DMK reduces IT administrative effort by 50% and optimizes operations with ITProCloud Hydra for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

DMK strives to create the highest-quality dairy products by combining dairy traditions with technological innovations such as Azure Virtual Desktop, which enables DMK employees to access enterprise applications from home, office, and production sites. To streamline operations, DMK searched for a comprehensive solution to simplify virtual desktop management on Azure. DMK chose ITProCloud GmbH and its innovative software, Hydra.

Hydra simplifies automation, operation, and management of Azure Virtual Desktop across multiple Azure tenants and roles. With Hydra, IT professionals simplify virtual desktop administration, automatically scaling and deploying hosts based on demand. The web-based interface simplifies role-based access control of users, session management, and scripted control. Hydra captures golden master images and automatically patches and updates session hosts.

DMK, a leader in the German dairy industry, rapidly implements ITProCloud Hydra

Implementing and configuring Hydra took a few hours from deployment to managing Azure Virtual Desktops. The solution reduced administrative overhead and ensured a seamless experience for employees working from anywhere. DMK’s IT team gained the ability to easily scale its virtual desktop infrastructure as needed, ensuring business continuity during spikes in demand.

“Using Hydra with Azure Virtual Desktop completes the desktop virtualization story for us. Hydra is an important building block while massively simplifying daily administration, such as user management, image creation, application lifecycle, rollout, and many other tasks,” said Dennis Schierenbeck, Team Leader IT-Workplace Solutions, DMK.

Cutting administrative efforts by 50% and Azure costs by 20%

With Hydra, DMK streamlined operations, reducing administrative IT efforts by 50 percent and cutting Azure costs by a further 20 percent.

“Our partnership with ITProCloud has been nothing short of innovative. The combination of Microsoft Azure and ITProCloud’s Hydra has provided us with an agile and cost-effective solution and set the stage for our long-term success. The support we've received from ITProCloud has been exceptional, ensuring that we can always rely on a partner who understands our needs and can provide the perfect solution,” Schierenbeck said.