1. Azure DevTest Labs Overview
Makes it easier to control costs by allowing you to set policies on your lab - such as number of virtual machines (VM) per user and number of VMs per lab. DevTest Labs also allows you to create policies to automatically shut down and start VMs.
Enables you to create pre-provisioned environments with everything your team needs to start developing and testing applications.
Capture and share environment templates and artifacts within your team or organization - all in source control - to create developer and test environments easily
Leverage pre-made plug-ins or Azure APIs to provision Dev/Test environments directly from a preferred continuous integration (CI) tool, integrated development environment (IDE), or automated release pipeline. You can also use the Azure command-line tool 1

2. Challenges of running dev-test on premises
IT admin
Provision VMs
Developers
Request VMs
Your datacenter
VMs in dev-test environment
65%
of developers say it is too complicated and time-consuming to get development and test resources
Average utilization of dedicated dev-test infrastructure
10%
Compromised agility
Limited hardware budget
Limited software licensing
Resource contention with VMs
Realistic scale tests often challenging
Procurement delays
Your challenges
Source: Business Case for Test Environment Management Whitepaper, Cognizant 2

3. Azure DevTest Labs
Fast, easy, and lean dev-test environments in Azure.
Specifically for your team. On demand.
Developer/Tester
IT Admin 3

4. Azure DevTest Labs Fast Provisioning Share Templates
Worry-free self-service
Fast Provisioning
IT Admin
Share Templates
Integrate with your
toolchain
Developer/Tester 4