Nerdio

The Nerdio Manager for MSP integration with Hudu brings your clients' Microsoft environments into Hudu, syncing Nerdio accounts as companies along with their Intune-managed devices and Microsoft 365 users. Because Nerdio Manager manages all of your client tenants from one place, a single Nerdio integration covers every client account at once, so there is no need to set up a separate integration for each Microsoft tenant.

What you'll need

• A Nerdio Manager for MSP installation with MSP-level access
• A Microsoft Entra ID administrator who can grant admin consent for the Nerdio REST API client
• Admin or super-admin user role within Hudu

Integration features

Hudu's integration with Nerdio Manager for MSP allows you to sync:

• Accounts into Hudu
  • Each Nerdio client account can be matched to an existing Hudu company, or used to create a new company in Hudu.
• Devices into Hudu
  • Intune-managed devices for each matched account, including manufacturer, model, operating system, OS version, compliance state, and last sync time. Mobile devices enrolled in Intune are included.
• Users into Hudu
  • Microsoft 365 users for each matched account.
• Detailed device information (optional)
  • Serial number, IP addresses, storage, and TPM/BIOS details for each device.

What Hudu needs from Nerdio

• Nerdio Manager URL
• Tenant ID
• Client ID
• Client secret
• Scope

Enabling the Nerdio REST API

• In Nerdio Manager, navigate to:
  System → System Settings → Integrations → REST API
• Follow the Nerdio wizard to enable the REST API. Nerdio creates the client application for you, so you do not need to build an app registration in Entra ID manually.
• When prompted, sign in to Azure with an Entra ID administrator account and grant admin consent.
• Return to Nerdio Manager and copy the tenant ID, client ID, scope, and client secret. Store the client secret securely, as it will be needed in Hudu.

Enabling the Nerdio integration

• Integrations can be enabled at any time, during Hudu environment testing or in production.
• Once enabled, integrations can be merged into existing documentation based on predefined rules.
• This allows you to configure the integration upfront or connect it later as needed.
• To enable the Nerdio integration:
  • Navigate to the Hudu admin area (Admin → Integrations).
  • Select Nerdio Manager for MSP from the list.

Setting up the integration in Hudu

Step 1. Connect to Nerdio

• Enter the Nerdio Manager URL
• Enter the tenant ID
• Enter the client ID
• Enter the client secret
• Enter the scope
  • The scope is specific to your Nerdio installation and uses the format api://{app-id}/.default. Copy it exactly as shown in Nerdio Manager.
• Select any resource types to skip (optional)
  • Devices
  • Users
• Select any additional options:
  • Sync detailed device information - Pulls serial number, IP addresses, and additional hardware details for each device
• Save the settings

Step 2. Test connection and run an initial sync

• On the integration overview page, click Test Connection
• If successful, start an initial sync to bring in Nerdio accounts

Step 3. Match Nerdio accounts

• Before accounts from Nerdio can be brought into Hudu, they must be matched to:
  • Existing companies in Hudu, or
  • New companies you create in Hudu
• Hudu recommends matching one account first for testing to ensure data imports correctly
• Navigate to Hudu Admin → Integrations → Nerdio Manager for MSP
• Open the integration and click Match Companies
• Review the list of accounts and choose one of the following options:
  • Bulk create and/or match all companies
  • Match an account to an existing Hudu company
  • Create a new matched company in Hudu from a Nerdio account
  • Leave an account unmatched (it and its data will not be imported)

Step 4. Choose where Nerdio data will fill to

• Select the asset layouts for devices and users
  • All Nerdio devices sync to a single device asset layout. Nerdio does not provide device types, so sort rules are not used for this integration.
  • Asset layouts can be created ahead of time in the Hudu admin area (Admin → Asset Layouts) and must be marked as Active
• Re-run the integration sync to populate devices and users for the matched companies

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