Azure Lab Services – Lab Plan Outage

Azure Lab Services Blog > Azure Lab Services - Lab Plan Outage https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-lab-services-blog/azure-lab-services-lab-plan-outage/ba-p/4139058 Azure Lab Service is experiencing an outage that is affecting Lab Plans, but not Lab Accounts. This outage intermittently impacts all operations in the following regions: Australia East East US North Europe South Central US Southeast Asia UAE North UK South West …

Azure Lab Services (Lab Account) – Planned Outage – May 24th, 2024

Azure Lab Services Blog > Azure Lab Services (Lab Account) - Planned Outage - May 24th, 2024 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-lab-services-blog/azure-lab-services-lab-account-planned-outage-may-24th-2024/ba-p/4118873 Dear Users,   We will be updating the Lab Account service on May 24th, 2024, from 1PM to 11PM UTC. During this time, please expect downtime affecting common operations. The service will be fully operational after the …

Outage – GPU labs that use lab accounts

Azure Lab Services Blog > Outage - GPU labs that use lab accounts https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-lab-services-blog/outage-gpu-labs-that-use-lab-accounts/ba-p/4020895 If you are using a lab account with our service and are utilizing one of these virtual machine sizes: Small GPU (Compute) Small GPU (Visualization) Medium GPU (Visualization) You may get an allocation error, similar to this, when starting the virtual machine in …

Daylight savings time adjustments and Lab Schedules

Azure Lab Services Blog > Daylight savings time adjustments and Lab Schedules https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-lab-services-blog/daylight-savings-time-adjustments-and-lab-schedules/ba-p/4001496 We became aware of an issue where some customers reported that their schedules were not starting on time.  We noticed that this appeared to be happening after daylight savings time (DST) came to end on November 5th in the United States and …

Troubleshooting Guide for Virtual Machine Connectivity (RDP/SSH)

Azure Lab Services Blog > Troubleshooting Guide for Virtual Machine Connectivity (RDP/SSH) https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-lab-services-blog/troubleshooting-guide-for-virtual-machine-connectivity-rdp-ssh/ba-p/3949742 Azure Lab Services requires RDP & SSH access to connect to the lab template and student virtual machines (this applies whether using advanced networking or not). There are a common set of issues and pitfalls that affect the connectivity for students & …

Using student accounts without admin privileges

Azure Lab Services Blog > Using student accounts without admin privileges https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-lab-services-blog/using-student-accounts-without-admin-privileges/ba-p/3941048 In the version of Azure Lab Services that uses lab plans, you have the option for students to use a non-admin account on their VMs.  With a non-admin account, students don’t have full control over the VM and instead only have privileges to …

Use labs without registering/joining to AD/AAD

Azure Lab Services Blog > Use labs without registering/joining to AD/AAD https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-lab-services-blog/use-labs-without-registering-joining-to-ad-aad/ba-p/3880261 To make labs easy to set up and manage, Azure Lab Services is designed with no requirement to register/join lab VMs to either Active Directory (AD) or Azure Active Directory (AAD, or now also called Entra Id).  As a result, Azure Lab Services …