Azure lab Accounts

 

How to access the Lab Management portal

 

1. Navigate to the Azure Lab Service Website at https://labs.azure.com/
2. Select Sign in and enter your UC Davis computing account credentials.
   
   
3. Select your Class Lab
   

 

 

How to add and manage lab users (students)

 

When you add users, by default, the Restrict access option is turned on and, unless they're in the list of users, students can't register with the lab even if they have a registration link. Only listed users can register with the lab by using the registration link you send. You can turn off Restrict access, which allows students to register with the lab as long as they have the registration link.

 

1. In the left pane, click on Users.

 

2. Click Add users manually

 

3. Select Add by email address (default), enter the students’ email addresses on separate lines or on a single line separated by semicolons.

 

4. Click Save.
   
   The list displays the email addresses and statuses of the current users, whether they’re registered with the lab or not.

5. Select one or more users then click on the "Invite" button to send the users an email with a link to register for the Azure Lab.

How to add users by uploading a CSV file

 

You can also add users by uploading a CSV file that contains their email addresses.

 

A CSV text file is used to store comma-separated (CSV) tabular data (numbers and text). Instead of storing information in columns fields (such as in spreadsheets), a CSV file stores information separated by commas. Each line in a CSV file will have the same number of comma-separated "fields." You can use Excel to easily create and edit CSV files.

 

1. In Microsoft Excel, create a CSV file that lists students’ email addresses in one column.

 

2. At the top of the Users pane, select Add users, and then select Upload CSV.

 

3. Select the CSV file that contains the students' email addresses, and then select Open.
   
   
   • The Add users window displays the email address list from the CSV file.

 

4. Select Save.

 

5. In the Users pane, view the list of added students.

6. Select one or more users then click on the "Invite" button to send the users an email with a link to register for the Azure Lab.

How to start/stop all VMs

 

1. Switch to the Virtual machine pool page

 

2. Select Start all from the toolbar

 

3. After all VMs are started, you can stop all VMs by selecting the Stop all button on the toolbar

 

How to start/stop selected VMs

 

There are two ways to start selected VMs (one or more). First way is to select the VM or VMs in the list, and then select Start on the toolbar.

 

The second way is to select one or more VMs in the list, and toggle the button in the State column.

 

Similarly, you can stop one or more VMs by toggling the button in the State column or selecting Stop on the toolbar.

 

NOTE: When an educator turns on a student VM, quota for the student isn't affected. Quota for a user specifies the number of lab hours available to the user outside of the scheduled class time.

 

How to reset a VM

 

To reset one or more VMs, select them in the list, and then select Reset on the toolbar.

 

On the Reset virtual machine(s) dialog box, select Reset.

 

NOTE: Resetting a Virtual Machine will delete the VM (including all apps and data stored within the VM) and recreate the VM from the class template. 

How to connect to student VMs

 

Instructors can connect to a student VM if the following conditions are met:

• The Use same password for all virtual machines option was selected when creating the lab
• The VM is running

 

To connect to the student VM, hover the mouse on the VM in the list and select the computer button.

 

How to set quotas for student VMs

 

You can set an hour quota for each student by doing the following:

 

1. In the Users pane, select Quota per user: <number> hour(s) on the toolbar.

 

2. In the Quota per user window, specify the number of hours you want to give to each student outside the scheduled class time, and then select Save.

 

The changed values are now displayed on the Quota per user: <number of hours> button on the toolbar and in the users list, as shown here: