Create a lab of preconfigured virtual machines

Easily provide on-demand or scheduled access to preconfigured virtual machines to support your scenarios. Teach a class, train professionals, run a hackathon, or host a hands-on lab—simply define your needs and the service will distribute the lab in the cloud to the recipients.

• Immediate access to virtual machines for invited users, with no need to share your Azure subscription
• Custom templates to quickly provision lab virtual machines and use repeatedly across labs
• Scheduling feature to automatically shut down and start virtual machines and limit usage hours
• Quick provisioning and scaling to hundreds of virtual machines—the service manages all underlying infrastructure

Features

• **Simplify the user experience: **Invite users to access lab resources right away. When they sign in, they'll see a full list of virtual machines they can access across multiple labs to connect and start working—no Azure subscription needed.
• **Optimize and track costs: **Manage your lab budget with usage-control features. Schedule designated usage times, or set up recurring automatic shutdowns and start times. Track individuals’ hourly usage, or limit usage by setting up quotas.
• **Get automatic management and scaling: **As a managed service, Lab Services gives you automatic provisioning and management of your lab's infrastructure. Just prepare the right lab experience for your users and the service will handle the rest, rolling out and scaling your lab to hundreds of virtual machines.