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Transforming the AEC businesswith Cloud Workstations in Azure

Gavin Quamme Mead & HuntTariq Sharif MicrosoftBrad Peterson Workspot

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Transforming the AEC business withCloud Workstations in Azure

Brad

Peterson

VP Marketing

Workspot

Tariq

Sharif

Principal Program Manager

Microsoft Azure

Gavin

Quamme

Systems Administrator

Mead & Hunt

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Mead & Hunt

As one of the nation's largest MEP building systems experts,

Mead & Hunt provides innovative, practical results for your

engineering, construction, service, and energy needs.

• 37 Locations

• 700 Employees

• 400 Designers

• Apps: AutoCAD, Revit

• Well know projects!

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Mead & Hunt Locations

• 37 Locations Total

• 27 Locations with

Infrastructure

• Workstations with

NVIDIA GPU

• Panzura File Lock-

n-Sync

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Storage Lock & Sync

Hyper-V

Storage Lock & Sync

Hyper-V

Storage Lock & Sync

Hyper-V

Storage Lock & Sync

Hyper-V

Storage Lock & Sync

Hyper-V

Storage Lock & Sync

Hyper-V

Expensive & Complex Sites Impact AEC Business

- Approximately $100k

to set up each site

- Ongoing operational

challenges at each

site with lock & sync

software, storage,

etc.

- BIM users can be

productive only from

a site

- Limits ability to hire

new BIM talent

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We Tried On-prem VDI

Previous VDI initiatives failed:

1. Setup On-prem VDI, using Microsoft RDP

✓ No graphics pass-through

✓ Couldn’t run AutoCAD, Revit

✓ Decided not to refresh on-prem hardware

2. Cost & Complexity

- Massive Capital Expenses for hardware

requirements to get to the 1st desktop

- 2+ specialists for ongoing support

3. Performance

- End user not satisfied with performance

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Design for Business Agility

Our Vision for an Agile Business:

1. Able to Bid on Any Project in Any Location

2. Hire Talent Wherever, Whenever

3. Work from any Job Site

4. Collaborate using Large Design Files

5. Simplify IT and Data Management

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Our Vision To Move To The Cloud

Workstation PC Workstation Cloud

Limited Performance

Poor Security

Limited Collaboration

Unlimited Performance

Azure Security

Cloud Collaboration

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Microsoft Azure 42 Regions – NVIDIA GPUs

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The Workspot Workstation Cloud on Azure

Only Solution to Enable

Deployment of

Virtual Workstations in any

Region of the World

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AD/AAD File Servers

DR

Customer North Central

RDSH

Desktops North Central

VPN/RD Gateway

Mead & Hunt Deployed Using Workstation Cloud

- Deliver as good or

better than local

experience with high

performance

workstations w/ latest

GPUs in Azure

- Dramatically reduce

cost & complexity of

setting up and

operating sites

- BIM users can be

productive from

anywhere using any

device

- Hire BIM talent

anywhere

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Workspot Workstation Cloud in Azure

Workstation Cloud

Workstation Cloud:

1 NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPU

6 CPU

56 GB RAM

300 GB Disk (c:)

Network speeds!

2 Gbps down

4 Gbps up

Apps:

AutoCAD

Revit

File Sizes:

200-400 GBs

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Workspot Flat Rate Pricing Philosophy

Free Deployment Services necessary

to take you live for your first set of users

Customer Support assistance and

guidance for the best overall experience

Maintenance to ensure we’re always

offering the latest and most secure service

Upgrades to the service, clients, agents,

and connectors

Cost of Azure included to run the virtual

desktops and applications

Flat rate subscription

price per user includes:

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AD File Servers App Servers

Customer On-prem Data Center

RDSH

AD/AAD File Servers

DR

App Servers

SAP

Customer West US

Desktops West US

VPN/RD Gateway

Get Closer to Designers - Expand to Azure West US

- Deliver as good or

better than local

experience with high

performance

workstations w/ latest

GPUs in Azure

- Dramatically reduce

cost & complexity of

setting up and

operating sites

- BIM users can be

productive from

anywhere using any

device

- Hire BIM talent

anywhere

AD/AAD File Servers

DR

Customer North Central

RDSH

Desktops North Central

VPN/RD Gateway

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AD File Servers App Servers

Customer On-prem Data Center

RDSH

AD/AAD File Servers

DR

App Servers

SAP

Customer West US

Desktops West US

VPN/RD Gateway

Business Continuity and DR with Workstation Cloud

AD/AAD File Servers

DR

Customer North Central

RDSH

Desktops North Central

VPN/RD Gateway

In a DR event;

- Provision additional

Non-Persistent VMs in

available region from

corporate template

- Link to User Profiles

and Project files from

File Servers

- Users connect to

available Region

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Thank You!

More ways to learn about NVIDIA Workstations in Azure

• Checkout the live demo in the Microsoft Booth (#603)

• Workspot.com/aec-solution

Transforming the AEC businesswith Cloud Workstations in Azure

Gavin Quamme Mead & HuntTariq Sharif MicrosoftBrad Peterson Workspot