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Components common to Microsoft Dev Box and Azure Deployment Environments

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Microsoft Dev Box and Azure Deployment Environments are complementary services that share certain architectural components. Dev centers and projects are common to both services, and they help organize resources in an enterprise. You can configure dev centers and projects in the Azure portal.

Common components

The diagram shows the components of Dev Box and Deployment Environments. Dev centers and projects are common to both services. Both use managed identities to support authentication, and both services provide access for developers through the developer portal.

Diagram showing components of Microsoft Dev Box and Azure Deployment Environments.

The following table lists Dev Box and Deployment Environments components:

Component Dev Box Deployment Environments
Dev centers Yes Yes
Projects Yes Yes
Dev box pools Yes No
Dev box definitions Yes No
Dev boxes Yes No
Compute galleries Yes No
Managed identities Yes Yes
Environment types No Yes
Environments No Yes
Catalogs No Yes
Developer portal Yes Yes

How components appear in the Azure portal

As you work with Dev Box or Deployment Environments in the Azure portal, you can access components from both services.

In the dev center overview, you can access options to:

(1) Configure your dev boxes.

(2) Configure your environments.

Screenshot showing Dev Box and Deployment Environments components in a dev center.

In the projects overview, you can access options to:

(1) Configure environment types for a specific project.

(2) Manage dev box pools and environments.

Screenshot showing Dev Box and Deployment Environments components in a project.

You might also see informational messages that refer to a service you aren't using, like this one from the projects overview:

Screenshot showing an informational message.

If you're not configuring for the service named in the informational message, you can safely ignore it.

Developer portal

You can access your dev boxes and deployment environments through the developer portal. You see existing dev boxes and environments displayed as shown in this screenshot:

Screenshot showing dev boxes and environments in the developer portal.

You can create new dev boxes and environments through the developer portal menu at the top right.

Screenshot that shows the developer portal menu.

And you can manage your existing dev boxes and environments, too. Select the more actions menu on the relevant card. Here's an example of managing an environment:

Screenshot that shows options for managing an environment.

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