how-to-manage-vm-pool-within-canvas.md

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Manage a VM pool in Azure Lab Services from Canvas	Learn how to manage a VM pool in Azure Lab Services from Canvas.	how-to	01/21/2022

Manage a VM pool in Lab Services from Canvas

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Virtual machine (VM) creation starts as soon as the lab is published. VMs equaling the number of students in the course list will be created.

Update VM pool

Azure Lab Services periodically syncs the users from the Canvas course. After the sync operation completes, VMs will be created or removed to match the Canvas course roster. Educators can manually sync users to cause the VM pool to be updated.

Access VMs

Educators can access student VMs directly from the Virtual machine pool tab. For more information, see Manage a VM pool in Azure Lab Services

:::image type="content" source="./media/how-to-manage-vm-pool-within-canvas/vm-pool.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the vm pool in the Azure Lab Services app.":::

As part of the publish process, Canvas educators are assigned their own lab VMs. The VM can be accessed by clicking on the My Virtual Machines button (top/right corner of the screen).

:::image type="content" source="./media/how-to-manage-vm-pool-within-canvas/my-vms.png" alt-text="Screenshot of My Virtual Machines for educator.":::

Next steps

See the following articles:

• Use Azure Lab Services within Canvas overview
• Get started and create a Lab Services lab from Canvas
• Manage Lab Services user lists from Canvas
• Create Lab Services schedules from Canvas
• Access a VM (student view) in Lab Services from Canvas