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This page provides details of the features and enhancements introduced in Nerdio Manager for Enterprise from v8.0 onward. For earlier versions, see Release Notes Archive.

Current release v8.2.0 Public Preview (Release date: September 17, 2026)

Announcements

  1. AVD Hybrid support for Nutanix AHV is now Generally Available.

  2. AVD Hybrid support for VMware vSphere is available for Private Preview. To request access, please complete this form.

  3. The following migration paths are now Generally Available:

    1. Citrix / Omnissa to AVD Personal

    2. Citrix / Omnissa to Windows 365 Enterprise

  4. The following migration path are now in Public Preview:

    1. AVD Personal to Windows 365 Flex Dedicated

    2. Windows 365 Enterprise to AVD Personal

      Note

      Up to 10 Cloud PCs can be migrated concurrently as Nerdio Manager leverages the Under Review in order to extract a snapshot of the Cloud PC disk.

  5. Self-service portal now supports Windows 365: End users can now manage their own Windows 365 Cloud PC from the Nerdio self-service portal. When enabled by the administrator on a per-provisioning policy level, users with the End-user role and an assigned Cloud PC can Reprovision, Restore, and Restart it themselves, with Rename available to administrators. The Self-service portal page, if enabled, is now located at Cloud Desktops > Self-Service > Portal (moved from Cloud Desktops > Azure Virtual Desktop).

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  6. Profiles Management has been renamed to Host Pool Profiles.

Azure Virtual Desktop

Features

  1. AVD Hybrid on Nutanix new features: 

    1. Real-Time Insights: Nutanix host pools can now be selected and configured to use Real-Time Insights.

    2. Faster Nutanix session host deployment: The session host deployment process has been streamlined and optimized to reduce provisioning time and shorten overall host pool deployment times.

    3. Multi-selection enabled: You can now select multiple Nutanix host pools and session hosts on their respective pages to perform bulk actions.

    4. Session host location support: You may now choose the location when adding session hosts to a host pool.

  2. Global Pools enhancements: 

    1. Attribute assignment enhancements: When using the Attribute assignment mode for distribution, you can now select Entra ID attributes. The MemberOf dropdown now also supports selecting multiple Entra ID groups.

    2. Percentage-based distribution for assignment policies: Assignment policies within pool groups now support percentage-based distribution, allowing workloads to be distributed across pool groups according to configurable percentage allocations.

    3. Consolidated Global Pool policies: Assignment and failover policies for a Global Pool are now managed from a single Policies tab.

    4. Host pool bulk creation: Multiple host pools can now be created simultaneously within a pool group, streamlining large-scale deployments.

    5. Console Connect support: Global Pools can now be selected for Console Connect enablement.

    6. Real-Time Insights support: Global Pools can now be selected for Real-Time Insights data aggregation.

    7. Application policies support: Global Pools or their pool groups are now available as options for application deployment policies.

    8. Host pool profiles visibility: Global Pools and their associated pool groups are now visible on the Host Pool Profiles page.

  3. Host pool creation UI overhaul: Host pools are now created using a step-by-step wizard that guides you through basics, VM template, Active Directory, FSLogix, RDP, tags, and application policies with quick assign, replacing the previous single dialog pop-up workflow.

  4. Desktop image UI overhaul: The desktop image creation and set as image process has been reworked as a step-by-step wizard for a streamlined workflow.

  5. Auto-scale for Azure Files v2: Auto-scale is now supported for Azure Files v2 storage accounts, with configurable thresholds and parameters for greater flexibility.

  6. Azure Files consent link opens in a new tab: The grant consent link shown when adding an Azure Files storage account now opens in a new browser tab instead of navigating away from Nerdio Manager.

  7. FSLogix override profile path: For FSLogix host pool profiles, the Add profile assignments wizard now includes a Keep the override profile path option under the FSLogix profile selector, allowing the same FSLogix profile to be assigned to multiple host pools while retaining a custom profile path.

  8. Application group name complexity support: We now support the ability to have spaces and periods within the names of application groups.

  9. Migrate to a different virtual network: When migrating Citrix / Omnissa desktops to AVD, you now have the option to select a different destination virtual network and subnet, alongside a different resource group, subscription, or region, with a warning covering routing, DNS, and security control impact.

  10. Host pools can now be cloned to another subscription: When cloning host pools, you may now choose Resource Groups in another subscription.

  11. Desktop images with confidential support: Creating desktop images from Azure VMs now support inserting a third URL for when a Security metadata SAS URL is provided by Azure.

  12. User interface: Improved the user experience and behavior when modifying FSLogix app service settings.

  13. Revamped tooltips: Tooltips across the workspace and host pool pages for Azure Local and AVD Hybrid on Nutanix have been updated for improved clarity.

Resolved Issues

  1. RDP Settings not being saved: Resolved an issue where editing custom RDP settings on a host pool did not save the new settings.

  2. Application masking rules: The "Exclude local administrators" option now persists correctly when exporting and importing application masking rules across host pools.

  3. Console Connect installation error on scheduled session host creation: Resolved an issue in some situations where the Console Connect agent would not install when session hosts are created on a schedule.

  4. FSLogix profiles with special characters: Resolved an issue where resetting FSLogix profiles containing special characters would fail to locate the profile, most prevalent in Microsoft Entra ID hybrid joined scenarios.

  5. AVD Hybrid on Nutanix Auto-scale cleanup: Enhancements have been made to the Auto-scale process to clean up resources that were created during the session host provisioning process if there was a failure.

Windows 365

Features

  1. Windows 365 menu restructure: The Windows 365 menu has been restructured into a dedicated page per provisioning type — Enterprise, Flex Dedicated, Flex Shared, and Cloud Apps — with provisioning policies and assignments shown on each page and filtered to that desktop type. Cloud PC alerts now appear only on the Alerts page.

  2. User Experience Sync storage guidance: When configuring User Experience Sync on a Windows 365 Flex Shared provisioning policy, Nerdio Manager now calculates total pool capacity from the Cloud PC size and assignment counts already entered, showing a recommended per-user size and the number of profiles the pool supports. A non-blocking warning appears where the selected size may exceed available capacity.

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  3. User Experience Sync storage limit alert: A new Cloud PC alert type reports when Windows 365 Flex User Experience Sync storage has reached or is approaching its limit. Severity, email recipients, and portal notifications are configurable, and occurrences are recorded in alert history.

  4. Cloud PC removal and license unassignment: A new Remove host action on the Hosts page deletes a Cloud PC and removes the user from the provisioning group or groups assigned to its provisioning policy. For Enterprise Cloud PCs, licenses can optionally be unassigned at the same time, with any directly assigned licenses listed for manual removal. Direct license unassignment during Cloud PC removal requires the Microsoft license management RBAC permission (LicenseAssignment.ReadWrite.All): without it, the direct-license cleanup option stays disabled and the license remains assigned.

  5. Expanded AI-enabled statuses for Cloud PC hosts: The AI Status column now reports Ready To Use, Initiating, Failed, Disabled, and N/A, replacing the previous Enabled/Disabled states, for more precise visibility.

  6. AVD agent removal during migration to Windows 365: Migrating an AVD session host to Windows 365 now removes the AVD agent from the source virtual machine as part of the cleanup step.

