Introducing Hydra by Login VSI: Finally, a Smarter Way to Manage Your Azure Environment
Say goodbye to time consuming Azure Virtual Desktop management, high consumption costs, a 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, 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 tools less than ideal for day to day operations. This is where Hydra comes in.
Reducing AVD Costs
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.
Explore the winning 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.
Simplifying 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, with script collections orchestrating complex workflows even across tenants.
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Azure Virtual Desktop- 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.
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When a user’s session fails, often native Azure environment leaves helpdesks scrambling. 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?
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 Hydra Streamlines Azure Virtual Desktop Management.
For Managed Service Providers, Hydra delivers a centralized, cost-effective solution to manage Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) across multiple tenants. With powerful image and script management, customizable auto-scaling, and role-based access control, MSPs streamline deployments, reduce operational costs, and enhance customer satisfaction. Hydra’s intuitive interface and rollback options simplify multi-tenant management, saving time and minimizing errors, so MSPs can focus on scaling their AVD services efficiently.
Auto-Scaling That Saves Real Money
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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
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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 Power Without the Admin Overload
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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.
Get a customized quote for your environment
Hydra delivers everything you need, nothing you don’t, with benefits like:
Cut Azure costs by spinning resources up or down as needed.
One-click image management to save hours on updates and rollouts.
Reset sessions or shadow users without admin overload.
See a Demo and get a customized quote today!