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Service datasheet

AVD consultancy

Assessment, migration and cost optimisation for Azure Virtual Desktop, led by the Microsoft MVP who wrote the book on it.

Systech IT SolutionsUnit 21, Brough Business Centre, Baffin Way, Brough, HU15 1YU+44 (0)1482 770583hello@systechitsolutions.co.uk

Who this is for

  • You're evaluating Azure Virtual Desktop against Windows 365 and want a straight recommendation, not a licence sale
  • You already run AVD and the bill, the logon times, or both, have crept somewhere you can't justify
  • You need a specialist AVD assessment, migration or cost review, not a generalist reseller's best guess

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 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 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.

Evidence

0 P1 incidents in 6 months

A UK client. How moving a client from Azure Virtual Desktop to Windows 365, and fixing long-standing shared mailbox faults, drove priority-one incidents to zero. Full write-up: https://systechitsolutions.co.uk/case-studies/avd-to-windows-365-migration

Our case studies are anonymised at our clients’ request, so they name no client and no sector.

The next step, if you want one

Cloud cost review. 45 minutes, plus a written summary within three working days. You keep the written findings whether or not you engage us, and there is no sales call before it.

https://systechitsolutions.co.uk/book/cloud-cost

Not ready for that? The full service page is at https://systechitsolutions.co.uk/services/avd-consultancy, or call the number at the top of this sheet.

Getting out. Monthly subscriptions need one month’s written notice. Annual subscriptions run to the end of the term, and ending one early carries the balance of that term. Managed services are governed by a signed Services Agreement, which sets its own notice period and is agreed with you before you sign anything. Full terms: https://systechitsolutions.co.uk/legal/customer-terms.

Response targets and the onboarding schedule sit in that Services Agreement rather than on this sheet, because both are set against your estate and your operating pattern at scoping. Ask for them in writing before you sign, and we will put them there.

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