ControlUp introduces DaaS IQ to rein in costs and simplify operations

ControlUp, a leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management, is offering ControlUp DaaS IQ, a purpose-built modern management solution designed to help organizations simplify operations and reduce costs for Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).

As organizations increasingly adopt Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) environments, such as AVD, to enable flexible work and reduce infrastructure costs, many are discovering that managing these environments at scale is far more expensive and complex than expected, according to ControlUp.

The result is an environment where resources are frequently over-provisioned to support always-on, utility-like usage, driving unnecessary spend while still failing to guarantee consistent performance when users need it most.

ControlUp DaaS IQ addresses these challenges by providing a single, intelligent control plane that enables IT teams to right-size capacity in real time, automate operations, and gain full visibility into utilization, health, and cost across their entire DaaS estate, the company said.

“Other tools give IT teams better controls to manage AVD—we’re removing the need to manage it at all,” said Gadi Feldman, chief product officer at ControlUp. “DaaS IQ combines intelligent automation and AI to create an environment that scales, spends efficiently, and heals itself continuously, without requiring constant monitoring. That intelligence is built on the most complete IT management platform on the market, bringing together proactive monitoring, anomaly detection, synthetic testing, remote management, powerful automation, and an AI assistant. We’re the only vendor that can manage the full AVD stack and say with certainty that every user is getting the experience they deserve. Nothing else comes close.”

ControlUp DaaS IQ brings together lifecycle management, cost optimization, and operational visibility into one centralized platform. This eliminates the need to switch between the Azure Portal, Intune, and custom scripts, the vendor said.

Key capabilities include:

• Intelligent Autoscaling: Modern, easy-to-use, schedule-based, policy-driven scaling matches capacity with demand
• Centralized Visibility: A single dashboard shows utilization, health, and cost across host pools
• Host Lifecycle Management: Full control over session hosts, including drain, restart, delete, and configuration actions
• Image Management: Simplified management and deployment of golden images ensure consistency and reduces configuration drift
• Activity Tracking: Users get a unified audit trail of actions and events across the DaaS environment

By consolidating these capabilities, DaaS IQ reduces administrative overhead, minimizes configuration errors, and streamlines day-to-day operations, the company said.

ControlUp DaaS IQ replaces fragmented management methods with a unified approach that automates and simplifies core DaaS operations.  With intelligent autoscaling and dynamic resource allocation, DaaS IQ ensures that compute capacity aligns with real-time demand.

Beyond cost and operational efficiency, DaaS IQ ensures that end-user experience remains consistent and reliable. The solution also supports multi-tenant environments, enabling managed service providers (MSPs) to standardize operations, delegate access with granular controls, and maintain visibility across customer environments, all from a single interface, said the vendor.

ControlUp DaaS IQ is available now as an individual solution.

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