Hydra 2.4.0 Release: Expanding Support for Windows 365 Provisioning and Hydra Agent for Cloud PCs
April 23, 2026
Today we are excited to announce the release of Hydra 2.4.0, a major milestone in our ongoing support for Windows 365. With Hydra 2.4.0 ,we support the ability to provision Cloud PCs and Cloud Apps from Hydra, giving our customers the ability to manage both AVD and Windows 365 workspaces from a single interface.
Hydra is how AVD and Windows 365 should be run: familiar to operate, easy to manage, and predictable to pay for as you modernize.
Windows 365 Provisioning Policies Support in Hydra
Provisioning Policies are a core component of Windows 365, enabled through Microsoft’s Intune management stack. With Hydra 2.4.0, we now provide expanded support to help customers work with these policies more effectively within Hydra.
Provisioning Policies bring together several key elements of Windows 365, including:
- Custom images
- User settings
- Azure Network Connections
They define how users are assigned their Cloud PCs, including Enterprise, Frontline, and Reserve Cloud PCs, as well as Cloud Apps.
Hydra provides a streamlined way to interact with these Microsoft-enabled capabilities, helping administrators operate more efficiently within their Windows 365 environments.
Figure 1 – Provisioning Policy Management in Hydra
Hydra Agent: Real-Time Control for Cloud PC Management
One of the consistent challenges in managing Cloud PCs is the delay between initiating an action and seeing the result. Native management workflows often depend on policy cycles and background processes that can introduce lag, while VDI administrators coming from alternative VDI platforms expect actions to happen immediately.
The Hydra Agent is designed to reduce that gap.
Figure 2 – Hydra Agent Features for Windows 365
Rather than replacing Microsoft’s management layer, the agent works alongside it to provide a more responsive operational experience. It gives administrators a more direct path to act when timing matters most.
With Hydra 2.4.0, that responsiveness is even faster:
- Near real-time Intune sync and restart actions help eliminate waiting during critical troubleshooting moments
- Immediate visibility into endpoint IP addresses simplifies validation and support workflows
- On-demand script execution enables fast remediation without relying solely on scheduled policies
- Seamless agent updates ensure environments stay current without introducing operational friction
The practical impact is simple yet powerful. When an issue occurs, administrators can respond immediately instead of waiting for the next cycle. When changes are needed, they can be enforced with precision instead of approximation.
At scale, this means reduced user disruption, shortened resolution times, and it gives IT teams a greater sense of control in environments that are otherwise highly abstracted.
Image Management Updates: Compute Gallery Enhancements
As always, this release includes enhancements driven by feedback from our customers. In this release we’ve made some useability improvements and added some advanced features to image creation for Compute Galleries, like custom versions, specifying replica counts, and choosing the image disk type.
Your input continues to shape how Hydra supports real-world enterprise environments.
Figure 3 – Advanced options for Image Definitions
Revealing the New Hydra Logo
As you update Hydra, you may also notice our new logo and favicon, which we are really loving (and have already heard from many of you that you are, too!). Check it out and let us know what you think.
What’s Next for Hydra and Windows 365
Hydra 2.4.0 represents an important step in how we support Windows 365 environments.. With expanded support for Provisioning Policies and a continued focus on operational responsiveness through the Hydra Agent, we are helping IT teams move faster and act with greater precision while aligning closely with Microsoft’s platform.
We are excited to continue building on this foundation and expanding our support for Windows 365 in future releases.
Hydra
