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Revolutionise your workspace with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

The experience of your employees is paramount to their success. Give them the tools they need to thrive, and simplify your desktop management in one fell swoop. We help customers to enhance business resilience and support flexible working by transforming desktop solutions, allowing access to workspaces from anywhere, on any device.

Your journey to a virtualised desktop

We help our customers to align to best practice and safely onboard to AVD using the following three stages:

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Discovery & Design

Prepare for the adoption of AVD by performing a detailed analysis of your user profiles, user experience and resource requirements. We also identify your Azure environment requirements and provide a cost estimate for your monthly Azure spend.

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Deployment

Experience a best practice design and deployment, where we’ve applied the findings in the discovery and design to ensure that we’re providing an AVD environment that meets your requirements, and can be optimised against the well-architected pillars to improve factors such as performance, cost, or security.

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Roll-Out

We can provide admin user training, functional and user acceptance testing (UAT), and detailed documentation about your AVD environment to ensure you are fully comfortable with your solution. For end-users, we will also check the ability to log in and help them to understand how to access their desktop to minimise any disruption to your everyday business activities.

Establish a secure, adaptable workspace

Stay ahead of modern work trends with Azure Virtual Desktop

Anywhere, anytime access:

AVD enables your team to access their desktops and applications securely from any device, empowering them to work from anywhere with an internet connection

Scalability:

AVD allows you to add or remove users effortlessly, ensuring that your IT resources align with your organisation’s growth

Enhanced security:

AVD offers additional tooling which will allow you to benefit from further shoring up your defences and enjoy peace of mind knowing your sensitive information is protected against evolving cyber threats

Cost efficiency:

Shift from traditional hardware investments to a more cost-effective, pay-as-you-go model. AVD minimise upfront expenses and reduces the burden of ongoing maintenance

Collaboration made easy:

Foster collaboration among your teams, regardless of their locations. Employees can access their desktop safely from anywhere, allowing seamless collaboration and communication

Choose the right option for your business

AVD Workshop

Take your first steps towards seamless flexible working with our Azure Virtual Desktop Workshop

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Discovery phase

Our experts collaborate closely with your team to understand your business processes, workflow dynamics, and IT infrastructure

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Technical evaluation

Our experts conduct an interactive session to evaluate and determine the suitability of AVD for your organisation

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AVD deployment plan

This workshop anticipates future growth alongside current needs, and we bake these in to a recommended roadmap to establish your organisation’s personas and map out your user journey

AVD Deployment Packages

Our deployment packages take care of your entire project, minimising business impact and deploying a secure AVD environment aligned to Microsoft’s best practices

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Rapid Deployment Service

Ideal for those that want a fast and effective deployment. This service can be used as an initial phase to a larger project or POC

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Advanced Deployment Service

A full solution covering all requirements you may have across user types, networks, and applications

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Enterprise Deployment Service

For those who require multiple Azure regions and multiple sites.

AVD Managed Service

Focus on business objectives, ease the burden of managing your environment, and harness the full power of Azure Virtual Desktop with our AVD Managed Service

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Proactive Monitoring

Our team will continuously monitor your AVD environment to identify and address potential issues before they impact your business.

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Maintenance and Patching

We will ensure that your AVD environment is up-to-date with the latest patches and updates to maintain security and performance.

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Optimisation

We will work with you to optimise your AVD environment to ensure optimal performance and cost-effectiveness.

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24/7 Support

Our team is available 24/7 to provide support and assistance whenever you need it.

Why Cloud Direct?

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We’re Azure Experts

As one of the first Azure Expert MSPs, we’ve got a long track record of meeting Microsoft’s highest standards and delivering our services to the correct quality and scale.

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Microsoft recognises us as an expert partner for Modern Work

We’ve been thoroughly vetted by Microsoft. They say we’re experts in Modern Work and we’ve got the solution designation assessment to prove it.

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We maximise funding opportunities 

We’ve secured more funding for our customers than any other Microsoft partner in the UK. We accelerate project timelines while reducing your financial risk.

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We're a Microsoft Partner of the Year for Solution Assessments 

We know a thing or two about Microsoft’s Solution Assessments. Working alongside Microsoft, we show you the art of the possible and provide a detailed roadmap to achieving it.