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Azure DevTest Labs available in new Canada, India, and US regions
Azure DevTest Labs is available in new regions of Canada, India, and the US that support the required Azure resources used in the labs.
Azure DevTest Labs: More running VMs are supported in a single lab
Azure DevTest Labs now allows you to run more VMs with maximum IOPS in a single lab by automatically scaling the storage accounts where lab VMs are created.
Azure DevTest Labs: Personal secret store
In Azure DevTest Labs, you can use a personal secret store to save your secret and use it later when you're creating a VM or using artifacts.
Azure DevTest Labs: Set expiration date for a virtual machine
You can set an expiration date and time for a virtual machine in Azure DevTest Labs.
Azure DevTest Labs: Custom cost-tracking time range and cost threshold notification
Azure DevTest Labs now supports more cost-management capabilities, including actions applied to the cost threshold (shown on the trending chart or send notification) and custom cost-tracking time ranges.
July 2016
Azure DevTest Labs: Attach additional data disk to your lab VM
In Azure DevTest Labs, you can attach additional data disks to your lab VMs, including new and existing data disks in the lab.
June 2016
Two more things to keep your cost on track in DevTest Labs
Today, we are delighted to announce two more features to keep your cost on track in DevTest Labs.
May 2016
General availability: Azure DevTest Labs
Azure DevTest Labs, your self-service sandbox environment in Azure to quickly create dev/test environments while minimizing waste and controlling costs, has entered general availability.
April 2016
Azure DevTest Labs available in six more regions
Azure DevTest Labs is now live in all 15 public regions that support Azure compute with Resource Manager, including Australia, Brazil, and more regions in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Azure DevTest Labs: Introducing formulas to create VMs productively
Azure DevTest Labs enables a new way to create VMs: through formulas. A formula is a template that captures all the settings that you specify when you create a lab VM. It provides all the benefits to make VM provisioning even more productive and flexible.
March 2016
Azure DevTest Labs: Monthly Estimated Cost Trend chart
With Azure DevTest Labs, you can monitor cost using cost thresholds.
Azure DevTest Labs: Create custom images from a lab VM
DevTest Labs becomes a even better place for you to prepare and create your VM images (VHDs) from your lab VMs.
Azure DevTest Labs: Use Azure Marketplace images to create VMs in the lab
You can manage and use Azure Marketplace images in DevTest Labs to create lab VMs.
Azure DevTest Labs: Use your existing virtual network
With Azure DevTest Labs, you can use your existing virtual network in a lab.
Azure DevTest Labs: Schedule VM auto-start
You can use Azure DevTest Labs to set a VM auto-start policy.
January 2016
Azure DevTest Labs: January 2016 update
New features are available in Azure DevTest Labs, including the capability to apply artifacts to an existing lab VM, better support for artifact repository management, more Resource Manager template support and samples, and premium storage support.
November 2015
Public preview: Azure DevTest Labs
Azure DevTest Labs gives developers on-demand, self-service, Azure-based test environments.
Public preview: Azure DevTest Labs
Azure DevTest Labs is a service that helps developers and testers quickly create environments in Azure while minimizing waste and controlling cost.
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