  7. Cloud PC device name template: Provisioning policies now include an optional device name template, so Cloud PC naming conventions can be set in Nerdio Manager rather than in the Intune admin center. Templates are validated as they are entered and apply only to newly provisioned or reprovisioned Cloud PCs.

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  8. Editable Cloud PC alert rule conditions: The conditions section of a Cloud PC alert rule can now be edited in Nerdio Manager, behaving as it does in the Intune portal. Changes apply to the Intune alert rule itself, so they affect every tool reading that rule.

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Intune

Features

  1. Template-based configuration policies: Nerdio Manager now supports Windows configuration policies based on Intune templates. This is in addition to Settings catalog policies, which are available via Policy Studio. These policies can be created, viewed, and edited, with a template selector that limits the available settings categories to those the chosen template supports.

  2. Script backup comparison readability: The script backup comparison view now highlights changes in the Base info and Assignments sections using the same editor and color treatment as the script content comparison, replacing the greyed-out text that made differences easy to miss.

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Resolved Issues

  1. Superseded apps and device compliance: Resolved an issue where a required Intune application that had been superseded was treated as missing, leaving the session host in drain mode and outside auto-scale indefinitely. Superseded applications are now excluded from managed application compliance evaluation.

  2. Policy Studio assignments panel: Resolved an issue where the Policy Studio assignments panel did not scroll, making assignments unreachable and policy settings inaccessible on policies carrying a large number of assignments. The panel can now be resized and scrolled, and its state persists between visits.

  3. Rotate LAPS password permissions: Resolved an issue where the Rotate local admin password action could fail in tenants that do not have Intune privileged operations enabled, following a Microsoft change to the Graph permission required by the rotate action.

  4. Bulk conditional access policy actions: Resolved an issue where the Confirm button stayed disabled when applying the Policy action selected bulk action to Conditional Access policies whose current states differed. Policies already in the selected state are now skipped rather than blocking the action.

Applications

Features

  1. Control over failed application update behavior: A new option on the Install WinGet application action, available at both deployment policy and application group level, prevents Nerdio Manager from uninstalling and reinstalling an application when an upgrade fails. When enabled, the action is marked as failed and the existing installation is left in place.

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  2. Shell App detection before unzipping: For Zipped files, a new option allows a Shell App detection script to run before its package is downloaded and unzipped, avoiding the delay of extracting large archives where detection alone can determine the outcome. This option may also be used with multi-version Shell Apps, provided Detect before unzipping is enabled.

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  3. Intune application assignments in properties: The Intune application properties dialog now shows assignments, listing the assignment type (Required, Available for enrolled devices, or Uninstall), whether each group is included or excluded, and the group name.

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  4. Intune application property editing: Building on the ability to view native Intune application properties introduced in 8.1, admins can now edit those properties through a new wizard.

  5. Available assignment mode for Intune apps: Applications deployed through Intune can now be assigned as Available, publishing them to Company Portal for users to install themselves, in addition to the existing Required behavior. The selector is offered on deployment policies, application groups, and the REST API; Required remains the default, and Available applies to Win32 applications only.

Resolved Issues

  1. Shell App and Scripted Sequence cache cleanup: Resolved an issue where Shell App and Scripted Sequence deployments did not clear their local cache after completing, causing storage use to grow over time. Temporary folders are now created in a dedicated location and removed after 24 hours.

  2. Application install job serialization failure: Resolved an issue where an application install job could fail with a serialization error when no applications were returned by the configured WinGet sources.

Automations

Features

  1. Large-scale sequence execution: The Scripted Sequences feature has been reworked to run a single sequence across substantially larger Intune device populations (up to 1000 per execution) without devices being dropped. This limit is planned for removal when the feature moves to general availability.

  2. RBAC support for Scripted Sequences: Scripted sequences and their executions now have dedicated RBAC scopes under a new Automation section, each offering Read Only and Manage access. Read Only covers visibility of sequences, executions, and their related tasks, while Manage adds add, edit, clone, delete, run, force run, and cancel; the Scripted Actions selector has also moved under Automation.

  3. RBAC support for Task Worker Analytics: Task Worker Analytics pages now have their own RBAC scope under the Automation section, with Read Only and Manage access levels, completing RBAC coverage across the Scripted Sequences feature set.

Observability & AI

Features

  1. Breakdown of Other costs in User Cost Attribution: The Other costs value on the User Cost Attribution page is now a link that opens a full per-service breakdown, previously available only through the Power BI connector.

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  2. Per-usage-type Real-Time Insights thresholds: Real-Time Insights thresholds can now be set independently for AVD personal, AVD pooled, and Windows 365 endpoints.

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  3. Per-endpoint Real-Time Insights polling: Admins can now raise the polling interval for an individual AVD, Windows 365, or Intune-connected endpoint for a limited period when troubleshooting, after which it returns to the default. The interval in use is shown on both the overview and the endpoint page.

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  4. Polling intervals per endpoint type: Real-Time Insights polling intervals can now be set independently for AVD, Windows 365, and Intune-connected devices.

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  5. Azure Local on the Health page: The Health page now includes an Azure Local section reporting connection status, alerts, updates, and security status, shown only where Azure Local is in use. Each tile reflects the worst status across all linked clusters.

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  6. Real-Time Insights Global Pools support: Real-Time Insights deployment options now include the ability to deploy to Nerdio Global Pools.

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  7. Health page layout updates: Subnet IP Usage has moved from AVD to the Health page, and App Service and database charts can now be filtered to a specific instance, labeled with the integration that uses it. Entries in the status table now link through to the relevant section of Insights.

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Resolved Issues

  1. Executive Insights reporting lower-than-expected Projected Native Costs and Nerdio Manager Savings: Resolved an issue that could result in Estimated Native Costs (AVD) being understated, also resulting in Estimated Nerdio ROI (AVD) being lower than expected.

  2. Max hourly rate in Modeler limited to 999: Max hourly rate has been increased to 99,999 to support broader set of currencies.

  3. Unable to export more than 25 rows with Intune Insights: Export will now include all rows within the current query.

Platform

Features

  1. Multiple REST API credentials: Admins can now create, view, and revoke multiple REST API client secrets from the REST API settings, each with a name and an expiration date defaulting to one year, so one integration's credential can be rotated without disrupting the others. Existing secrets continue to work and appear in the list.

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  2. Entra ID PIM support for Nerdio Manager roles: Nerdio Manager roles can now be assigned through PIM-enabled Entra ID groups, with an option to require PIM-backed groups for selected roles and an in-product page for admins to activate their membership with a justification and duration. Cumulative RBAC must be enabled. The following Microsoft Graph permissions are required:

    • PrivilegedEligibilitySchedule.Read.AzureADGroup (Application)

    • PrivilegedAssignmentSchedule.Read.AzureADGroup (Application)

    • RoleManagementPolicy.Read.AzureADGroup (Application)

    • PrivilegedAssignmentSchedule.ReadWrite.AzureADGroup (Delegated)

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  3. Private Endpoints settings page: A new Private Endpoints page under System > Settings > Nerdio shows the current private endpoint and DNS configuration, is read-only in this release.

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  4. Additional logs in Request Logs: The Request Logs action on a failed task now collects a broader default set of logs and allows admins to include additional locations, reducing the need to retrieve logs manually from the affected host.

