Schedule only certain machines in virtual machine pool

Joseph Harrison 46 Reputation points
2020-05-12T22:28:51.293+00:00

Suppose I have a lab with 20 virtual machines. Now I need to schedule 10 of those machines for a training event on day X. Is my only option to schedule all 20, and then on day X manually shut down the 10 that I don't need? I guess I could create another lab with the 10 machines I need and schedule that lab on day X. Is there any way to schedule a subset of the machines in a lab?

Azure Lab Services
Azure Lab Services
An Azure service that is used to set up labs for classrooms, trials, development and testing, and other scenarios.
225 questions

2 answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Joseph Harrison 46 Reputation points
    2020-05-14T21:56:36.767+00:00

    I am sorry, but your response doesn't answer the question. What I am trying to find out is whether or not you can schedule a SUBSET of a lab's virtual machine pool. So, schedule half of the pool. I know it can't be done in the lab portal, but I was wondering if it could be done with API methods or PowerShell commands.

  2. kobulloc-MSFT 13,586 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-05-14T19:39:02.937+00:00

    You can change your lab capacity by navigating to Virtual machine pool > Click on Lab capacity at the top > Set your desired number of machines > Save.

    8171-answer02.png