Invoke-OSDeployHydration

Runs the complete OSDeploy hydration workflow end-to-end on a supported Windows 11 machine.

Property	Value
Module	OSDeploy
Platform	Windows 11 25H2 or 26H1 (amd64 / arm64)
Requires	PowerShell 7.6, Run as Administrator

Description

Automates the full OSDeploy setup sequence:

1. Detects the running OS version and processor architecture.

2. Installs the matching Windows ADK, Git for Windows, Visual Studio Code, VS Code Insiders, and 7-Zip.

3. Downloads WinPE drivers for the detected architecture.

4. Builds a WinPE boot image named Hydra, using the newest available WinRE source when present, or falling back to the ADK WinPE when none is found.

Without -Force, interactive pickers (Out-GridView) are shown at each step. With -Force, the entire sequence runs non-interactively from start to finish.

Syntax

Invoke-OSDeployHydration [-Force] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
-Force	Switch	No	Runs all steps non-interactively. Skips Out-GridView pickers and processes all matching sources automatically.

Examples

# Run the full hydration workflow with interactive pickers at each step
Invoke-OSDeployHydration

# Run the full hydration workflow non-interactively
Invoke-OSDeployHydration -Force