Hydra
Hydra
Introducing Hydra by Login VSI: Finally, a Smarter Way
to Manage Your Azure and Windows 365 Environment
Say goodbye to time consuming Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 management, high consumption costs, challenging image creation processes, and limited session controls. Hydra brings powerful automation, auto-scaling, and centralized visibility and configuration management under one roof.
Hydra: Everything you need for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365, nothing you don’t.
Moving to a Cloud hosted desktop environment comes with plenty of complexity, questions and costs. Once there, many find the native management tool less than ideal for day to day operations. This is where Hydra comes in. Explore Hydra Pricing and Licensing.
Get Azure Costs Under Control
Hydra’s auto-scaling for Azure Virtual Desktop optimizes costs and performance by dynamically adjusting session hosts based on real-time demand. Its “Autopilot” feature scales up/down, and deallocates idle VMs to save costs, with customizable schedules and seamless integration.
The use-cases:
For one European cooperative running 300+ servers 24/7 across Europe, Hydra’s auto-scaling slashed Azure spend by spinning resources up for peak loads and down when they’re not needed.
Simplify Image Management
Hydra’s image management and scripting captures images from Golden Masters, storing them in Azure Compute Gallery or custom locations. Scripting automates tasks like Windows Updates and Windows optimizations, and orchestrating complex workflows even across tenants.
The use-cases:
Native image process — deploying, updating, recapturing—can feel like a full-time job. A consulting firm with 15 host pools across regions calls Hydra’s one-click imaging a “hundreds-of-hours” time-saver.
Empower Your Helpdesk
Hydra’s Role Based Access allows for delegated user and session management that simplifies helpdesk tasks with an intuitive web interface. It enables real-time monitoring and management of user sessions, allowing admins to log off, send messages, or shadow sessions securely.
The use-cases:
A 1,700-user organization now delegates typical helpdesk tasks (session resets, process terminations, and performance checks) to their helpdesk via Hydra’s role-based access controls—no full admin required.
Why choose Hydra for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365?
Get the most in-depth insights
Dashboard: Stop wasting time jumping between environments. Easily view and manage all host pools across all AVD tenants from a single dashboard.
Host Pool Management: Quickly scale out, send user messages, decommission hosts, and more, all without the slow, manual steps of native AVD tools.
User sessions: Stop toggling between disconnected Azure views; see and manage user sessions across all tenants and host pools in one pane.
Go faster with automation
Image Management: Ditch clunky image creation and use an image process that creates a temporary copy and keeps the original VM intact.
Azure File Shares: Monitor and manage file shares across all tenants with automatic alerts and storage expansion. No manual intervention is required.
Scripting & Automation: Take back your team’s time! Automate repetitive tasks like image optimization and software installs using script collections.
For MSPs: one platform to simplify image management and break free from complexity.
Hydra gives Managed Service Providers a smarter, more profitable way to manage virtual projects across all customers. With true multi-tenancy built in, automated image and script workflows, policy-based auto-scaling, and granular access controls, you can manage every tenant from one platform, without the cost or complexity of licensing and managing each one separately. No Named Users. No per-tenant fees. Just one concurrent-user pool that scales with your client base. Hydra helps you onboard faster, reduce manual overhead, and drive better margins, while delivering a seamless experience across environments. Hydra gives you more control, less overhead, and pricing that scales with your business. Explore Hydra Pricing and Licensing.
Try Hydra for free and experience intelligent Auto-scaling, streamlined image and script management, and powerful administrative tools that simplify AVD and Windows 365 operations and help reduce costs.
Auto-Scaling That Saves Real Money
The use-cases:
An MSP with 5,000+ users across clients enjoys how Hydra shuts down idle machines and swaps disk types—proactive savings. Auto-scale allows you to control your machines, with customizable schedules, managed power states, and burst scaling to keep costs down.
Image Management That’s Actually Easy
The use-cases:
MSPs managing multiple tenants praise its per-customer image handling and rollback options, turning a multi-step nightmare into a streamlined win.It’s not just fast; it’s reliable, keeping builds consistent wherever you’re deployed.
Helpdesk Without the Admin Overload
The use-cases:
Another MSP helpdesk uses it specifically to shadow sessions and reset FSLogix profiles (even across tenants), instantly fixing issues. It’s support those scales with your team, not against it.
Try Hydra today – start with a live demo and get onboarded within hours
Resources
How Hydra by Login VSI Stops Idle VM Waste
If you’re managing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) or Windows 365 environments, you may be spending far more than you need on idle virtual machines (VMs) after business hours.
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