Getting Started with DevTest Labs for Azure

Introduced Azure DevTest Labs as a solution for creating, deploying, and testing application builds. It allows for reusable environment templates, cost control through spending limits (VMs per user/lab) and scheduled VM shutdowns, and integration with existing release pipelines via plugins or APIs. The post details steps for navigating to DevTest Labs, creating a lab, and creating a VM with specific parameters like Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise Base, A2 size, and the Chocolatey artifact for Azure PowerShell installation. It also mentions future plans for build tasks to create Lab VMs and more cost/resource control facilities.