Audience
Teams or individuals who need a cloud lab service of preconfigured virtual machines to support their scenarios
About Azure Lab Services
Easily set up and provide on-demand access to preconfigured virtual machines (VMs) to support your scenarios. Teach a class, train professionals, run a hackathon or a hands-on lab, and more. Simply define your needs and the service will roll the lab out to your audience. Users access all their lab VMs from a single place. Immediate access to VMs for invited users, with no need to share your Azure subscription. Custom templates to quickly provision lab VMs and use repeatedly across labs. Scheduling feature to automatically shut down and start VMs and limit usage hours. Provisioning and scaling to hundreds of VMs with a single click—with the service managing all underlying infrastructure. Invite users to access lab resources right away. When they sign in, they’ll see a full list of VMs they can access across multiple labs. With one click they can connect and start working—no Azure subscription needed. Manage your lab budget with usage control features.