Lab Services
Azure Lab Services is a service that enables you to easily set up and provide on-demand access to various systems and software for any workload: teaching a class, setting up a development or test environment, or running trials with customers. Manage and scale your group’s resources in lab environments, while minimizing waste and controlling cost. Choose between the two lab types, classroom lab or devtest lab, for an experience that is tailored to your scenario.
Visit the Azure Lab Services page to learn more.
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Multiple Auto-Shutdown Times for each VMs
Be able to implement multiple auto-shutdown times for each VMs through the portal.
9 votesThanks for your feedback. We prioritize features based on the number of votes on the same. For those who would like to see this feature sooner, please vote for it.
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Allow for greater variety of auto-shutdown schedules
Allow for greater variety of auto-shutdown schedules
E.g.:
- multiple times per day;
- various days in the week;
- weekends;
- recurring dates;
- one-time; etc.9 votesThanks for the feedback. We have this in our backlog and needs to be prioritized with other features. for those who would like to see this sooner, please vote for it.
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Ability to restore VM's to original state post creation
At present we can create snapshots of the VM's however no further use unless we create VHD's and then manually re-create VM again which require much more efforts. Instead please add some functionality to store the VM states where the restore of VM to the point saved can be completed. For example system restore function is used to restore the system state in this case VM with data should be stored or saved to restore to the restore points instead of just system or OS data.
7 votesThanks for your feedback.
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postpone or cancel auto shutdown
I have my VM set to shut down at 7PM, however I'd like an ability to skip the shutdown on a particular day, in case I am working late.
Currently I have to delete the auto shutdown and enable it again once 7PM had passed.5 votesFor every schedules shutdown, you can set up a notification that will be sent to you 30 mins prior to the scheduled time. You can use that notification to either delay or skip the shutdown for that day, Does this help?
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Auto Start and Auto ShutDown Options
1] Considering we are creating VM in Labs say 20 VMs with 2 group accessing 10 VMS each but they want Specific VMs on Specific Date and Time to Be Auto-Start and Auto-Shutdown which were cost effective and time effective option as Lab Admin once he set this schedule he is not required to check Portal to Shutdonw on those days where VM arenot required to be in running State.As currently i have to manage those manually.
2]Also Similar to Auto Shutdown Notification there is need to have same Functionality in Auto Start Notification so if i am required to…4 votes -
Azure Bastion: DevTest Labs support
DevTest Labs users should have an option to use Azure Bastion to connect their VM when clicking "Connect" in DevTest Labs VM blade in Azure Portal.
4 votesThanks for your feedback. We are actively working on integrating Azure Bastion in DevTest Labs to enable browser connect on lab VMs. We will post azure updates once this is supported.
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Option to auto shutdown VM when no user is active for X minutes
While the auto shutdown on a daily basis is great, if I haven't been logged in for an hour it would be nice if the machine would shut down automatically. This is especially true as I am experimenting with developing using an Azure VM
4 votesThanks for submitting the feature request.
We are working on a feature to shut down machines that are detected to be idle for an x amount of time (x configured by the lab owner)
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Ability to limit VM disks
DevTest Labs has the functions of creating a new disk, attaching to a disk, and detaching from a disk.
It would be nice to have the ability to limit these disks.To create custom role without 'Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/virtualMachines/AddDataDisk/action' and 'Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/users/disks/Attach/action' and 'Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/users/disks/Detach/action' assign users doesn't help because users have Owner permission to VMs after they claim.
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Ability to disable or hide [Connect] button if [Browser connect] is enabled by Bastion integration
We have both [Connect] and [Browser connect] button for VMs if we configure DevTest Labs integrated with Azure Bastion. (Public Preview right now.) It would be great if we could disable or hide [Connect] button for specific users when DevTest Labs owner wants users to connect VMs only from [Browser connect].
- To create custom role without '.../getRdpFileContents/action' and assign users doesn't help because users have Owner permission to VMs after they claim.
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Support for Spot VMs
Provide support for the more cost-efficient Spot VMs.
Also brings it on par with VM creation process/capabilities in Azure portal/CLI.3 votes -
delete unused VMs in DevTest Labs
As an extension to the expiry date in DTL, an option to auto-delete VMs not used for xx days would be awesome.
Maybe even a warning e-mail to the VM owner before the deletion3 votesThanks for submitting your feedback.
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Define Up Time Range
VMs at this point allow only Daily Shutdown time. You should allow an UP Time range also. Helps keep a running schedule with weekends Shutdown etc. or allow a day wise schedule. Reduces the logistics.
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There must be an option to have multiple snapshot states
There must be an option to have multiple snapshot states
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Custom advanced notice for auto-shutdown notification
It looks like the only option for the auto-shutdown notification is the default 30mins. It would be great if I could adjust it (to say 2 hrs) so that I can get the notification during my workday when I'm still checking email.
2 votesThanks for your feedback. For those who would like to see this sooner, please vote for it.
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Feature Request : Auto turn off rule like "turn off after 30 minutes from logoff"
Feature Request : Auto turn off rule like "turn off in 30 minutes after last logoff"
2 votesThanks for your feedback. We will add this to our backlog and prioritize based on number of votes. For those who would like to see this feature sooner please vote for it.
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Attach Multiple Data Disks With ARM Template / Via Portal
There are no options to create and attach data disks when creating a new resource within the DTL GUI.
When using an ARM template to deploy a VM with an attached data disk it appears I am only able to attach one disk using the following syntax:
"dataDiskParameters": [
{
"attachNewDataDiskOptions":
{
"diskSizeGiB": "32",
"diskName": "[concat(parameters('newVMName'), '-IIS')]",
"diskType": "Standard"
}
}
],Attempting to add multiple lines to create other disks is ignored and only one disk is ever added.
It would be very useful for my users if they were able to specify whether they would like to attach…
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automatic start and shut down during the weekend
different time for automatic start and shut down during the weekend
2 votesThanks for the feedback. We have this feature on our backlog and needs to be prioritized with other features. If you would like to see this sooner, please vote for it.
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Different Start-up Time for Different Days
Would be good if you could make it so the auto-start time can be different for different days. e.g. starts at 7am Mon-Fri and 1pm Sat-Sun.
You already show the time next to each day, but unfortunately can only change the time for all days together.
Reason: The VM is used for Dev, and sometimes dev team work on weekends in the afternoon only.
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Instead of shutdown why we can't use hibernate option
On Auto shutdown of VM we might loss the current work we are doing, instead of shut down can't we use Hibernate option.
So that there will be less chances of losing unsaved work.
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auto-shutdown VM's when not logged in or not in use for specified time
As a developer I would test my product in virtual machines and left the virtual machine in on state for couple of days but I would have logged out of the machine. So It would be great if you could provide an option to aut-shutdown the machine when it is not logged in or it is idel for specified time.
1 vote
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