Cloud Manager features
Hypervisors
VMware
Thinfinity Cloud Manager provides seamless management and automation for VMware environments, including VMware Horizon and ESXi. This centralized platform simplifies the scaling and provisioning of VMs across both on-premises and cloud environments like AWS.
Leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Thinfinity automates deployments, speeding up setup times and ensuring consistency across VMware infrastructures. Its auto-scaling feature dynamically adjusts VM counts based on demand, optimizing performance and minimizing costs. Whether managing VMware with Windows 11 or integrating VMware into hybrid cloud environments, Thinfinity Cloud Manager offers robust support to simplify virtualization workflows while reducing operational overhead.
Hyper-V
Thinfinity Cloud Manager provides comprehensive support for Microsoft Hyper-V, enabling centralized management and automation of Windows 10, 11 and Server virtual machines across diverse Hyper-V environments. Whether running on-premises or within hybrid cloud infrastructures, Thinfinity simplifies Hyper-V VM management, ensuring efficient scaling and resource optimization for enterprises.
With Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Thinfinity automates the deployment and scaling of Hyper-V VMs, enhancing consistency and reducing manual effort across environments. Its auto-scaling capabilities dynamically adjust virtual machine resources based on demand or predefined schedules, optimizing performance while maintaining cost control. Thinfinity Cloud Manager streamlines the management of Windows 11 virtual machines hosted on Hyper-V, making it a powerful solution for organizations looking to enhance their virtualization workflows, both in private data centers and hybrid cloud setups.
Proxmox
Thinfinity Cloud Manager seamlessly integrates with Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE), delivering powerful management tools and automation for enterprise-level virtualization. Thinfinity simplifies the management of Proxmox VMs with a centralized interface, automating deployments, scaling, and monitoring tasks, ideal for organizations looking to leverage Proxmox for enterprise workloads.
With support for Proxmox scripts, Thinfinity enables infrastructure automation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), making large-scale virtual deployments consistent and easily repeatable. Thinfinity’s auto-scaling capabilities optimize resource allocation by adjusting virtual machines in real-time based on demand, reducing overhead and improving efficiency. Whether deploying private or hybrid environments, Thinfinity Cloud Manager enhances Proxmox VE by offering advanced automation and scalability tailored to enterprise needs.
Cloud Providers
AWS
Thinfinity Cloud Manager simplifies AWS VDI management by supporting session-based deployment and virtual desktops running on EC2 instances. By leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Thinfinity automates the provisioning and scaling of these VDI environments, ensuring optimal resource usage. Utilizing auto-scaling, the system dynamically adjusts the number of EC2 instances based on session demand, which helps control costs and enhance performance. For high-performance workloads, Thinfinity integrates with GPU-powered EC2 instances, offering accelerated virtual desktops that can match the capabilities of AVD. This solution offers centralized management, cost optimization, and efficient session handling, making it ideal for enterprises looking to scale their AWS VDI deployments seamlessly.
GCP
Thinfinity Cloud Manager extends advanced VDI capabilities to the GCP platform, addressing the gap in optimized End User Computing within Google Cloud. By using Thinfinity, enterprises can achieve the same level of user experience and automation for VDI or application publishing that they would expect from Azure AVD or Amazon Appstream, all while staying within GCP.
The platform supports infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Terraform to streamline the deployment and scaling of VDI environments. With auto-scaling, Thinfinity dynamically adjusts resources based on user demand, ensuring efficient use of GCP’s cloud infrastructure. This not only optimizes performance but also keeps costs under control by scaling down when demand decreases.
Through centralized management, Thinfinity allows businesses to fully automate the GCP Plattform to oversee their virtual desktops and application deployments, creating a more competitive VDI solution within the GCP ecosystem.
Azure
Thinfinity Cloud Manager enhances automation and cost-efficiency for both Azure Virtual Desktops (AVD) and session-based servers used for virtual application delivery on Azure VMs. Supporting a range of Azure instances, from general-purpose like D2s_v3 to GPU-accelerated options such as NVv4 and NC6, Thinfinity provides flexibility for any use case—whether it’s delivering full virtual desktops or specific applications.
Leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Thinfinity automates deployment, scaling, and management, reducing the need for complex PowerShell scripting and saving valuable time for DevOps and IT teams. Thinfinity’s automation tools dynamically scale resources based on demand, ensuring that both virtual desktops and session-based applications are right-sized, optimizing performance and minimizing costs.
With Thinfinity Cloud Manager, organizations can streamline management for both VDI and session-based workloads, all while providing seamless end-user experiences akin to those of Azure AVD web client and AVD manager solutions, ensuring high performance and cost control across Azure environments.
Ionos Cloud
Thinfinity Cloud Manager empowers businesses to harness the full potential of Ionos Cloud by automating the deployment, scaling, and management of virtual desktops and applications with ease. With robust support for session-based workloads and virtual desktops, Thinfinity optimizes user experience and offers significant cost savings over other major cloud providers like Azure or AWS.
Ionos Cloud is already known for its affordable infrastructure, and Thinfinity further enhances this by providing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation, ensuring consistency and efficiency across deployments. By automating scaling based on demand, Thinfinity helps organizations avoid over-provisioning and reduces operational costs, while still ensuring performance and availability.
