{"id":5230,"date":"2015-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:30:07","slug":"dev-test-starts-with-it-cloud-development-and-test-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/dev-test-starts-with-it-cloud-development-and-test-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev-Test Starts with IT: Cloud development and test environments"},"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 you can get the most out of dev-test in minutes \u2014 not hours or days.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/b3676513-5962-4543-ac45-668f854fa24a.webp\" alt=\"Blog series announcement\n\" class=\"wp-image-9448 webp-format\" style=\"width:390px;height:auto\" title=\"IaaS_BlogSeries\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/b3676513-5962-4543-ac45-668f854fa24a.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pace and economics of creating consistent dev-test environments in the cloud contrast sharply against the traditional costs and challenges of physical environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud resources offer speedy and cost-effective options that are easy to explore. 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