<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">For teams evaluating Azure Virtual Desktop, one of the biggest decisions is whether to self-manage or use a managed AVD provider. Self-managing gives control but adds significant IT overhead &mdash; patching, image management, monitoring, scaling, and user support all fall on your team.</span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Managed AVD providers like Anunta (www.anunta.com/solutions/enterprise-daas/) take on the full operational burden, including infrastructure design, migration, and Day 2 management. Given their Gartner recognition and Microsoft partnership, they're worth evaluating if your IT team's bandwidth is a constraint. Happy to share our own evaluation framework if useful.</span>