  5. UPN and profile photo in the account menu: The account menu now shows the signed-in user's UPN, and the header avatar displays their profile photo where one is available, falling back to the default icon.

  6. In-product installation registration: Registering an installation is now completed within Nerdio Manager rather than redirecting to an external page, with the CAPTCHA check shown in a modal during initial setup.

  7. PowerShell 7.4 runbook support: Runbooks can now run in PowerShell 7.4, using runtime environments and direct API calls in place of the older SDK, enabled by an opt-in setting.

  8. Nerdio Terraform provider (Public Preview): A Nerdio-owned Terraform provider now allows AVD resources to be managed as code, covering host pool creation and deletion, user assignment, session host creation and deletion, and host pool settings. 

    The Terraform provider can be accessed at https://github.com/Get-Nerdio/NME-Terraform-Provider.

  9. Self-Service moved to its own navigation section: The end-user self-service page has moved out of Cloud Desktops > Azure Virtual Desktop into its own Self-Service section under Cloud Desktops, positioned after Migrate, where it now appears as Portal. The page itself, its data, and its behavior are unchanged.

  10. Consistent Cloud PC removal during migration: Cloud PC to AVD migration now uses the same removal experience and background process as the Remove host action on the Hosts page.

  11. Update runbook modernized: The update runbook now uses native Az PowerShell commands for App Service deployment and App Service/WebJob management, in place of direct Kudu REST calls.

  12. REST API enhancements: Several areas of NME can now be managed programmatically through the REST API:

    1. RDP profiles: Host pool RDP profiles can be listed, retrieved, created, updated, and deleted.

    2. VM profiles: Host pool VM deployment profiles can be listed, retrieved, created, updated, and deleted.

    3. Linked resources: Capacity reservation groups, dedicated host groups, proximity placement groups, and signing certificates can be listed, linked, and unlinked.

    4. Intune alert conditions: Intune alert conditions can be managed, including the severity set against each condition.

    5. Cloud PC alert conditions: Cloud PC alert conditions can be managed, including activation, severity, notification and portal pop-up settings, native Intune alerts, and email recipients.

    6. Entra ID tenant linking: Additional Entra ID tenants can be linked and unlinked using an existing app registration, with support for the Azure Global, US Government, and China clouds.

  13. Bulk migration from Windows 365 Enterprise to AVD Personal: Multiple Cloud PCs can now be migrated in a single operation. Shared parameters are configured once and applied to every selected device, with per-device status on the Migrations page and individual failures no longer canceling the batch.

Resolved Issues

  1. Breadcrumbs aligned to the new navigation menu: Breadcrumbs across all pages now reflect their nesting level in the new navigation menu.

  2. Group membership permissions checked during Cloud PC to AVD migration: Migration with Cloud PC removal is not permitted when the admin does not have modify permissions on the assigned groups.

  3. AVD Agent and FSLogix versions missing from Updates page: We have re-added these version numbers to our Update page based on customer feedback.

  4. Duplicate Console Connect platform scripts in Intune: Resolved an issue where Nerdio Manager could create duplicate Intune platform scripts instead of reusing the existing one, leaving stale Console Connect scripts and groups behind. Script retrieval now retries before creating a new script, with improved logging.

  5. Subscription linking error with managed identity: Resolved an issue where linking an additional Azure subscription using an existing user-assigned managed identity could fail with an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error and create no task. Subscriptions can now be linked with a shared managed identity as expected.

  6. Data Protection keys migration script error: Resolved an issue in the Data Protection keys migration script where a missing Key Vault key would cause the script to terminate before completing. The script now handles a non-existent key correctly and runs without error.

  7. Console Connect blackened screen showing service account: Resolved an issue where using the Blacken Screen option in Console Connect displayed the Nerdio service account to the end user instead of the technician's account.

  8. RBAC script using retired PowerShell modules: Resolved an issue where the RBAC role activation script (enable_roles.ps1) failed because it relied on the retired AzureAD PowerShell modules and blocked AAD Graph API. The script now uses Microsoft Graph, supports local PowerShell and Azure Cloud Shell execution, and migrates existing role assignments and owners without duplication. 

Known Issues and Limitations

  1. Device name template (AVD to Windows 365 migration): When migrating an AVD Personal host to Windows 365 Enterprise, the "Device name template" field in the migration wizard does not apply to the provisioned Cloud PC. It retains the original AVD session host name instead. We're working to determine the root cause; this field will be removed from the migration wizard in a future release until issue is resolved.

v8.1.2 GA (Release date: August 28, 2026)

Resolved Issues

  • Azure Virtual Desktop: 

    • Azure Files management with 'Smart' access tier storage accounts: Resolved an issue where Azure Files management would fail with an "Unknown StorageAccountAccessTier value" error when a storage account using the Blob Storage 'Smart' access tier existed.

  • Platform: 

    • Configurable maximum VM limit for legacy VDI to AVD Personal and Windows 365 Enterprise migrations: The maximum number of VMs permitted in a legacy VDI to AVD Personal or Windows 365 Enterprise migration is now configurable via the App Service setting Features:VdiMigration:UnmanagedVmToAny:MaxVms (default: 50), raised from the previous fixed maximum of 20.

      Note

      Nerdio recommends that customers raise this limit incrementally in batches of 50 (50, 100, 150, etc.) to ensure that migration success rate for their environment remains consistent as this value is increased.

v8.1.1 GA (Release date: August 4, 2026)

Announcements

  1. AVD Personal to Windows 365 Flex Dedicated migration: Single and bulk migration support from AVD Personal to Windows 365 Flex Dedicated is now available in Public Preview!

Features

Platform

  1. Offline install support for Terraform: Added an optional app_package_local_path variable to the NME Terraform installer, allowing customers with disconnected or restricted IaC environments to point to a local zip package.

  2. Windows 365 Flex Dedicated: The migration wizard now supports Windows 365 Flex Dedicated as a destination, alongside Windows 365 Enterprise.

Resolved Issues

  • Azure Virtual Desktop: 

    • Session host extension failure: Resolved an issue that may have caused the custom script extension installations for virtual machines using a custom desktop image to stop prematurely.

  • Observability & AI: 

    • Real-Time Insights errors for non-onboarded hosts: Resolved an issue where Real-Time Insights displayed errors referencing hosts not included in the RTI configuration, caused by duplicate values returned from an Azure Resource Graph request during the load devices step.

    • UCA reports fail to build: Resolved a validation issue in User Cost Attribution that caused reports to be incorrectly reported as failed builds.

  • Platform: 

    • Private WinGetrepository add failures: Resolved an issue where adding a private WinGet repository could fail on the first attempt due to a Key Vault authorization timing error during deployment. Retry logic has been added.

    • AVD Core edition portal notification error toast: Fixed an issue where non-Premium editions displayed a "Portal notifications is not available in your edition" error toast on every page navigation.

    • Signed scripts failing with WDAC enabled: Resolved an issue where PowerShell script execution failed on hosts with Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) script enforcement enabled, due to the command-line syntax used by NME extensions. A new PowerShellCommandLineBuilder:DefaultSyntax setting lets admins control how PowerShell commands are wrapped, with an EncodedCommand option that avoids the WDAC block action.

