AVD · virtual desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) consultancy
North Peak Cloud designs, deploys and cost-optimises Azure Virtual Desktop so your people work securely from anywhere without overspending. We build right-sized host pools, FSLogix profile management, Entra-based security and autoscaling schedules that shut idle capacity down out of hours. AVD is the modern, managed way to deliver Windows desktops and apps — done right, it is both more secure and cheaper than the alternatives.
- Host-pool design and right-sizing
- FSLogix profile management
- Microsoft Entra security and Conditional Access
- Autoscaling to cut idle out-of-hours cost
- Image management and app delivery
AI on Azure, done right.
AI-ready foundations
Azure AI Foundry hubs and projects, private networking to your models, identity and policy guardrails — the secure base every AI workload needs before it scales.
Cost control for AI & cloud
FinOps for the AI era: token and PTU strategy, model right-sizing, reservations and anomaly detection. We find the waste your invoice is hiding.
Platform engineering
Landing zones as code in Bicep or Terraform, GitOps, policy-as-code and golden paths. Enterprise-grade Azure delivered in weeks, not quarters.
Security & responsible AI
Content filtering, evaluations, data-residency and audit-ready guardrails aligned to the EU AI Act and ISO 42001 — trustworthy AI you can put in front of customers.
Migration & modernisation
Cloud Adoption Framework migrations and Well-Architected reviews that leave you cheaper, faster and ready for AI — not just lifted-and-shifted.
Senior engineers, direct
You work with the architect who does the build — no account managers, no offshore hand-off, no gatekeeping. Answers in plain English.
Three ways to start.
An AI-ready Azure landing zone, delivered in weeks.
- Azure AI Foundry hub & projects
- Private networking to model endpoints
- Identity, RBAC & Azure Policy guardrails
- Responsible-AI baseline & content filters
- Infrastructure as code you own
- Handover & runbook
One AI use case, production-grade, on AI Foundry.
- RAG, agent or document-intelligence build
- Evaluation & guardrails wired in
- CI/CD and observability
- Cost model before you commit
- Knowledge transfer to your team
- Reusable accelerator IP
Stop AI and cloud bill shock before it starts.
- Token / PTU vs pay-as-you-go strategy
- Model right-sizing & reservations
- Cost anomaly detection
- Classic Azure estate optimisation
- Monthly reporting & reviews
- Gain-share option available
for AI.
Asked and answered.
How much does Azure Virtual Desktop cost?+
AVD cost depends on user count, session-host sizing and hours of use. The biggest lever is autoscaling — shutting host pools down out of hours can cut compute cost substantially. North Peak Cloud right-sizes and schedules AVD to keep it affordable.
Is AVD better than a physical desktop fleet?+
For remote and hybrid work, AVD centralises security, patching and data — nothing sensitive lives on the endpoint — and scales on demand. It is usually more secure and more flexible than managing physical desktops, and often cheaper at scale.