Azure Lab Services documentation

Learn how to use Azure Lab Services to quickly set up a development, test, hackathon, or a lab for your team or students in the cloud.

• Azure Lab Services docs
• Overview
  • Azure Lab Services retirement guide
  • Find and delete lab resources
  • What is Azure Lab Services?
• Migrate to lab plans
  • Lab accounts versus lab plans
  • Migrate lab accounts to lab plans
  • Migrate lab account role assignments
• Quickstarts
  • Set up resources to create labs
  • Create and connect to a lab
• Tutorials
  • Use labs for classroom training
    • 1. Create and configure a lab
    • 2. Register & access a lab
  • Use labs from Teams & Canvas
    • 1. Create a lab in Teams & Canvas
    • 2. Access a lab from Teams & Canvas
  • Set up lab to lab communication
  • Track usage of a lab
• Concepts
  • Key concepts for Azure Lab Services
  • Labs architecture fundamentals
  • Azure role-based access control
  • Supported networking topologies
  • Migrate from physical labs
  • Nested virtualization
  • Capacity limits
  • Cost management for labs
  • Azure Policies for Lab Services
  • Reliability
    • Reliability in Azure Lab Services
• Scenarios
  • Use Lab Services for conducting classes
  • Use Lab Services for hackathons
  • Use Lab Services within Canvas
  • Use Lab Services within Teams
• How-tos
  • Administrator guide
  • Lab plan creation guide
  • Lab creation guide
  • Create & configure lab plans admin
    • Create and manage lab plans
      • Create & manage lab plans Azure portal
      • Create a lab plan PowerShell
      • Create a lab plan Bicep/ARM template
      • Create a lab plan Python
    • Add a lab creator
    • Connect a lab plan to a virtual network
    • Request core limit increase
    • Determine Usage and Quota
    • Configure auto-shutdown settings
    • Create a lab with a shared resource
    • Specify Marketplace images for labs
    • Use Azure Compute Gallery for custom images
      • Attach or detach a compute gallery
      • Create custom images for labs
      • Windows
        • Bring a custom image from an Azure VM
        • Bring a custom image from a physical environment
      • Linux
        • Bring a custom image from an Azure VM
        • Bring a custom image from a physical environment
    • Specify support information
    • Manage labs in the Azure portal
    • Configure firewall settings
    • Configure regions for labs
    • Restrict VM sizes allowed for labs
  • Create & configure labs educator
    • Create labs ARM/PowerShell/Bicep/Python
      • Create a lab PowerShell
      • Create a lab Bicep/ARM template
      • Create a lab Python
    • Manage labs
    • Add and manage lab users
    • Create and manage schedules
    • Manage virtual machine pool
    • Use an Azure compute gallery
    • Enable remote desktop for Linux
    • Create a lab with GPUs
    • Customize and publish templates
    • Use lab dashboard
    • Prepare a Windows template VM
    • Control Windows shutdown behavior
    • Enable nested virtualization on a template VM
    • Access student VMs from educator view
    • Set and reset passwords
    • Configure auto-shutdown settings
  • Connect to lab VMs student
    • Access a lab VM
    • Connect to a lab VM
    • Connect to a VM from Windows using RDP
    • Connect to a VM from Mac using RDP
    • Connect to a VM from Chromebook using RDP
    • Connect to Linux VM using X2Go
    • Redeploy or reimage a lab VM
    • Set or reset passwords for lab VMs
  • Use labs within Teams & Canvas
    • Configure Canvas to use the service
    • Configure Teams to use the service
  • Earlier releases
    • Labs architecture fundamentals
    • Administrator guide
    • Lab account creation guide
    • Create & configure lab accounts
      • Create and manage labs
      • Manage lab accounts
      • Configure auto-shutdown of VMs for a lab account
      • Add a lab creator
      • Allow lab creator to pick lab location
      • Create a lab with a shared resource
      • Connect to a peer virtual network
      • Configure firewall settings
      • Attach or detach a shared image gallery
      • Specify Marketplace images for labs
      • Add additional owners to a lab
      • Manage labs in a lab account
    • Set up GPU VMs when using lab accounts
    • Az.LabServices PowerShell module for lab accounts
• Troubleshoot & debug
  • Troubleshoot lab creation
  • Troubleshoot lab VM access
  • Troubleshoot lab VM connection
• Reference
  • .NET
  • REST API
  • Az.LabServices PowerShell module
  • Azure CLI
  • Azure Policy built-ins
  • Microsoft Azure SDK for Python
• Resources
  • Transition to Azure DevTest Labs
  • Azure Lab Services Blog
  • Azure updates
  • Regional availability
  • Pricing
  • Q & A
  • Code samples