Previous Release Notes

Hydra 2.1.1

Release Date: January 28, 2026

Features

• W365 Cloud PC Configuration parity with Intune (View, Create, Edit, and Delete now available)

• W365 Cloud PC Azure Network Configuration display

Changes/Improvements

• New Community Mode limits for new installations only - 1 tenant, 5 host pools, 5 session hosts per pool, and 100 user sessions. If upgrading to 2.1.1, it will be the last upgrade before these new limits take effect on the following release

• Improved control over Hydra updates - Hydra updates will be retrieved from an Azure Storage Account, allowing flexibility for updates and rollbacks

• Updated pagination and table formatting for W365 Cloud PC

• The Script Collection Action “Others - Quit on hosts with sessions” can now be utilized

Hydra 2.1.0

Release Date: December 19, 2025

Features

• User Settings in Windows 365: including creating, editing, and deleting them

• Install and use the Hydra Proxy (Public Preview)

• Azure NetApp Files has been added as an additional file share provider

• Email subscription for administrators to receive updates on new releases, features, etc

Changes/Improvements

• Filter by tenant on AVD and Windows 365 Admin Dashboards

• Dashboard search now includes tenant names

• Drag and drop schedules or script actions

• Improved pagination component

• Improved clean-up during imaging, migration snapshots, and AVD Agent reinstallation

• Disable Windows Update in New Session Host Rollout > Advanced configuration

Bug Fixes

• Migration snapshot creation fails for disks in specific zones

• Various grammatical corrections throughout the product

Hydra 2.0.0

Release Date: November 20, 2025

Features

• Windows 365 Support

• View all Cloud PCs in a managed tenant

• Perform basic actions (Intune sync, Restart Cloud PC, Create restore point, restore Cloud PC, and reprovision)

• Windows 365 dashboard by Provisioning Policy

• View all Cloud PC User sessions

• Build AVD Migration Snapshots to import into Windows 365

• View all Provisioning Policies and state

• Hydra Agent updated for Windows 365 support (enables advanced reporting and control)

Changes/Improvements

• Improved sorting and filtering by Column Title in Windows 365 Tables

• Force Logoff during consolidation has been added to the Host Pools > Autoscaling

Technical Notes

• You need to add Graph API permissions to the Hydra Service Principal to see Windows 365 support

• You need to add 2 permissions to be able to create a storage account for the 1.2.1 Azure Local Image Copy

Hydra 1.2.1

Release Date: October 30, 2025

Features

• Improved Azure Local Image Copy to be more resilient

Changes/Improvements

• Added the ability to execute scripts against active hosts only

• Improved validation against the session host name

• Show additional details on logging pop-ups and the active operations folder

• Improved UI for default browser zoom on certain resolutions, where buttons were cut off

• Fixed quote/quota typo on File Shares page

Hydra 1.2.0.1

Release Date: October 10, 2025

Changes/Improvements

• Added a selection for storage path for Azure Local configurations

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Image Definition configurations to appear blank when reconfiguring

Hydra 1.2.0

Release Date: September 30, 2025

Features

• Create Host Pools, Application Groups, and Workspaces from Hydra

• Run scripts against powered on hosts only

• Enable Boot Diagnostics in rollout configuration

• Option to tag hosts that are scheduled for power operations

Changes/Improvements

• Corrections on several typos

Hydra 1.1.2

Release Date: September 1, 2025

Features

• Recreate session hosts with a new image

• Deploy updated images to a select set of session hosts

Changes/Improvements

• Update to ARM NuGet Packages

• Pointed various documentation links in Hydra to the articles within this support site

• Add more logging during host creation