    • Incorrect NME URI error editing storage account description: Fixed an issue where editing the description of an Azure Files instance failed with an "Incorrect NME URI" error. Descriptions now save successfully and persist after refresh.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • Observability & AI: 

    • Real-Time Insights sign-in data error (Security4624ReadError): In some environments, Real-Time Insights may show the error: Security4624ReadError: The property 'Count' cannot be found on this object when processing session sign-in event data. This error is caused by a mismatch between the format of Security event 4624 records and what the Insights Worker expects. This does not indicate a sign-in or permission failure on the affected device. A fix is included in the updated Insights Worker package targeted for NME 8.2.

    • Executive Insights reports lower than expected Projected Native Costs and Nerdio Manager Savings: There is an issue that can result in Azure Projected Native Costs to be understated, which also results in Nerdio Manager Savings to be lower than expected. We have identified the issue and this will be fixed in NME 8.2.

v8.1.0 Public Preview (Release date: July 21, 2026)

Announcements

  1. Introducing Global Pools for AVD [Preview]: Global Pools brings enhanced scalability, user distribution, failover, and management capabilities for large-scale AVD deployments. Global Pools is a Premium-only feature. With this release, the following are supported:

    1. Create new host pools as part of a Global Pool (only multi-session desktop/RemoteApp experiences are supported with this initial release)

    2. Group host pools into Pool Groups

    3. Configure Auto-scale and Scripted Actions for host pools that are part of a Global Pool

    4. Create an Assignment Policy to automatically assign or re-assign users to specific Pool Groups, based on Entra group membership

    5. Create a Failover Policy to reassign users to a different Pool Group (manual trigger)

    6. User assignment page to view which host pool and Pool Group a specific user is assigned to

    7. For more information, see the Global Pools overview. Additional documentation is coming soon.

  2. Migrate: AVD Personal to Windows 365 Enterprise migration is now GA.

  3. New navigation menu enabled by default: The redesigned left navigation menu, introduced as an opt-in toggle in 8.0, is now enabled by default for all users. Also introduced is a Favorites menu item — users can select their favorite pages using the star icons on the All Features page. The legacy menu will be retired with Nerdio Manager 8.2.

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Features

Azure Virtual Desktop

  1. AVD Hybrid for Nutanix (Preview): 

    1. Console Connect support: Console Connect is now supported.

    2. Auto-scale support: Auto-scale features are now available.

  2. Session Time Limits profile: Session Time Limit settings are now configurable as a host pool profile.

  3. Auto-revert option to Azure Capacity Extender: When enabled, stopped session hosts that were resized to an alternative SKU are automatically reverted to the host pool's default VM size when auto-scaling, ensuring configuration consistency and simplifying capacity management. The option is off by default.

  4. Azure Files > User Profiles tab: Added a new dedicated page that displays details for all FSLogix user profiles, including assigned user, file name, file share, last logon time, size, quota, usage, and health. Users with multiple profiles across different file shares are also supported.

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  5. Azure Files v2 support: Nerdio Manager now supports the creation of Azure Files v2 storage accounts. Auto-scale support will be included in a future release.

  6. Auto-scale host pool sizing percentage: When configuring auto-scale host pool sizing, you now have the option to configure the sizing as percentages, in addition to absolute counts.

  7. Desktop Image selector for Cloud PC-certified images: Cloud PC-certified images will now always appear when creating or updating desktop images.

  8. Auto-scale Analytics for Azure Local: Auto-scale Analytics now supports Azure Local host pools and can make recommendations around provisioning loads.

Windows 365

  1. User Experience Sync (UES) management: Admins can now configure and manage Windows 365 User Experience Sync directly in Nerdio Manager, including enabling or disabling sync, selecting storage size, reviewing which users and devices are covered by a provisioning policy, and deleting profiles.

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  2. Settings surface restructure: The Windows 365 User Settings tab has been renamed to Settings and restructured to align with Microsoft's Cloud PC settings taxonomy, introducing a Settings Type selector when creating new objects to support additional setting types in future releases.

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  3. AI-Enabled Cloud PC configuration: Admins can now create and manage Cloud PC configurations directly in NME under Windows 365 > Settings, including enabling AI-enabled features for targeted user groups with inline Microsoft requirements guidance and Frontier enrollment validation.

  4. AI Status Column: The All Devices grid now includes an AI Status column for Windows 365 Cloud PCs, showing the per-device AI-enabled state across three statuses (Enabled, Disabled, and N/A), with filterable and sortable views to identify at scale where AI features are applied or blocked.

  5. Windows 365 Frontline renamed to Windows 365 Flex: Reflects Microsoft's rename of the Windows 365 Frontline license and product to Windows 365 Flex.

Intune

  1. Policy Studio (Preview): 

    1. Nested Policy Settings: Nested setting values may now be directly edited for supported policy types from the Settings Explorer tab, simplifying policy management.

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    2. Nested Policy Results: The Policy Results page now supports viewing nested values for settings, providing greater visibility into policy details.

  2. Change Approvals (Preview): 

    1. Scheduled approvals: Change requestors can now set a scheduled execution time at request creation, rather than waiting until after approval. Approvers see the scheduled time before acting, and both approvers and requestors can reject or cancel before execution. This is not supported for Intune User Operating Mode.

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    2. Lifecycle management: Pending requests now auto-cancel after a configurable inactivity period. Disabling approvals converts all pending requests to Cancelled while retaining history for a minimum of three years.

    3. Failed status: Introduced a new Failed status for requests where real-time execution was unsuccessful or a scheduled request exhausted three retry attempts, with a visual indicator and options to Execute now, Schedule, Cancel, or Reject.

    4. Auto-cancel on feature disable: Pending and approved requests are automatically cancelled when Intune integration, Policy Approvals, or User Mode settings conflict with their execution.

  3. Enhanced Intune logging: Intune-related actions are now logged as a separate task within Nerdio Manager's job details, making it easier to review what happened during Intune-specific processing.

  4. Configurable Retry Limits: Admins managing large environments can now increase the default Graph API retry count via separate app service settings for web (Feature:HttpOption:MaxRetries:Graph:Web, up to 5) and background (Feature:HttpOption:MaxRetries:Graph:Background, up to 6) services, reducing throttling failures at scale.

Applications

  1. View Intune application properties: Admins can now view native Intune application properties directly from the application dropdown in the UAM catalog.

  2. CSV export support: Added the ability to export the following to CSV:

    • Deployment policy targets (pool, group, workspace)

    • Deployment policy applications

    • Shell Apps

    • Unified Catalog (app repository, name, type, publisher, version, and favorite status)

  3. AD Service Account Support: Restored AD service account support for app deployment and desktop image application. This function is hidden by default and enabled via the Features:UamServiceAccounts feature flag for environments where domain policy restricts local admin or non-approved accounts.

Automations

  1. Scripted Sequences (Preview): 

    1. Concurrency balancer: Added a concurrency balancer option to the Run Scripted Sequence dialog for AVD, allowing admins to limit concurrent executions globally or per host pool to prevent overload in large environments.

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    2. Task Worker deletion: Admins can now delete task workers directly from the Task Workers page, triggering a deletion signal to the endpoint worker, which removes itself from the device and reports back confirmation. Deleted workers are filterable via Show Deleted and must be redeployed if needed in future.

