size your applications actually need.
Tell us what you need
A short call to talk through how your IT works today, what your team handles, and what you need from a provider. We will tell you plainly how we would approach it.
Prefer to talk now? Call us on +44 (0)1482 770583.