Summary:
1. Nutanix and Microsoft partnership aims to provide IT teams with more infrastructure options for remote workforces.
2. Azure Virtual Desktop for hybrid environments satisfies compliance requirements in sectors like financial services, healthcare, and government.
3. Nutanix’s support for Azure Virtual Desktop enhances VDI potential, offering flexibility in deployment strategies.
Title: Enhancing Remote Workforce Efficiency with Nutanix and Microsoft Partnership
In today’s rapidly changing work landscape, the collaboration between Nutanix and Microsoft is set to revolutionize the way IT teams approach infrastructure options for remote workforces. Tarkan Maner, Chief Commercial Officer at Nutanix, emphasizes the benefits of the Nutanix Cloud Platform in providing a performant, resilient, cost-effective, and secure infrastructure base for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) workloads. This partnership with Microsoft offers customers in various sectors like financial services, healthcare, and government more options for virtual desktops while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Azure Virtual Desktop for hybrid environments addresses the critical need for data residency and sovereignty in sectors where compliance is paramount. By utilizing the Azure Virtual Desktop brokering and administration stack on Azure Arc-enabled servers, customers can securely connect to Azure while operating Azure Virtual Desktop locally on Nutanix AHV. The main advantages of Azure Virtual Desktop for hybrid environments running on Nutanix AHV include hybrid flexibility for disaster recovery and burst capacity, native support for Microsoft programs, performance optimization for graphics-intensive workloads, and cost-effectiveness through Nutanix infrastructure and Microsoft licensing.
Scott Manchester, Vice President of Product for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop at Microsoft, highlights Azure Virtual Desktop’s secure, expandable, and highly integrated experience with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, and Windows. Nutanix’s support for Azure Virtual Desktop extends the potential of VDI, allowing enterprises to customize their environments to meet specific business requirements without being limited to a single deployment strategy. The ongoing development of Azure Virtual Desktop support for the Nutanix Cloud Platform signals a promising future for enhancing remote workforce efficiency in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.