Observability & AI

  1. Real-Time Insights: 

    1. AVD host overview: Introduced a new host-level view for monitoring core session metrics, including CPU, memory, session state, session load, and session input delay. This gives administrators a clearer view of host-level performance and helps identify impacted hosts during investigations.

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    2. Date range: Added From / To date-time range pickers across graph pages, allowing users to select exact monitoring windows by year, month, day, hour, and minute. These appear alongside the existing time range selector and support custom investigation periods.

    3. Alert drill-down: Added alert drill-down from Alerts views into the relevant graph, automatically focusing on the alert timeframe and highlighting the alert occurrence with severity-matched coloring.

    4. Validation warning: During deployment of the Real-Time Insights worker script, NME now validates that all selected endpoints are in scope of Intune. If any are not, a warning is shown, as those endpoints cannot be monitored by Real-Time Insights.

  2. Intune Insights Update Ring reporting: For devices assigned to an Intune Update Ring, the ring's deferral period is now applied before Nerdio Manager's update-age countdown begins. For example, where Nerdio Manager is configured to mark devices Amber after 7 days and Red after 14 days, that countdown only starts once the deferral period has passed.

  3. Nerdio Manager Copilot: Delivered the following enhancements:

    1. Introduced a new internal virtual file system, allowing the agent to read, search, write, and validate data.

    2. Added storage of chat context between sessions, with chat retention set at 30 days.

    3. Added visible logging of actions in the UI for greater visibility into agent activity.

    4. Added the ability to generate multiple PowerShell scripts or KQL queries from a single prompt.

    5. Increased loading of previous chat sessions to 50 interactions.

    6. Introduced a new OpenAI Responses API to improve chat streaming, LLM reasoning, and iterative script refinement.

    7. Now conforms to Azure Data Loss Prevention standards for Foundry Tools.

    8. Added dynamic retrieval of model deployment types (such as Global Standard and Data Zone Standard) directly from the subscription during initial deployment, showing only the options available for the selected model and region.

  4. Cost & Efficiency Insights: 

    1. User Cost Attribution show tags in use: The User Cost Attribution page now more clearly displays the specific Azure tags that are in use and in scope of the calculations on the page.

    2. User Cost Attribution TLS 1.3 support: User Cost Attribution now supports TLS 1.3 for secure data transmission.

    3. Operational Efficiency includes Intune scripts backup recommendations: Operational Efficiency recommendations now include an Intune recommendation to back up Intune scripts.

  5. Search: 

    1. Dedicated search results page: Pressing Enter in the global search now opens a dedicated, full-page results view (previously results appeared only in the dropdown), making it easier to browse all matches across users, sessions, apps, policies, and more.

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    2. Custom tags: Where a set of resources in an Azure deployment has been tagged with a specific custom tag or tags, NME can now search by either the custom tag name or tag value to find all matching resources.

    3. Intune policies: NME search now supports searching for Intune policies directly from the global search bar.

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    4. Approval requests: Approval requests can now be found directly from the global search bar, respecting permissions and working across all Intune tenants the user can access. When searching by user, admins can show requests created or reviewed by that user, with results opening the Approval Requests page with the filter already applied.

Platform

  1. Refreshed Updates page: Refreshed the Updates page layout, now showing additional versions for rollback.

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  2. Least-privilege Azure custom role support (Preview): Nerdio Manager now supports running with a least-privilege custom Azure role instead of requiring Contributor access.

  3. Granular RBAC permissions for secure variables: Secure variables now have a dedicated RBAC module with independent permission levels: Read Only, Manage, and Show Secret. Admins can grant view or management rights on secure variables separately from the ability to reveal plaintext values.

  4. Console Connect Japan region support: Console Connect now supports the Japan region for data residency.

  5. Egress method indicator: Host pool and individual session host pages now display the outbound network egress method in use (e.g., NAT Gateway, Azure Firewall, Default Outbound Access), with a warning indicator shown when a host or host pool relies on deprecated Default Outbound Access.

  6. Azure Key Vault RBAC authorization model: New Nerdio Manager deployments now create key vaults using Azure's RBAC permission model. Existing environments using the access-policy model continue to work, with updated APIs keeping them supported.

  7. REST API endpoints: Added the following:

    • Full CRUD support for Scripted Action profiles.

    • Full CRUD support for Scripted Action groups.

    • A new endpoint to query a user's entitlements and assignments.

    • Support for encryptionAtHost on the Desktop Image creation endpoint.

Removed

Resolved Issues

  • Azure Virtual Desktop: 

    • Missing data for Last Login Time and Applications: Resolved an issue where the Last Login Time and Application columns may not have appeared within the User Sessions page in some scenarios.

    • Host pool context menu: Resolved an issue where the host pool context menu may not have appeared while the host pool page was loading. This will result in a noticeable improvement for larger organizations with larger workloads.

    • Desktop Image and Host Pool Settings windows close unexpectedly: Fixed an issue where clicking outside the configuration window when creating or updating Desktop Images or Host Pool Settings would close it unexpectedly.

    • Power Off and Set As Image actions may fail: Resolved an issue where Power Off and Set As Image actions may fail when Join to AD was enabled.

    • Desktop Image in Multi-Region Setup resets to Marketplace image: Fixed an issue where the custom Desktop Image set within Host Pool Settings > Business Continuity > Multi-Region Setup resets to the default Marketplace image when the Set As Image task is run.

    • Workspace tags removed unexpectedly: Resolved an issue where Nerdio Manager may unexpectedly remove tags from a Workspace.

    • Auto-scale history displays in wrong time zone: Fixed an issue where the Auto-scale history graph displayed time in UTC+0 when Today was selected, instead of the user's local time zone.

    • Bulk VM deletion and reimage may fail: Resolved an issue where bulk actions in large host pools may fail due to a race condition in the "Load VM statistics" step. These operations now complete reliably regardless of pool size.

  • Intune: 

    • Policy read-only view mode: Fixed an issue where admins with read-only Intune permissions could not view policy details in NME. Policies can now be opened and navigated in read-only mode, including content, assignments, and settings.

    • Antivirus Report: Reorganized the Antivirus Report page from large status buttons into standard tabs with count badges, improving visibility on 1920×1080 screens.

  • Applications: 

    • SCCM import path length: Shortened the temp directory name used during SCCM app exports to reduce path length, preventing import failures caused by exceeding the Windows 260-character path limit in some SCCM environments.

    • Deployment policy status: Fixed an issue where UAM policy deployment to an Intune device could get stuck in a failed state indefinitely when the initial task worker deployment to the device had failed.

    • WinGetuninstall all versions: Fixed an issue where not all installed versions of an application were removed when uninstalling via WinGet policy. All discrete versions are now removed using the WinGet --all flag.

  • Automations: 

    • Scripted sequences — Shell App binary extraction: Fixed an issue where zipped Shell App binaries were being extracted multiple times per deployment stage. Archives are now unzipped directly from cache once per installation, reducing the probability of deployment timeouts in scenarios with binary-heavy payloads.

    • Cloning Scripted Actions: Resolved an issue where cloning a Scripted Action could fail.

  • Observability & AI: 

    • Executive Insights license messaging: Amended the icon and messaging displayed when Nerdio Manager is unable to find the license model in use.

    • Real-Time Insights Wi-Fi metric: Fixed an issue where the Wi-Fi metric would fail if location services was disabled on the endpoint device. Location services is no longer a prerequisite.

