Previous Release Notes

Hydra 2.3.0

Release Date: March 18, 2026

Changes/Improvements

• Custom Images Management page for Windows 365

• A Feedback button for submitting feedback and feature requests

• Hydra can now download cloud images to Azure Local using Hydra Proxy

• Updated Provisioning Policies table

• Important messages in the header, e.g., trial license expiration warnings, have been moved to banners

• Removed the Power-on-Connect toggle, previously used to allow scaling Session Hosts down to 0. Now, a warning banner is displayed when scaling down to 0 is configured

• The session host object is now deleted before the VM. If the host can’t be deleted, the VM isn’t deleted

• All gallery versions are shown in the rollout configuration. If a version is not ready yet, a note is shown behind the version

• The “Delete and rebuild hosts after logoff” scaling option doesn’t rebuild temporary hosts. It deletes them only

• Hybrid automations now use remote scripts by default for commands on Azure Hybrid and Azure Local when the compressed script size exceeds 400 bytes, and the VM must have HTTPS access to the Hydra instance; this behavior can be changed in Global Settings under “Use the remote script engine for Hybrid VMs if the size is higher than”

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue that caused failures when 20 or more Session Hosts were recreated or replaced simultaneously

• When the same image version exists in multiple regions, duplicate entries are no longer shown in the Replace/recreate session hosts option

• SID was not interpreted if FSLogix removes the profile if SIDDirNameMatch is using this variable

Hydra 2.2.0

Release Date: February 18, 2026

Changes/Improvements

• Community mode limits for existing installations: 1 Tenant, 5 Host Pools, 5 Session Hosts per Pool, and 100 User Sessions

• Create, edit, and delete Azure Network Configurations in Windows 365

• Add a Tenant column to the User Sessions table to let you sort and filter by tenant

• Improve table sorting for Session Hosts to make it easier to sort unassigned Session Hosts

• Text and tooltip improvements across the UI

Bug Fixes

• In some cases, the RuncommandAPI could return an HRPC500 error related to script size. You can now configure the maximum script size as needed.

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

New 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