The simplified management interface of Thinfinity Cloud Manager allows businesses to manage virtualized environments effortlessly, making it easier for IT teams to focus on higher-value tasks instead of manual cloud management. This combination of automation, cost control, and an improved end-user experience positions Ionos Cloud as a cost-effective alternative for businesses looking to optimize their cloud strategy without sacrificing performance or scalability.
Managed VM’s
Thinfinity Cloud Manager’s Managed VMs feature offers a unified interface for managing and automating virtual machines across multiple platforms. It allows businesses to:
Seamlessly integrate any existing VM
whether deployed on AWS, Azure, GCP, Ionos Cloud, or hosted on hypervisors like VMware, Hyper-V, and Proxmox—into Thinfinity’s centralized management system.
Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
ensuring that only authorized users can manage specific virtual machines, while also restricting access hours for enhanced security.
Automate power schedules to control on/off times
optimizing resource usage and reducing unnecessary costs by turning off idle VMs during off-hours.
With Thinfinity, organizations can simplify and automate their hybrid IT environments, reducing operational overhead and maximizing efficiency across their cloud and on-premises virtual machines.
VDI Models
Thinfinity Cloud Manager enables the provisioning of dynamic VDI or session-based environments for publishing virtual desktops or applications. It supports a wide range of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Ionos Cloud, and on-premises hypervisors like VMware, Hyper-V, and Proxmox.
Scale Sets
Thinfinity Cloud Manager’s Scale Sets feature allows organizations to dynamically adjust the number of virtual instances based on real-time demand or scheduled tasks. Key settings include specifying Initial Instances for immediate availability, configuring Lazy Instances for on-demand scaling as usage increases, and setting a cap with Max Instances to control resource usage and costs effectively. These parameters provide flexibility to scale up when demand spikes and scale down during off-peak times, ensuring optimal resource utilization without manual intervention. Whether it’s provisioning VDI environments or managing session-based servers, Thinfinity Cloud Manager automates this entire process across AWS, Azure, GCP, Ionos Cloud, and hypervisors like VMware, Hyper-V, and Proxmox. The ability to set Scheduled Creation ensures that resources are provisioned just in time, reducing idle costs and aligning resources with operational needs
On/Off Scheduling
Thinfinity Cloud Manager’s On/Off Scheduling feature automates the management of virtual machines by allowing administrators to schedule power states based on work hours or specific dates.
Through an intuitive interface, as seen in the image, users can configure start/stop times for both weekdays and weekends. This feature ensures that VMs are powered up during peak business hours and shut down during off-hours to optimize resource usage and reduce operational costs. It also allows for the addition of exception dates, making the scheduling flexible and adaptable to organizational needs such as holidays or maintenance windows.
By implementing power scheduling, companies can significantly lower cloud or on-premises infrastructure costs while ensuring that critical systems are online only when needed, streamlining overall management.
Scheduled Destruction
Thinfinity Cloud Manager’s scheduled destruction feature offers an efficient way to automatically terminate temporary virtual environments at a predefined time. This ensures that temporary resources, like virtual machines, are decommissioned when no longer needed, preventing unnecessary expenses due to forgotten deployments. This feature is particularly useful in a variety of scenarios:
→ Benefits and Use Cases
- Cost Control: Automatically shuts down temporary environments, preventing lingering VMs from causing unplanned expenses.
- Testing and Development: Automatically terminates VMs after tests or short-term projects, reducing manual management for development teams.
- Disaster Recovery: Automatically decommissions temporary environments used for simulations, cutting down costs post-exercise.
- Training Labs: Sets up VMs for the duration of a course and terminates them after, ensuring efficient cloud resource usage without extra costs.
Smart Application Pooling
Smart Application Pooling in Thinfinity Cloud Manager allows administrators to optimize resource allocation for different application types. The feature supports two pooling modes:
- Breadth-First Pooling: This mode prioritizes distributing client connections evenly across available instances. It is ideal for applications where performance degrades with higher resource consumption, as it ensures each instance is utilized evenly, preventing any one instance from becoming overloaded.
- Depth-First Pooling: This mode fills up individual instances to their maximum capacity before moving on to the next one. This method works well for applications where running multiple instances isn’t resource-intensive but where scaling the number of active instances needs to be controlled for cost or performance reasons.
Additionally, Smart Pooling enables the creation of multiple pool sets for different types of applications. For instance, resource-heavy applications like CAD or GIS can be placed in one pool with specific scaling rules, while lighter applications like document editors or customer service tools can be managed in another pool. This feature allows for precise tuning of resource allocation based on the specific needs of each application type, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency across varied workloads.
Smart Desktop Pooling
Thinfinity’s Smart Desktop Pooling offers flexibility by providing two main modes: session-based desktops and dedicated 1:1 machines.
- Session-Based Desktops are ideal for regular workflows where multiple users can share the same desktop environment. These are perfect for tasks like administrative work, light productivity applications, or any environment that doesn’t require heavy computing resources.
- 1:1 Dedicated Machines are designed for power users or those running heavyweight workflows, such as software development, graphic design, or data analytics. These machines ensure that each user has exclusive access to the full resources of a virtual desktop, ensuring optimal performance and avoiding resource contention.
Smart Desktop Pooling ensures that each type of user has the appropriate level of computing power while optimizing resources across the infrastructure.