azure virtual desktop

Microsoft confirmed that the January 13, 2026 cumulative update KB5074109 introduced a regression that can break Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) connections on some Windows clients, producing immediate authentication failures; organizations seeing this behavior should pause deployment, apply...

Nerdio announced on January 7, 2026, that Scott Manchester — a long‑time Microsoft executive who has led Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop product teams — will join the company as its new Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO), a strategic hire that centralizes product, engineering...

Microsoft’s push to position Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) as the default cloud-native EUC platform for managed service providers (MSPs) is no longer theoretical — it’s actionable. A recent whitepaper distributed through MCP Magazine and produced with vendor analysis argues that MSPs should...

Microsoft has opened a new hybrid chapter for desktop virtualization: Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) can now use Azure Arc–enabled servers as session hosts, letting organizations run cloud‑managed virtual desktops on existing on‑premises hypervisors, physical Windows Servers, and HCI platforms such...

Nutanix’s announcement at Microsoft Ignite 2025 that the Nutanix Cloud Platform will support Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) in hybrid environments — enabling organizations to run AVD session hosts on Nutanix AHV in their own datacenters while using Azure’s control plane for brokering...

Microsoft quietly pushed an optional Windows 11 update — surfaced as KB5070312 for version 23H2 — that addresses a persistent and widely reported File Explorer responsiveness bug along with a handful of smaller, but useful, quality fixes. Background / Overview Windows 11 follows a staged...

Nutanix has announced that the Nutanix Cloud Platform will support Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) in hybrid environments — allowing organisations to host AVD session hosts on-premises on the Nutanix AHV hypervisor while using Azure’s control plane for brokering, management and security...

Nutanix’s announcement at Microsoft Ignite that the Nutanix Cloud Platform will support Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) in hybrid environments marks a deliberate push to give enterprises a true choice between cloud-first and on‑premises virtual desktop deployments—letting organisations run...

Nutanix and Microsoft have taken a significant step toward a more flexible, partner-driven VDI landscape by announcing that the Nutanix Cloud Platform will support Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) for hybrid environments, enabling organizations to run AVD session hosts on-premises on Nutanix AHV...

Microsoft’s latest push to make AI not just a productivity feature but an operational platform rests on a simple premise: if agents are going to do real work, enterprises need a managed, auditable, and governable place to build, test, run and secure them — and Copilot Studio is that place...

Nutanix’s recent headlines — widely circulated as the company “expanding Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop flexibility across hybrid cloud” — are an important signal for enterprise desktop virtualization, but they must be read with care: the vendor’s public materials confirm a broad push to make...

Nutanix says it will support Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) on-premises running on its AHV hypervisor — a claim first reported by market news outlets at Microsoft Ignite 2025 — but the announcement, as circulated, deserves careful parsing, verification, and a sober look at what it would...

Nerdio this week confirmed it has been named a Finalist for the 2025 Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year in the SDC (Software Development & Cloud) category for Canada — an endorsement that lands amid the company’s landmark 2025 milestones: a $500 million Series C led by General Atlantic and a...

Microsoft has placed Ephemeral OS Disk support for Azure Virtual Desktop into public preview, giving pooled session hosts a new stateless option that promises faster provisioning, lower OS-disk latency, and dramatically quicker reimage cycles — with clear operational tradeoffs that make it ideal...

Microsoft has opened the door for secure, managed collaboration with non‑employee accounts by adding external identity support for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365 in public preview — a change that lets organizations invite partners, contractors, and other guest users into their Entra...

Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — after that date Microsoft will stop shipping regular OS security updates, quality fixes, and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions unless a device is covered by an approved extension program. Background...

Microsoft has issued its clearest countdown yet: mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — a hard servicing cut-off that removes routine security updates, quality fixes and standard technical support for the majority of Windows 10 editions and leaves millions of devices at...

Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates and mainstream technical support for the majority of Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025—a deadline that forces millions of home users and organisations to decide quickly between upgrading to Windows 11, buying a short-term safety net, or...

Microsoft’s end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 is now a hard operational milestone that forces businesses to choose: migrate to Windows 11, buy time with Extended Security Updates, or reorganize infrastructure to reduce risk — and the decisions made in the next months will shape security...

Microsoft’s decision to stop servicing Windows 10 in mid‑October has turned a calendar item into an operational crisis for many business process outsourcing (BPO) firms — a sector that runs large, tightly controlled desktop estates and handles regulated, high‑value customer data. The technical...