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1. In the **User registration** dialog box, select the **Copy** button. The link is copied to the clipboard. Paste it in an email editor, and send an email to the student. Students use the link to navigate to the page that helps them with registering with the lab.
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1. In the **User registration** dialog box, select the **Copy** button. The link is copied to the clipboard. Paste it in an email editor, and send an email to the student.
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# Manage classroom labs in Azure Lab Services
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This article describes how to create and delete a classroom lab. It also shows you how to view all the classroom labs in a lab account.
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## Prerequisites
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To set up a classroom lab in a lab account, you must be a member of the **Lab Creator** role in the lab account. The account you used to create a lab account is automatically added to this role. A lab owner can add other users to the Lab Creator role by using steps in the following article: [Add a user to the Lab Creator role](tutorial-setup-lab-account.md#add-a-user-to-the-lab-creator-role).
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