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title: Set up a lab with Adobe Creative Cloud using Azure Lab Services | Microsoft Docs
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description: Learn how to set up a lab for digital arts and media classes that use Adobe Creative Cloud.
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author: nicolela
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 04/21/2021
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title: Set up a lab with Adobe Creative Cloud
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titleSuffix: Azure Lab Services
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description: Learn how to set up a lab in Azure Lab Services for digital arts and media classes that use Adobe Creative Cloud.
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services: lab-services
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ms.service: lab-services
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author: ntrogh
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 02/17/2023
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# Set up a lab for Adobe Creative Cloud
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# Set up a lab for Adobe Creative Cloud in Azure Lab Services
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[!INCLUDE [preview note](./includes/lab-services-new-update-focused-article.md)]
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In this article, you learn how to set up a class that uses Adobe Creative Cloud. [Adobe Creative Cloud](https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html) is a collection of desktop applications and web services used for photography, design, video, web, user experience (UX), and more. Universities and K-12 schools use Creative Cloud in digital arts and media classes. Some of Creative Cloud’s media processes might require more computational and visualization (GPU) power than a typical tablet, laptop, or workstation support. With Azure Lab Services, you have flexibility to choose from various virtual machine (VM) sizes, including GPU sizes.
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[Adobe Creative Cloud](https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html) is a collection of desktop applications and web services used for photography, design, video, web, user experience (UX), and more. Universities and K-12 schools use Creative Cloud in digital arts and media classes. Some of Creative Cloud’s media processes may require more computational and visualization (GPU) power than a typical tablet, laptop, or workstation support. With Azure Lab Services, you have flexibility to choose from various virtual machine (VM) sizes, including GPU sizes.
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## Create Cloud licensing in a lab VM
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In this article, we’ll show how to set up a class that uses Creative Cloud.
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To use Creative Cloud on a lab VM, you must use [Named User Licensing](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/technical-support-boundaries-virtualized-server-based.html#main_Licensing_considerations), which is the only type of licensing that supports deployment on a virtual machine.
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## Licensing
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Each lab VM has internet access so that lab users can activate Creative Cloud apps by signing into the software. When a user signs in, their authentication token is cached in the user profile so that they don’t have to sign in again on their VM.
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To use Creative Cloud on a lab VM, you must use [Named User Licensing](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/technical-support-boundaries-virtualized-server-based.html#main_Licensing_considerations), which is the only type of licensing that supports deployment on a virtual machine. Each lab VM has internet access so that your students can activate Creative Cloud apps by signing into the software. Once a student signs in, their authentication token is cached in the user profile so that they don’t have to sign in again on their VM. Read [Adobe’s article on licensing](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/licensing.html) for more details.
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Read [Adobe’s article on licensing](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/using/licensing.html) for more details.
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## Lab configuration
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To set up this lab, you need an Azure subscription and lab account to get started. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a [free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) before you begin.
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[!INCLUDE [must have subscription](./includes/lab-services-class-type-subscription.md)]
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### Lab plan settings
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Once you get have Azure subscription, you can create a new lab plan in Azure Lab Services. For more information about creating a new lab plan, see the tutorial on [how to set up a lab plan](./tutorial-setup-lab-plan.md). You can also use an existing lab plan.
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[!INCLUDE [must have lab plan](./includes/lab-services-class-type-lab-plan.md)]
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Enable the settings described in the table below for the lab plan. For more information about how to enable marketplace images, see the article on [how to specify Marketplace images available to lab creators](./specify-marketplace-images.md).
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This lab uses a Windows 10 Azure Marketplace images as the base VM image. You first need to enable this image in your lab plan. This lets lab creators then select the image as a base image for their lab.
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| Lab plan setting | Instructions |
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| Marketplace image | Enable the Windows 10 image, if not done already.|
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Follow these steps to [enable these Azure Marketplace images available to lab creators](specify-marketplace-images.md). Select one of the **Windows 10** Azure Marketplace images.
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### Lab settings
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For instructions on how to create a lab, see [Tutorial: Set up a lab](tutorial-setup-lab.md). Use the following settings when creating the lab.
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1. Create a lab for your lab plan:
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[!INCLUDE [create lab](./includes/lab-services-class-type-lab.md)] Specify the following lab settings:
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|Virtual Machine Size| **Small GPU (Visualization)**. This VM is best suited for remote visualization, streaming, gaming, encoding using frameworks such as OpenGL and DirectX.|
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|Virtual Machine Image| Windows 10 |
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|Virtual Machine Size| **Small GPU (Visualization)**. This VM is best suited for remote visualization, streaming, gaming, encoding using frameworks such as OpenGL and DirectX.|
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|Virtual Machine Image| Windows 10 |
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The size of VM that you need to use for your lab depends on the types of projects that users create. Most [Creative Cloud apps](https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html) support GPU-based acceleration and require a GPU for features to work properly. To ensure that you select the appropriate VM size, we recommend that you test the projects that users create, to ensure adequate performance. Learn more about [which VM size is recommended](./administrator-guide.md#vm-sizing) for using Creative Cloud.
