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2 | 2 | title: Azure DevTest Labs concepts
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3 | 3 | description: Learn the basic concepts of DevTest Labs, and how it can make it easy to create, manage, and monitor Azure virtual machines
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4 | 4 | ms.topic: conceptual
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| -ms.date: 10/27/2021 |
| 5 | +ms.date: 10/29/2021 |
6 | 6 | ---
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8 | 8 | # DevTest Labs concepts
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10 | 10 | This article lists key DevTest Labs concepts and definitions:
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12 | 12 | ## Lab
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| -The infrastructure that encompasses a group of resources, such as Virtual Machines (VMs), that lets you better manage those resources by specifying limits and quotas. |
| 13 | +A lab is the infrastructure that encompasses a group of resources, such as Virtual Machines (VMs), that lets you better manage those resources by specifying limits and quotas. |
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15 | 15 | ## Virtual machine
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16 | 16 | An Azure VM is one type of [on-demand, scalable computing resources](/azure/architecture/guide/technology-choices/compute-decision-tree) that Azure offers. Azure VMs give you the flexibility of virtualization without having to buy and maintain the physical hardware that runs it.
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18 | 18 | [Overview of Windows virtual machines in Azure](../virtual-machines/windows/overview.md) gives you information to consider before you create a VM, how you create it, and how you manage it.
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20 | 20 | ## Claimable VM
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| -An Azure Claimable VM is a virtual machine available to any lab user with permissions. Lab admins can prepare VMs with specific base images and artifacts and then save them to a shared pool. Then the lab users can claim a VM from the pool when they need one with that specific configuration. |
| 21 | +An Azure Claimable VM is a virtual machine available to any lab user with permissions. Lab admins can prepare VMs with specific base images and artifacts and then save them to a shared pool. Lab users can claim a VM from the pool when they need one with that specific configuration. |
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23 | 23 | A VM that is claimable isn't initially assigned to any particular user, but will show up in every user's list under "Claimable virtual machines". After a VM is claimed by a user, it's moved up to **My virtual machines** and is no longer claimable by any other user.
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49 | 49 | Policies help in controlling cost in your lab. For example, you can create a policy to automatically shut down VMs based on a defined schedule.
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51 | 51 | ## Caps
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| -A mechanism to minimize waste in your lab. For example, you can set a cap to restrict the number of VMs that can be created per user, or in a lab. |
| 52 | +Caps is a mechanism to minimize waste in your lab. For example, you can set a cap to restrict the number of VMs that can be created per user, or in a lab. |
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54 | 54 | ## Security levels
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55 | 55 | Security access is determined by Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC). To understand how access works, it helps to understand the differences between a permission, a role, and a scope as defined by Azure RBAC.
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