    • FSLogixInsights VHDLocationserror: Resolved an issue where Nerdio Manager was unable to resolve FSLogix profile locations when an environment variable was used in the path.

  • Platform: 

    • Signed scripts failing with WDAC enabled: Resolved an issue where script execution failed for customers with Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) enabled. Script launching logic has been updated to work around this behavior.

    • Wrapping on Teams webhook notifications: Resolved an issue where notification text in Teams webhook posts did not wrap, cutting off content, particularly on mobile screens.

    • Az.Accountsrunbook module compatibility: Resolved an issue where upgrading the Az.Accounts PowerShell module (version 5.3.2 or later) in the Nerdio automation account caused existing runbooks and scripted actions to fail. Nerdio Manager can now restrict specific module versions to prevent the incompatibility.

    • Console Connect agent missing after reimage: Resolved an issue where the Console Connect agent could be removed after a session host reimage, leaving the VM unreachable via Console Connect even though the install task reported success.

    • Japanese localizations: Revamped various Japanese localizations for improved accuracy.

    • Tooltip links: Resolved an issue where tooltip links did not open in a new window.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • Observability & AI: 

    • Intune Insights:Missingdata in government tenants: Customers making use of Intune insights in government tenants may see blank or missing data in the Intune insights console. This issue is planned for resolution.

v8.0.4 GA (Release date July 16, 2026)

This is a hotfix release containing all of the items in v8.0.3, plus the following fix:

Resolved Issues

  • Platform: 

    • AVD Named Users count could appear lower than actual after upgrading to 8.0. This was a reporting-only issue (assigned users were unaffected); the count now reports correctly.

v8.0.3 GA (Release date July 7, 2026)

This is a hotfix release containing all of the items in v8.0.2, plus the following fix:

Resolved Issues

  • Platform: 

    • Out of memory error when deploying/updating NME: Azure runbook may experience issues downloading NME 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 due to increased installer size. To mitigate the issue, we have temporarily removed the Nutanix VirtIO drivers binaries from this build, while we develop a permanent fix.

v8.0.2 GA (Release date July 1, 2026)

This is a hotfix release containing all of the items in v8.0.1, plus the following items:

Features

AVD

  1. Increased Azure tag limit for Nutanix resources: Increased the Azure tag limit from 15 to 50 for Nutanix resources.

Resolved Issues

  • Platform: 

    • HTTP/2 Outbound optimization: Corrected HTTP/2 requests to Azure and the Graph API, reducing outbound connection counts and outbound SNAT usage.

  • AVD: 

    • "Desktop Admin" RBAC Role Error: Resolved an issue in Nutanix-enabled environments where administrators with the "Desktop Admin" RBAC role may not have been able to create or update desktop images.

    • Failed Desktop image task when boot diagnostics is enabled: Resolved an issue where, if boot diagnostics was enabled, updating a desktop image may have failed.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • AVD: 

    • Windows 365 Cloud PC Marketplace images cannot be used with AVD when Cloud PC is disabled: When Windows 365 is disabled in Nerdio Manager, Cloud PC images cannot be registered for use with AVD host pools. This will be resolved in an upcoming release.

v8.0.1 GA (Release date June 16, 2026)

Features

Platform

  1. NME Install Terraform Module is Now Public Preview: Download the latest module at https://github.com/Get-Nerdio/NME-Terraform. Additional Terraform modules for NME management capabilities will be added in future releases.

  2. Console Connect: 

    1. UK Region Support: Expanded regional availability to include the UK Region.

    2. Updated Favicon: Console Connect favicon now reflects the new Nerdio logo.

  3. ControlUpIntegration is Now End of Maintenance (EOM): Nerdio's integration with ControlUp will no longer be developed moving forward. Starting with this release, the ControlUp integration settings have been removed for new installations of Nerdio Manager and for any existing deployments where the integration is not configured. Existing deployments where the integration is configured are unaffected, and Nerdio will continue to support the integration, including critical bugfixes.

AVD

  1. AVD Hybrid on Nutanix: Desktop image management support is now available! 

  2. Microsoft Agent Updates: 

    1. AVD Agent: v1.0.14114.100

Resolved Issues

  • Platform: 

    • Deployment: Intune-Only Deployment Path: Resolved an issue where customers experienced issues deploying Intune as a standalone option during initial NME setup. Customers can now do so without being required to enable AVD, resolving onboarding blockers for Windows 365 and physical endpoint environments with no AVD use case.

  • AVD: 

    • Slow loading of host pools for large customers: Resolved an issue that caused slow loading times on the Host Pools page for customers with a large number of session hosts.

    • Desktop Images and application management: Resolved an issue where applications and scripted actions were hidden and could not be executed when the "Do not create image object" option was enabled. Deployments of applications and scripted actions are now correctly performed on the source VM.

    • Custom RBAC and host pool settings: Resolved an issue where users assigned specific custom RBAC roles were unable to properly load Host Pool Settings tabs.

    • Self-Service portal will check for existing permissions: The Self-Service portal will now check for existing user permissions in the target application group before attempting to assign them. If the required permissions already exist, Nerdio Manager will skip the assignment step and continue processing.

  • Device & App Management: 

    • Intune & Windows 365: 

      • Error when editing Windows 365 items in US Government tenants: Resolved an issue where the error Could not find a property named 'userExperienceType' may be displayed. The user experience type function is not supported by government tenants. This error has been suppressed.

      • Intune User Experience call optimizations: The app service option IntuneUxHistory:Enabled may be added with a value of false to fully disable the user experience history data if desired.

    • Unified App Management: 

      • Error when deploying Winget applications which contain unexpected version characters: Resolved an issue where the error No newer package versions are available from the configured sources may be returned during deployment if the application version contains the characters < or >. In this scenario, the source and target version are now treated as identical and no action is taken.

  • Observability & AI: 

    • Operational Efficiency: Resolved an issue where recommendations appeared with 'No Data' in each row. Recommendations now display correctly.

    • Intune Insights: Resolved an issue where OS health and Patch status were showing as 'Unknown' in the OS Health tab of Intune Insights. The feature now gathers and displays the information correctly.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • AVD: 

    • "Desktop Admin" RBAC Role Error: For Nutanix-enabled environments, administrators with the "Desktop Admin" RBAC role will not be able to create or update desktop images. This will be resolved in the upcoming release.

v8.0 Public Preview (Release date June 2, 2026)

Announcements

  1. New Menu & All Features Page: Introduced a cleaner, more intuitive three-tier navigational menu. While off by default, users can enable it via the New Menu toggle in the top-left corner. A new All Features page provides a centralized, searchable view of every feature available within Nerdio Manager, and is only accessible when the new menu is enabled.

  2. Localization Support: Nerdio Manager is now localized for Japanese. Users can select their desired supported language by clicking on their display name in the upper-right corner. Support for additional languages is coming soon!

  3. Intune Policy Studio (Public Preview): Introduced a new Policy Studio feature that takes Nerdio Manager's Intune policy management capabilities to the next level with two key capabilities:

    1. Settings Explorer surfaces Intune policies alongside their settings and assigned values, with real-time search across policy names, settings, and values.

    2. Policy Results shows in-scope policies for a selected device or group, with conflict and duplication flags surfaced inline.

