AVD for Azure Local and Nerdio Manager

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AVD for Azure Local and Nerdio Manager

Warnings and Disclaimers:

  • Starting with version Nerdio Manager v5.7, we only support AVD for Azure Local with 23H2. Nerdio Manager v5.6 and earlier continues to support AVD for Azure Local with 22H2.

  • Microsoft has outlined additional limitations for 22h2 and 23h2. See this Microsoft article for details. Because of these limitations, upgrading and changes in the Resource Bridge ARM object model, AVD for Azure Local instances linked to Nerdio Manager must be relinked. Due to these limitations all AVD on AVD for Azure Local objects must be recreated. See this Microsoft article for details.

Note: At this time Nerdio Manager cannot automatically import and manage existing host pools on AVD for Azure Local. Please contact the Nerdio support team for guidance on how to achieve this capability.

AVD for Azure Local prerequisites

To link an AVD for Azure Local Cluster, you must first meet the following prerequisites:

  • Install Nerdio Manager . See Nerdio Manager Installation Guide for details.

  • Fully functional AVD for Azure Local cluster, with a minimum of 1 node, must be registered with an Azure subscription that is linked to Nerdio Manager. See Link Azure Subscription Using App Credentials for details.

  • AVD for Azure Local cluster nodes must be registered in Azure as Arc servers. See this Microsoft article for details.

  • AVD for Azure Local cluster must use Resource Bridge.

  • Obtain local shared storage path on the AVD for Azure Local cluster to be used for FSLogix profiles.

  • Link the AVD for Azure Local network and resource group where the AVD for Azure Local cluster is registered. See Azure Environment: Linked Networks and Resource Groups for details.

Getting started

Before we start, we need to consider a few things, because AVD for Azure Local is an on-premises solution. We need to take the following into consideration:

  • Identity & Active Directory

  • FSLogix Profiles

  • Application repositories

  • Images

  • Cloud Considerations

The purpose of this document is to help you through the Nerdio Manager configuration with AVD for Azure Local. The assumption is that you already have your AVD for Azure Local environment up and running. However, referenced below are some links that may help you with your knowledge and setup of AVD for Azure Local.

Microsoft documentation

Cloud considerations

Firewalls & Communications

As mentioned earlier in this document, any reference to AVD for Azure Local is not in scope of this document. However, if you want to know more about the firewall requirements needed for AVD for Azure Local, this Microsoft article is a good starting point.

Identity

Active Directory

Because AVD for Azure Local is on-premises, you need to consider what profile your AVD for Azure Local host pools communicate with. Ideally, the closer they are the more performant they will be.

Entra ID

Entra ID-joined VMs are not supported. You must use Active Directory or Entra Domain Services for session host VMs.

Unsupported Features

The following feature is currently out-of-scope for AVD for Azure Local with Nerdio Manager.

  • Cost management is not supported.

Link an AVD for Azure Local cluster

Once you have configured and obtained all the prerequisites, you can link an AVD for Azure Local cluster.

To link an AVD for Azure Local cluster:

  1. Navigate to Settings > Azure environment.

  2. In the Linked networks tile, select Link Hybrid Network.

  3. From the drop-down list, select a subnet that is linked to AVD for Azure Local and then select OK.

The AVD for Azure Local entry is linked to Nerdio Manager.

Create an image on the AVD for Azure Local on-premises instance

To create a host pool, an image must be present on the AVD for Azure Local on-premises instance. This can be done any of the following ways.

Note: With AVD for Azure Local, we have no method to create images directly on AVD for Azure Local, so those images need to come from desktop images. We can copy them to our custom locations as part of the Nerdio Manager Set Image Process. In addition, we need to have a local repository to store these images.

Create a custom location

See this Microsoft article for more information about concepts and terminology related to Azure custom locations.

 

Custom AVD for Azure Local locations

Troubleshoot issues

See Troubleshoot Issues with Resource Bridge in Azure Stack HCI for details.

Related Topics

AVD for Azure Local: FSLogix profiles storage (optional)

AVD for Azure Local: Application repositories (optional)

AVD for Azure Local: Desktop image set as image

AVD for Azure Local: Host pools and session hosts

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