Dashboard for labs

This article describes the dashboard view of a lab in Azure Lab Services.

Screen capture shows the dashboard view of a lab in Azure Lab Services

Costs and billing tile

This tile provides the following cost estimate details:

Setting Value
Quota hours The maximum number of hours a user can use the VM outside the scheduled hours.
Scheduled hours Hours that will be incurred based on the schedule set in the lab. This value is only available if there is a from/to date set on all the schedule events.
Hours/user The sum of quota hours and scheduled hours.
Maximum users Maximum number of users in the lab based on all virtual machines to be claimed.
Hours x users Hours/user multiplied by the number of users.
Adjusted quota The sum of the quota hours added to specific users.
Total hours * $/hour The cost per hour based on the VM size selected. This is based on the regular pay as you go price.
Total estimated cost This is the maximum price for this lab based on current settings.

Template tile

You see the following information on this tile:

  • The date on which the template was created
  • The date on which the template was last published

It also has a link to navigate to the Template page where you can manage the template VM for the class.

Virtual machine pool tile

You see the following information on this tile:

  • Number of virtual machines that are assigned to students (users)
  • Number of virtual machines that haven't been assigned to students yet

It also has a link to navigate to the Virtual machine pool page where you can manage the pool of virtual machines in the lab.

Users tile

You see the following information on this tile:

  • Number of users registered to the class
  • Number of users who are added to the lab but not registered to the class

It also has a link to navigate to the Users page where you can manage users for the lab.

Schedules tile

You see the current scheduled events for the lab on the tile. It also has a link to navigate to the Schedule page where you can create and manage schedules. The tile shows you details for only two scheduled events and the number of remaining scheduled events for the lab.

Scheduled events