      Note

      Device configuration policies are supported with this initial release, however some settings may be unavailable. Support for additional Intune policy types is planned.

  4. Intune Script Management: The same editing, versioning, back-up, and recovery capabilities that Nerdio Manager offers for Intune policies are now available for Intune platform scripts!

  5. AVD Hybrid Support on Nutanix AHV is now Public Preview! New features included in this release:

    1. Re-image and re-size of session hosts

    2. App Attach support

    3. Unified Application Management (UAM) support

    4. Scripted Actions support

    5. Session Time Limits support

    6. Custom Views support

      Please see our AVD Hybrid KB for more details.

  6. End of Support for AVD Classic. Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 8.0 will be the last version that supports AVD Classic tenants and host pools. Microsoft will retire AVD Classic on September 30, 2026. After this date, regardless of which version of Nerdio Manager is deployed, AVD Classic will no longer function. Customers still using AVD Classic should migrate to AVD using the automated process within Nerdio Manager.

Features

Platform

  1. Console Connect: 

    1. Session Logs: Introduced a new session details page for Console Connect, providing improved visibility into session activity.

    2. Add All Available Host Pools: Added a Select All option to the Console Connect configuration that performs a one-time import of all available host pools into the region configuration, eliminating the need to add host pools individually.

    3. Agent Uninstallation: Added an option to allow local users to uninstall the Console Connect agent directly from their device, providing greater flexibility for managing agent deployments.

    4. Intune Scope Validation: Added validation warnings during Console Connect group selection that indicate how many devices in a selected group fall outside the configured Intune scope and will be skipped during deployment.

    5. Updated Icons: Updated to reflect current Nerdio branding.

  2. Migrate: 

    1. New RBAC Definition: Added two new RBAC definitions to support migrations, giving administrators more granular control over who can access and perform migration operations. Two new permission levels are available and should be used in combination with existing AVD Workspace or Windows 365 permissions: Read Only and Full Access.

    2. Import/Export Migration Sources via CSV: Added the ability to import and export migration sources via CSV on the Migrate Sources page. Administrators can export the current list of hosts, edit user assignments directly in the file, and re-import to perform bulk updates, providing a convenient alternative to running the discovery script on individual hosts.

    3. Permissions Validation: Added upfront validation when initiating a Windows 365 migration to check for the required Group.ReadWrite.All permission. If the permission is missing, the migration will now halt immediately with a clear error message rather than failing mid-process.

  3. Settings: 

    1. Update Azure Runbook Modules: Added the ability to update selected or all Azure Runbook modules to their latest version directly from the Scripted Actions settings page, simplifying module maintenance across your environment.

    2. View Egress Path Status: Added an Egress Path status to the Linked Networks settings page that displays the identified method used for routing internet traffic for each network, allowing quick identification of any networks still relying on legacy default outbound access.

  4. REST API: 

    1. List Linked Mailboxes and WebHooks: Added new endpoints to retrieve a list of linked mailboxes and a list of linked webhooks.

    2. Manage Notifications: Added a new endpoint for managing notifications.

    3. Enable/Disable Console Connect Regions: Added new endpoints to enable or disable specific Console Connect regions.

  5. Installer Now Uses Cert-Based Auth: New installations of Nerdio Manager now use certificate-based authentication for App Registrations by default, replacing client secrets with a more secure authentication method.

  6. Display UPN: The user's UPN is now displayed beneath the display name in the upper-right corner, making it easier to identify the user context of the current session.

AVD

  1. Host Pools: 

    1. New name for Backup and Recovery: The Backup and Recovery tab within host pool settings has been renamed to Business Continuity, and the Disaster Recovery tab has been renamed to Multi-Region Setup to better reflect their functionality.

    2. Managed Identities Support for Host Pools: Administrators can now select User Assigned Managed Identities directly within the Virtual Machine Settings tab of a host pool for enhanced security and identity management.

    3. Directory Change Support: Changing directory types within the host pool Directory settings tab is now supported.

  2. Auto-Scale: 

    1. Ability to Configure Default Behaviorfor Auto-Heal: Auto-heal will now restart the recovery chain of actions after a session host has experienced an issue following 2 hours of being healthy and available. A new advanced application configuration setting has been added to change this default behavior: AutoScale:AutoHealRecoveryChainRefreshIntervalInHours

    2. Auto-Shrink Supports Hibernated VMs: Expanded the logic used for personal host pool auto-shrink to account for hibernated VMs.

  3. Azure Files Settings Refresh: The Azure Files settings experience has been redesigned with a tabbed layout, making it easier to navigate and manage configurations.

  4. FSLogixReset: Changed the default option selected and added a new option, Archive and delete after 30 days, when modifying existing FSLogix profiles.

Device & App Management

  1. Scripted Sequences: 

    1. Support for Scripted Actions: Existing Scripted Actions (Windows) may now be added as a task within a Scripted Sequence. Changes to the source script are automatically propagated to the sequence.

    2. Cross-Tenant Support: AVD and Intune devices located in linked Intune tenants may now have scripted sequences deployed to them, simplifying the management of Intune devices across a distributed management estate.

      Note

      Native Intune applications are not supported with Scripted Sequences.

    3. Task Worker Enhancements: 

      • Task Worker deployment no longer requires individual scripts and groups per device.

      • Pagination has been added to the Scripted Sequences Executions page and all Task Worker Analytics pages.

      • A tasks tab has been added for Task Worker Analytics, providing extensive reporting on the progress of tasks.

      • A refresh button has been added for Task Worker Analytics, allowing data to be updated on demand.

  2. Unified App Management: 

    1. Nutanix Support: AVD Hybrid on Nutanix environments now support the deployment of applications via policies and ad hoc using the session host context menu.

    2. ShellApps Cache Efficiency: The ShellApps cache is now cleared on target desktops on a 7-day rolling schedule to avoid potential storage issues.

    3. Search by Application IDs: Application IDs can now be searched for and selected when creating application groups.

Observability & AI

  1. Search: 

    1. Context-Based Search: The search function now focuses on key objects during search operations. Searching for a user or a device/endpoint will focus the results to show all results for that resource.

    2. Expanded Search: The search function now pulls all potential results from all Insights data ingested into Nerdio Manager.

    3. Settings Search: Searching and selecting a Settings option now navigates directly to the corresponding settings, which are temporarily highlighted.

  2. Nerdio Manager Copilot: 

    1. Ability to Select AI Model with Nerdio Manager Copilot: Added the ability for users to select which AI model to use when configuring Nerdio Manager Copilot.

    2. Private Endpoint Support: Users can now deploy Nerdio Manager Copilot with private endpoints.

  3. Real Time Insights: 

    1. Auto-update Support for Insights Worker: Nerdio Manager now supports auto-update of the Insights Worker (on-device script that collects and sends data used for Real-Time Insights). As the NME version updates, a backend process will automatically update all endpoints with the latest worker.

    2. Configurable Log Directory: Added support for a configurable log data directory.

  4. Cost & Efficiency Insights: 

    1. Support for Custom Cost Groups: Within User Cost Attribution, you can now create custom groups of users. Specific sets of users can be grouped and charged back.

    2. Navigate Directly to Settings: When browsing Operational Efficiency recommendations, Nerdio Manager will now redirect users directly to the area of the product where changes can be made.

