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Visual Studio Lab Management is a software development tool developed byMicrosoft for software testers to create and manage virtual environments. Lab Management extends the existingVisual Studio Application Lifecycle Management platform to enable an integratedHyper-V based test lab.Since Visual Studio 2012, it is already shipped as a part of it; and, can be set up afterAzure DevOps and SCVMM are integrated.^[1]

A virtual environment is a collection of virtual machines (VMs). EachVirtual Machine in a virtual environment represents a role required for the application that is to be tested, developed or run. Lab Management can be used to start all the virtual machines in a virtual environment to run an application, or test an application. Lab Management usesSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to allow access to virtual machines or templates in a library as golden masters. These golden masters are created by using either Hyper-V or SCVMM. SCVMM is used to deploy the virtual machines and templates in the environments on the specified host group.

Visual Studio Lab Management is integrated withSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to enable management of multiple physical computers that host virtual machines and to manage the storage of virtual machines, virtual machine templates, and other configuration files in SCVMM library servers.^[2] It enables users to:

• Reproduce the exact conditions of a bug or other development issue
• Build, deploy, and test applications automatically in a clean environment
• Reduce the time required to create and configure machines for testing an application
• Run multiple copies of a test or development at the same time
• Create and manage virtual environments without requiring system administrator privileges

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• Configuring and administering lab management

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• Bug and issue tracking software
• Build automation
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• Proprietary version control systems
• Unit testing frameworks

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