Step by Step Installation and Configuration of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 7.4
Published November 2025 at blog.youngtech.com
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Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Nerdio Enterprise Training Camp in San Francisco, led by the always professional Matt Neilsen from St. Louis. I shared a few highlights from the experience over on LinkedIn, but wanted to dive deeper here.
Throughout the day, we explored every corner of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise (NME). From Endpoint and App Management, to AVD and Windows 365 Cloud PC, and into Image & Script Development, Automation, and Autoscale. As a Nerdio Valued Professional (NVP), I walked away with fresh insights and a renewed motivation to document a step-by-step installation and configuration guide, complete with detailed screenshots available for your reading pleasure.
Timely Release: Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 7.4
While many were gearing up for Halloween on Friday, October 31st, the Nerdio product team was hard at work releasing NME version 7.4. The timing couldn’t have been better. The fresh release aligned perfectly with my goal to capture and share a practical guide for getting started.
Before we jump in, a quick disclaimer: this guide is not a replacement for the excellent documentation available at https://nmehelp.getnerdio.com. I highly recommend checking out the official Implementation Guide, which I’ve linked here.
What This Guide Covers
This walkthrough is designed to help you lay the foundation for a successful Proof of Concept (PoC) or initial deployment of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise. Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Initial Deployment of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise from the Azure Marketplace
- Grant Consent using Global Administrator (Global Admin) account
- Creating Initial Desktop Image
- Creating Resource Group and IT Workspace
- Assign the IT Workspace and Login
- Lock Down Nerdio Manager for Enterprise to an Azure Private Endpoint
Prerequisites for a Smooth Deployment
To ensure a time-efficient engagement, I always confirm the following basics are in place before starting:
- Nerdio Engineer Account: The engineer (typically the PoC contact) should have Owner privileges on at least one Azure subscription. In this case, my account dane@youngtechavd.com serves as the Nerdio Engineer, with the subscription PAYGO-SPOKE-NER-INFRA designated for deployment.
- Azure Virtual Network (VNET): Pre-staged with subnets and configured to allow:
- Internet access for Azure Portal connectivity
- Access to Active Directory Domain Controllers for AVD domain join
- Custom DNS pointing to AD DCs for private DNS resolution
- A Private DNS Zone to restrict App Service access from the public internet
- Global Admin Access: Required at specific stages for elevated privileges.
- Entra ID Synchronization: Ensures Workspaces can be provisioned to MFA-enabled AD domain users.
Section 1: Initial Deployment of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise from the Azure Marketplace
To get started, login to the Azure Portal at portal.azure.com using the Nerdio Engineer account that has Owner permissions assigned to the Nerdio subscription:
From the home page, navigate to the Subscription that will be used to perform the NME deployment.
Validate the Nerdio Engineer account has been assigned the Owner Role by navigating to Access Control (IAM):
Next, navigate to the Azure Marketplace by typing in the top search box.
Search for Nerdio Manager and select the top option returned, ‘nerdio manager for enterprise’:
On the section option (Nerdio Manager for Enterprise), click the Create drop-down and select NME Plan:
Select the Subscription where the Nerdio Engineer has Owner permissions, and create a new Resource Group (so it’s empty), then select the appropriate Region:
Enter a name prefix, and specify the Resource Names using details you feel are appropriate for the new deployment:
During the ‘Private Endpoints’ window of deployment, I recommend leaving this unchecked, as I recommend tying the Private Endpoints to a Workspace subnet to be deployed and managed using Nerdio. We’ll step through these details in future steps, so for now I’d recommend leaving it unchecked as shown:
Specify any tags you’d like to use for this deployment to group all of the objects together within the Azure Portal:
Review the details you’ve specified during the deployment:
Scroll down and continue reviewing the details you’ve specified. When ready, click Create:
The deployment will take time to complete, showing status in the top right and notification area:
Continue monitoring the NME deployment while it is in progress:
Additional details will be populated as the Deployment is in progress:
When finished, Azure will indicate Your deployment is complete as follows:
In the top search, type app services and select the top result:
You’ll see the new NME deployment in App Services. Click the name (wu2-nme-appservice for example), which is a hyperlink:
On the Overview page, you’ll see the complete URL to reach the management pages under Domains \ Default domain. Click the hyperlink, for example wu2-nme-appservice.azurewebsites.net:
On the initial page, we’ll need to Copy the PowerShell command by clicking the Pages looking icon in the top right of the PowerShell box. Once Copied, click Launch Azure Cloud Shell:
Click Maybe later:
Click PowerShell:
Select No storage account required and select the appropriate Nerdio Subscription from the drop-down list. Click Apply:
After a couple seconds of staging the PowerShell Cloud Shell, you’ll see a prompt awaiting input. This is where we’ll paste the command previously obtained:
Right click on the Cloud Shell and select Paste:
The command previously copied should be dropped into the PowerShell console window. If it doesn’t paste, you may have to flip tabs over to the initial NME window and re-copy the PowerShell command. If the command looks like the sample shown below, you’re ready to proceed by hitting the Enter/Return key:
Once hitting Enter/Return, the command will begin to execute as shown below:
Give the command several minutes to run (this could take some time, depending on a number of environmental or cloud factors):
Additional progress is made as shown:
Additional parts of the initial command will continue to execute:
Continue monitoring progress and status:
At any point in the execution of the script, you may encounter an error during the deployment. I have in the past, and most of the time it can be worked through by simply re-running the command. In some cases you must delete and re-create the NME deployment, but it’s always best to retry first. Example error shown below:
If an error occurs at any point, hit the up arrow to reload the command from the cache, and hit Enter/Return to run the script again, as shown below:
It will most likely pick up where it left off, working through each of the deployment steps that had not yet been completed the first time around:
A successful and complete PowerShell script will look similar to the example shown below:
After finishing the PowerShell window, flip tabs back to the Nerdio launch page and Refresh the browser tab to proceed with the initialization:
Section 2: Grant Consent Using Global Administrator (Global Admin) Account
In the next steps, you’ll need access to the Azure Global Admin to grant admin consent. During these steps, work with the Global Admin to authenticate by clicking the link ‘Have an admin account? Sign in with that account’ as shown:
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To compliment this Blog Post, I have created a 165+ page PDF with the remaining steps in the following sections:
- Initial Deployment of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise from the Azure Marketplace
- Grant Consent using Global Administrator (Global Admin) account
- Creating Initial Desktop Image
- Creating Resource Group and IT Workspace
- Assign the IT Workspace and Login
- Lock Down Nerdio Manager for Enterprise to an Azure Private Endpoint
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I trust this will be a useful resource to you and that you’ve enjoyed this Step by Step Installation and Configuration of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 7.4 guide. Best of luck in your NME deployments! If you need any help along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you so much!
Dane Young, MBA
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This is great work Dane! Attention to detail is key and calling out the basics requirements at the beginning of the article is key
Great write up Dane. I love that you keyed on the “Prerequisites for a Smooth Deployment”! So many times these are overlooked and the installations isn’t so smooth. Well done!