    3. Hide Selected Recommendations: Users can now hide specific recommendations from the Operational Efficiency page, allowing them to focus the view on only the recommendations they want to see.

  5. Nerdio Modeler Now Supports GPU SKUs: Administrators and prospects can now select a GPU workload type in the Modeler (in-product and online) that surfaces GPU-enabled Azure VM SKUs as the recommended compute options, with contextual guidance on image and driver requirements.

  6. Intune Insights App Metering (Private Preview): Introduced a new App Metering feature that allows administrators to review the true usage of applications for in-scope devices within their organization. Review metrics on a per-application basis and drill down into usage details to identify unused applications for license reclamation.

Resolved issues

  • Platform: 

    • Deployment: Intune-Only Deployment Path: Resolved an issue where customers who experienced issues deploying Intune as a standalone option during initial NME setup can now do so without being required to enable AVD. This resolves onboarding blockers for Windows 365 and physical endpoint environments with no AVD use case.

    • Windows 365 Migration: Fixed an issue where upfront validation when initiating a Windows 365 migration to check for the required Group.ReadWrite.All permission was not halting the migration immediately when missing. The migration will now halt with a clear error message rather than failing mid-process.

    • Migrate: 

      • Domain Name Discovery: Resolved an issue in the migration domain join discovery process where VMs could incorrectly report "The VM is domain joined but the domain name could not be determined." This condition is now properly detected and handled.

      • UI Issue Due to Long UPNs: Fixed a migration wizard UI issue where long UPNs could break layout rendering. Display behavior has been corrected for consistent formatting.

  • AVD: 

    • Azure NetApp Files: 

      • Network Features Not Reflected: Fixed an issue where changes to the Network Features setting within Azure were not being reflected correctly in Nerdio Manager.

      • Storage Account Linking Issue: Resolved an issue that may have caused an error when linking an Azure NetApp Files storage account to Nerdio Manager when an Azure Policy related to locations was active.

    • Desktop Images: 

      • Unable to Import v6 SKUs: Resolved an issue that prevented new Azure VM v6 SKU types from being imported as a desktop image to Nerdio Manager.

      • Image Stuck in Deleted State: Resolved an issue where a desktop image was kept in a deleted state if using the Refresh image from Azure Marketplace option and a failure occurred during the reimage.

      • Applications Missing: Resolved an issue where application installations may not have been retried in some scenarios if a failure occurred during the imaging process.

      • Image Powers-On Unexpectedly: Resolved an issue where a desktop image was powered on after Set as image was completed.

      • API Error when Deleting Image: Resolved an issue that may have caused an API version error to appear when deleting a desktop image.

      • OS Disk Optimization Not Applied: Resolved an issue where the OS disk optimization configuration was not being applied as expected when reimaging a desktop image.

    • Host Pools: 

      • User-Assigned Managed Identity Removed Unexpectedly: Resolved an issue where a user-assigned managed identity was removed from session hosts when the Set Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) to automatically update configuration was enabled and applied in the host pool settings.

      • Application Security Group (ASG) Not Being Applied: Resolved an issue that prevented ASGs from being applied to session hosts' network interface card (NIC) when selected in the host pool virtual machine settings.

      • Blank Page via Breadcrumbs: Resolved an issue where clicking on a host pool breadcrumb link caused a blank page to appear.

      • Session Host Deletion: Resolved an issue where session hosts may not have been deleted correctly.

      • Nutanix Categories Display Issue: Fixed an issue where Nutanix Categories were not appearing in complete format within the selector when creating session hosts.

      • AVD Classic Host Pools Not Shown: Resolved an issue that prevented certain AVD Classic host pool pages from being shown.

    • Auto-Scale: 

      • Rolling Drain Mode: Resolved an error that may have appeared during the Rolling Drain Mode task when a session host was excluded from Auto-scale.

      • Column Inconsistency: Improved the consistency of information displayed in the Auto-scale column on the host pool list page.

    • FSLogixScript Enhancement: Enhanced the FSLogix installation script to account for empty string values in the registry key.

  • Device & App Management: 

    • Unified App Management: 

      • 'Show FavoritesOnly' Always Enabled: Fixed an issue where the option to Show favorites only in the app deployment popup was always enabled. The option is now disabled by default and its state is remembered across sessions on a per user basis.

      • Restart of In Progress Deploys Results in State Issues: Resolved an issue where application deployment tasks are now blocked from manual restart actions until the status of the previous task has been reported to Nerdio Manager, as manually restarting in-progress tasks may result in unexpected results.

      • 'Source Add' Failures Not Captured: Fixed an issue where 'Source Add' failures for Winget repositories were not being included in the Apps manager log file.

      • Blank Host Pool Names: Resolved an issue where host pool names may appear as blank in the deployment selection drop down, even when a friendly name has been set.

  • Observability & AI: 

    • Executive Insights: 

      • Custom RBAC Issue: Resolved an issue where a custom RBAC role with Insights permissions would not grant access to Executive Insights unless it was individually specified. Users with a custom RBAC role with scope set to Any can now access Executive Insights and perform activities for both Read Only and Full Access modes.

      • NME License Cost Handling Error: Resolved an issue where an assumption-based estimate for NME license cost was interpreted as an error. Executive Insights now displays a yellow warning in the Nerdio Manager ROI chart when NME license costs are not available for the calculation.

      • Days Without Data: Fixed an issue where Nerdio Manager displayed the entire month in Executive Insights graphs, including days with no data, resulting in a flat line for data yet to be ingested. Only days where data has been ingested are now shown.

    • 'Invalid Date' Error in Insights Tooltips: Resolved an issue where some Insights graph tooltips displayed 'Invalid Date' in the date entry. Tooltips now display the correct date.

    • Removed File Shares Appearing in Health Insights: Resolved an issue where file shares that had been removed from use were still appearing in Nerdio Insights storage health dashboard graphs. Removed file shares no longer appear once they are removed from use.

    • FSLogixProfile Details Not Populating: Resolved a logic issue in the Collect FSLogix Profiles Information task for VHD Location processing that could prevent information from being collected properly within AVD Insights.

    • Inaccurate Pricing for Windows 365 (non-US) in Advisor: Resolved an issue where Windows 365 pricing for non-US countries was incorrectly calculated using a currency conversion from USD prices. Advisor now uses Microsoft's fixed pricing on a per-tenant country basis.

Known issues and limitations

  • Intune Insights OS and Patch Status showing as ‘Unknown’: Devices may fail to report the OS and patch versions correctly, resulting in an unknown status being displayed. This is planned for resolution.

  • Azure Files "Smart" Blob access tier: Azure Files storage accounts with the "Smart" blob access tier set as the default will not appear in Nerdio Manager. We will support this access tier in an upcoming release.

  • Console Connect Regions: Enabling or changing Console Connect regions may result in an error in the 8.0 Public Preview release. Previous versions are not impacted. This will be resolved in the upcoming GA release.

  • Removed ability to migrate to different resource group: The option to move a VM to a different Azure resource group during AVD migration has been removed due to resource group lock conflicts affecting both source and destination groups. This feature is being refactored and will be re-introduced in a future release.

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Exciting news from Day One of NerdioCon — we’ve officially launched Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 7.0! https://nmehelp.getnerdio.com/hc/en-us/articles/19837802929677-Release-Notes

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