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Azure DevTest Labs: Use Azure CLI to claim VMs in a lab
The latest version of Azure CLI 2.0 includes commands for Azure DevTest Labs users to claim VMs in a lab.
Azure DevTest Labs: Streamlined nested support for Resource Manager template deployment
Azure DevTest Labs now makes it much easier for you to provision multiple-VM or PaaS environments from Azure Resource Manager templates, even with nested templates.
Azure DevTest Labs: Use Azure CLI to create and manage environments with multiple VMs or PaaS resources
The latest version of Azure CLI 2.0 includes commands for Azure DevTest Labs users to create and manage environments that contain multiple VMs or PaaS resources.
April 2017
Azure DevTest Labs: Use Azure CLI to create and manage lab VMs
The latest version of Azure CLI 2.0 includes commands for DevTest Labs users to create and manage lab VMs.
Azure DevTest Labs: Managed Disks supported in all labs
Azure DevTest Labs now supports Managed Disks in all labs, including VM OS disks, data disks, and custom images, in addition to new labs created since our last announcement.
March 2017
Azure DevTest Labs: Export lab VM usage data for reporting
DevTest Labs enables lab administrators to programmatically pull usage data as .csv files from labs into a secondary Azure storage account for reporting.
Azure DevTest Labs: Managed Disks supported in new labs
Azure DevTest Labs supports Managed Disks in newly created labs, including VM OS disks, data disks, and custom images. Managed Disks helps you manage storage accounts for large-scale VM deployments.
Azure DevTest Labs available in Korea South and Korea Central
Azure DevTest Labs is now available in Korea South and Korea Central, in addition to the other regions it has supported.
Azure DevTest Labs: Create multiple identical VMs at once from Azure portal
Now you can create multiple identical VMs (up to 100) in Azure DevTest Labs from the same VM image and artifacts all at once through Azure portal.
Azure DevTest Labs: Claim a random virtual machine through a single click
Now you can claim a random VM from the claimable VM pool through a single click in Azure DevTest Labs.
January 2017
Azure DevTest Labs: Set expiration date for new VMs from Azure portal
In Azure DevTest Labs, you can set VMs to expire on a specific date.
Azure DevTest Labs: Share a public IP address across lab VMs
Azure DevTest Labs now enables lab VMs to share the same public IP address, to help you reduce cost and avoid exceeding your public IP address quota.
December 2016
Azure DevTest Labs available in UK South and UK West
Azure DevTest Labs is available in UK South and UK West, in addition to the other 21 regions it has supported.
Azure DevTest Labs: Set auto-shutdown for a single lab VM
In Azure DevTest Labs, you can configure auto-shutdown for a single lab VM in addition to the auto-shutdown policy that applies to all the lab VMs.
Azure DevTest Labs: Create claimable lab VMs in a pool
DevTest Labs supports claimable lab VMs. Lab admins can put VMs in a shared pool, and lab users can pick a working VM from the pool whenever they need one.
November 2016
Set auto-shutdown for VMs created through Resource Manager
You can set virtual machines created through the Azure Resource Manager deployment model to shut down automatically.
Azure DevTest Labs: Create multiple-VM environments with Resource Manager templates
In Azure DevTest Labs, you can create your environments by using Azure Resource Manager templates.
October 2016
Azure DevTest Labs: Manage your data disks
You can easily view and manage data disks that you've created in Azure DevTest Labs.
Azure DevTest Labs: Easier troubleshooting of artifact installation
It's now easier to check the installation details of artifacts in Azure DevTest Labs.
August 2016
Azure DevTest Labs: Auto-shutdown notifications
DevTest Labs enables lab owners to set up auto-shutdown notifications. A notification will be sent to lab users 15 minutes before auto-shutdown if any of their VMs will be affected.
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