Let’s get a practical feel as a student, what’s the experience when using DevTest Lab
First of all, to clarify, if you want to use devtest lab, students still need to have Azure accounts, so you need to prepare accounts for students in advance
In addition, students need to be given corresponding permissions. Dev test lab actually has built-in permission templates, including users, participants, administrators, etc. Each permission can operate differently. For students , Just give a user permission
As for the VMs created by students, in fact, the permissions are automatically added to the students when they are created, so students can operate on the resources created by themselves. As for the resources created by other students, they are invisible and intangible. Can't manage
For the user, after logging in, you can directly find the devtest lab, you don't need to go to the virtual machine to operate, just add it in the dev test lab
At this time, you can see the previously configured formula
You can see that the settings here are all set in the previous formula
In advanced, you can also set the expiration time, etc., here is a claim option that can actually be talked about
This option is actually very useful, what exactly is it used for? In fact, it involves another use mode of dev test lab
The usage model we are currently simulating is to create a virtual machine by the student after logging in. After the creation is completed, the virtual machine will naturally belong to the student.
The claim method is equivalent to that the student does not create the virtual machine by himself, but the administrator creates the virtual machine uniformly. After the virtual machine is created, it can be set to the unclaim state. The simple understanding is the unallocated mode. The machine is turned off. After logging in, students can directly claim a specific machine or claim a machine randomly
For example, it's like going to an Internet cafe. Usually the machine is turned off. After paying the money, the network manager will randomly open one for you. This mode is actually a usage scenario for dev test lab.
After the creation is complete, you can see that the status is already creating
In the previous steps, some artifacts were actually set up in the formula, which is actually some third-party software
Some commonly used software is actually already built-in, so that after the deployment is completed, the virtual machine will automatically have these software built-in
When students want to create multiple virtual machines, they will be prompted by the policy to exceed the limit
After the teaching is completed, you can also automatically complete the recovery of teaching resources through auto shutdown or setting the virtual machine timeout time, which is simple, convenient and fast! The only pity is that there is no in China