Windows Cloud Mastery – Hackathon

Join Nerdio and Advania at the Microsoft offices near Paddington for a half-day workshop to get hands-on with Azure Virtual Desktop and speak to Microsoft MVPs with expertise in Windows 365. 

Whether you’re new to Windows Cloud technology or looking to take your current deployment to the next level, this session is designed for you.  

Using Nerdio’s advanced management platform, you’ll work directly in a lab environment while learning best practices to simplify deployment and deliver a better end-user experience in 2026.   

Brought to you by Advania in partnership with:

Why attend

  • Optimise your costs, control risks, and simplify your operations

Who should attend

  • IT Professionals new to Microsoft AVD and/or W365 
  • IT Teams already using AVD/W365 who are looking to improve efficiency and reduce costs 
  • IT Professionals with existing On-Prem VDI solutions who are looking to migrate to the cloud

What to bring

  • A Laptop for access to a dedicated lab environment for your own environment 

Join Microsoft, Nerdio & Advania for an Interactive Azure Virtual Desktop Experience

Location: Microsoft, 2 Kingdom Street, London, W2 6BD 

Date: To be confirmed

Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm

 

Meet the speakers

Tony Cocks

Partner Solutions Engineer, Nerdio

Mike Parker

Director of Digital Workplace, Advania 

Jon Jarvis

Microsoft Field Technologist, Advania

 

Agenda

10:00 – 10:15am

Arrive and Introductions (15 min) – Nerdio + Advania

10:15 – 10:30am

Nerdio + end-user computing in 2026 (15 min)

10:30 – 11:00am

Adoption and management framework (30 min) 

11:00 – 11:30am

Building image source VMs (30 min) 

11:30 – 11:45am

Break

11:45 – 12:15pm

User experience settings (30 min)  

12:15 – 12:45pm

Creating host pools & session hosts (30 min) 

12:45 – 1:15 pm

Creating images (30 min)

1:15 – 1:45pm

Lunch

1:45 – 2:15pm

Updating sessions hosts (30 min)

2:15 – 2:45pm

Configuring auto-scale (30 min) 

2:45 – 3:00pm

Wrap up

Registration form

Join us for an exclusive hands-on workshop designed to help you simplify deployment, optimise management, and enhance the end-user experience with Windows Cloud technologies.