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The size of VM that you need to use for your lab depends on the types of projects that your students will create. Most [Creative Cloud apps](https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html) support GPU-based acceleration and require a GPU for features to work properly. To ensure that you select the appropriate VM size, we recommend that you test the projects that your students will create to ensure adequate performance. The below table shows the recommended [VM size](./administrator-guide.md#vm-sizing) to use with Creative Cloud.
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1. When you create a lab with the **Small GPU (Visualization)** size, follow these steps to [set up a lab with GPUs](./how-to-setup-lab-gpu.md).
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> [!WARNING]
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> The **Small GPU (Visualization)** virtual machine size is configured to enable a high-performing graphics experience and meets [Adobe’s system requirements for each application](https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html). Make sure to choose Small GPU (Visualization) not Small GPU (Compute). For more information about this virtual machine size, see the article on [how to set up a lab with GPUs](./how-to-setup-lab-gpu.md).
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> [!WARNING]
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> The **Small GPU (Visualization)** virtual machine size is configured to enable a high-performing graphics experience and meets [Adobe’s system requirements for each application](https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html). Make sure to choose Small GPU (Visualization) not Small GPU (Compute).
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When you create the lab, we recommend that you install the GPU drivers by selecting the **Install GPU drivers** option in the lab creation wizard. You should also validate that the GPU drivers are correctly installed. For more information, read the following sections:
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When you create the lab, we recommend that you install the GPU drivers by selecting the **Install GPU drivers** option in the lab creation wizard. You should also validate that the correct installation of the GPU drivers. For more information, read the following sections:
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Installing Creative Cloud requires the use of a deployment package. Typically, the deployment package is created by your IT department using Adobe’s Admin Console. When IT creates the deployment package, they also have the option to enable self-service. There are a few ways to enable self-service for the deployment package:
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With self-service enabled, you don’t install the entire Creative Cloud collection of apps. Instead, students can install apps themselves using the Creative Cloud desktop app. Here are some key benefits with this approach:
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With self-service enabled, you don’t install the entire Creative Cloud collection of apps. Instead, users can install apps themselves using the Creative Cloud desktop app. Here are some key benefits with this approach:
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- The entire Creative Cloud install is about 25 GB. If students install only the apps they need on-demand, this helps optimize disk space. Lab VMs have a disk size of 128 GB.
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- You can choose to install a subset of the apps on the template VM before publishing. This way the student VMs will have some apps installed by default and students can add more apps on their own as needed.
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- You can avoid republishing the template VM because students can install more apps on their VM at any point during the lifetime of the lab. Otherwise, either IT or the teacher would need to install more apps on the template VM and republish. Republishing causes the students’ VMs to be reset and any work that isn’t saved externally is lost.
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- The entire Creative Cloud install is about 25 GB. If users install only the apps they need on-demand, this helps optimize disk space. Lab VMs have a maximum disk size of 128 GB.
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- You can choose to install a subset of the apps on the template VM before publishing. This way the lab VMs have some apps installed by default and users can add more apps on their own as needed.
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- You can avoid republishing the template VM because users can install more apps on their VM at any point during the lifetime of the lab. Otherwise, either IT or the lab creator needs to install more apps on the template VM and republish. Republishing causes the users’ VMs to be reset and any work that isn’t saved externally is lost.
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As mentioned earlier, Azure Lab VMs have a disk size of 128 GB. If your students need extra storage for saving large media assets or they need to access shared media assets, you should consider using external file storage. For more information, read the following articles:
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Lab virtual machines have a maximum disk size of 128 GB. If users need extra storage for saving large media assets or they need to access shared media assets, you should consider using external file storage. For more information, read the following articles:
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- [Using external file storage in Azure Lab Services](how-to-attach-external-storage.md)
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- When self-service is *enabled*, the template VM’s image will have Creative Cloud desktop installed. Teachers can then reuse this image to create labs and to choose which Creative Cloud apps to install. This helps reduce IT overhead since teachers can independently set up labs and have full control over installing the Creative Cloud apps required for their classes.
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Adobe Creative Cloud may show the following error: *Your graphics processor is incompatible* when the GPU drivers or the GPU isn't configured correctly.
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> This cost estimate is for example purposes only. For current details on pricing, see [Azure Lab Services Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/lab-services/).
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## Next steps
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