DevTest Labs Roadmap

Azure DevTest Labs is a free service that can help teams organize and optimize the use of Azure VMs and other Azure resources for development and test purposes. The service could make Azure a cost- and time-saving alternative for teams using on-premises labs, and it could improve practices for teams that have already adopted Azure for development and test processes. Although there is no cost for the DevTest Labs service itself other Azure resources used through and by DevTest Labs incur costs at their normal rates. Some services offer a licensing option specifically designed for DevTest Labs, which can reduce costs.

Product: DevTest Labs

Near Term (2025–2026)

In early 2025, Microsoft introduced previews for several new capabilities, including:

• Improved support for newer generations (Generation 2) of Azure VMs, which offer increased memory along with additional hardware security capabilities.
• The ability to hibernate a VM, pausing its execution while preserving its state