{"id":5172,"date":"2015-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:50:10","slug":"dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sixty-five percent of developers say it\u2019s too complicated and time-consuming to get dev-test resources.* It doesn\u2019t have to be. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This blog series will provide guidance on setting up dev-test environments with the help of the Microsoft cloud so that you can get the most out of dev-test in minutes\u2014not hours or days.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp\" alt=\"Blog Series banner\" title=\"IaaS_BlogSeries\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network (see our previous blog entry for <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-how-to-create-a-dev-test-environment-in-azure?wt.mc_id=WW_CE_IAAS_OO_BLOG_NONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resources to help you create a cloud-only virtual network<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azure offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/new-set-of-hybrid-cloud-test-environments\/?wt.mc_id=WW_CE_IAAS_OO_BLOG_NONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new set of hybrid cloud test environments<\/a> for you to create. You can simulate a real hybrid production environment for dev-test in Azure by following the step-by-step instructions to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/articles\/virtual-networks-setup-hybrid-cloud-environment-testing\/?wt.mc_id=WW_CE_IAAS_OO_BLOG_NONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing<\/a>. The hybrid environment uses your local Internet connection and one of your public IP addresses to set up a functioning, cross-premises Azure virtual network. You create the simplified intranet portion of this configuration with three computers on an isolated subnet, which you can host on a single Hyper-V or other virtualization server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can expand or adapt this base configuration to create dev-test environments or proof-of-concept configurations for hybrid cloud-based IT workloads. This is a great way to experiment with Azure features, perform application development and testing, experiment with simplified IT workloads, and gauge the performance of a site-to-site VPN connection relative to your location on the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do not have a direct Internet connection or available public IP address, as an alternative, you can also create <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/simulated-hybrid-cloud-test-environment\/?wt.mc_id=WW_CE_IAAS_OO_BLOG_NONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a simulated hybrid cloud<\/a>. Follow these step-by-step instructions to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/articles\/virtual-networks-setup-simulated-hybrid-cloud-environment-testing\/?wt.mc_id=WW_CE_IAAS_OO_BLOG_NONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set up a simulated hybrid cloud environment for testing<\/a>. This configuration uses only Azure infrastructure components to create the simplified intranet in an additional Azure virtual network (VNet) and then links the two with a VNet-to-VNet connection. This configuration does not give you the experience of a true cross-premises virtual network, but you can still use it to perform dev-test functions and run simplified IT workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for the next post in the <em>Dev-Test Starts with IT<\/em> series about setting up a SharePoint farm in a hybrid cloud for testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/free-trial\/?wt.mc_id=WW_CE_IAAS_OO_BLOG_NONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start a free Azure trial<\/a>.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/solutions\/dev-test\/?wt.mc_id=WW_CE_IAAS_OO_BLOG_NONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about dev-test on Azure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Source: Business Case for Test Environment Management Whitepaper, Cognizant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads. Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_id":[],"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_alt_title":"","footnotes":"","msx_community_cta_settings":[]},"categories":[1551,1456],"tags":[],"audience":[3055],"content-type":[1511],"product":[1657],"tech-community":[],"topic":[],"coauthors":[97],"class_list":["post-5172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developer-tools","category-devops","audience-developers","content-type-best-practices","product-azure-devtest-labs","review-flag-free-1680286579-836","review-flag-new-1680286579-546","review-flag-percent"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing | Microsoft Azure Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads. Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing | Microsoft Azure Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads. Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft Azure Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-08T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-17T16:50:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Microsoft Azure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@azure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@azure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Microsoft Azure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/microsoft-azure\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"Microsoft Azure\"}],\"headline\":\"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-08T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-17T16:50:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/\"},\"wordCount\":409,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Developer tools\",\"DevOps\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/\",\"name\":\"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing | Microsoft Azure Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-08T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-17T16:50:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads. Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Developer tools\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/developer-tools\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Azure Blog\",\"description\":\"Get the latest Azure news, updates, and announcements from the Azure blog. From product updates to hot topics, hear from the Azure experts.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Azure Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Microsoft Azure Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/azure\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/microsoftdeveloper\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/16188386\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/windowsazure\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c702e5edd662b328b49b7e1180cab117\",\"name\":\"shakir\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g7664e653ea371ce16eaf75e9fa8952c4\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"shakir\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/shakir\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing | Microsoft Azure Blog","description":"Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads. Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing | Microsoft Azure Blog","og_description":"Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads. Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network.","og_url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure","article_published_time":"2015-10-08T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-17T16:50:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Microsoft Azure","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@azure","twitter_site":"@azure","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Microsoft Azure","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/microsoft-azure\/","@type":"Person","@name":"Microsoft Azure"}],"headline":"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing","datePublished":"2015-10-08T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-17T16:50:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/"},"wordCount":409,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp","articleSection":["Developer tools","DevOps"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/","name":"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing | Microsoft Azure Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp","datePublished":"2015-10-08T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-17T16:50:10+00:00","description":"Creating dev-test environments that mimic production often present challenges due to scalability and complexity, especially for hybrid applications and workloads. Azure makes it easy to create a cross-premises virtual network that connects to and extends your on-premises network.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/694f926d-a3a1-42da-bcd4-4e42c5bb46b0.webp"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-set-up-a-hybrid-cloud-environment-for-testing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog home","item":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Developer tools","item":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/developer-tools\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Set up a hybrid cloud environment for testing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","description":"Get the latest Azure news, updates, and announcements from the Azure blog. From product updates to hot topics, hear from the Azure experts.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Microsoft Azure Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure","https:\/\/x.com\/azure","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/microsoftdeveloper\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/16188386","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/windowsazure"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c702e5edd662b328b49b7e1180cab117","name":"shakir","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g7664e653ea371ce16eaf75e9fa8952c4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"shakir"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com"],"url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/shakir\/"}]}},"msxcm_display_generated_audio":false,"msxcm_animated_featured_image":null,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46513,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172\/revisions\/46513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"tech-community","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tech-community?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}