How Bistum Münster Migrated from Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop with Hydra

April 20, 2026

Discover how Bistum Münster — Germany’s largest diocese, supporting 1.6 million people and nearly 800 concurrent users — made a decisive move from Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop with Hydra as its operational control layer. Facing steep Citrix cost increases and critical gaps in native AVD capabilities, the IT team needed autoscaling, real-time visibility, and streamlined image management before a full migration was feasible.

With Hydra, they eliminated idle Azure spend through demand-based autoscaling, gained live session monitoring for faster troubleshooting, automated image and patch management across host pools, and gave end-users a self-service portal that reduced routine helpdesk tickets.

“We probably would have never even migrated to AVD if we didn’t have Hydra,” says Oliver Hüsken, Senior System Architect at Bistum Münster.

Download the full case study here to learn how Hydra enabled a smooth, low-risk Citrix-to-AVD transition without rebuilding operational workflows.