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Thinking of deploying Microsoft Dev Box service but want to understand the licensing and subscription requirements first? Then, you have come to the right place. This blog post breaks it all down—clearly and simply—so you know exactly what you need and why, whether you’re an IT admin, platform engineer, developer, or a decision-maker. Microsoft ...

You asked, we built it. We’re thrilled to announce that Spain Central is now a supported region for Microsoft Dev Box! 🎉 That’s right — starting today, you can spin up Dev Boxes in Spain Central and get all the benefits of fast, secure, ready-to-code workstations, now closer to your European teams and data. To start creating dev boxes in C...

We're thrilled to announce the public preview of the Trusted Launch feature for Generation 2 (Gen2) Virtual machines (VMs) in Azure DevTest Labs! 🌟 This game-changing feature is designed to enhance security of virtual machines (VMs), protecting against advanced and persistent attack techniques. Here are the key benefits: Truste...

We're thrilled to announce that Azure DevTest Labs has joined the Visual Studio Developer Community to collect valuable feedback and suggestions from our customers. 🌟 This fantastic feedback portal is here to make your experience smoother and more engaging. It's your go-to place to connect with the Azure DevTest Labs product and engineering team...

We are excited to announce preview of enhancements in Azure DevTest Labs designed to accommodate two upcoming retirements in Azure:   These retirements will not impact VMs with Private IPs. However, they will impact VMs with Public or Shared IPs in the following ways:   Impact on VMs with Public IPs:   ...

This post discusses Dev Box roadmap update. We continue to evolve, providing a secure, scalable, and ready-to-code cloud-based development environment. Over the next few months, significant improvements will focus on three key areas: By prioritizing these enhancements, Microsoft aims to boost developer efficiency, reduce IT overhea...

Developers grapple with the anxiety of potential data loss due to unforeseen issues, such as accidental deletions, system failures, or even corrupt files. The Dev Box team is addressing this concern with the self-service restoration feature for the Dev Box, designed to put you back in control. This functionality streamlines recovery by allowing dir...

This post covers the latest features and enhancements in Microsoft Dev Box. These updates introduce advanced customization capabilities, improved security, performance optimizations, and better developer experience to make Dev Box even more efficient. Last update: 04/03/2025 In this post: Config-as-wor...

This blog post is a continuation from a previous blog post where we talked about Teams Customizations for Microsoft Dev Box and how they accelerate the developer onboarding experience, as well as empower leads for developer teams to ensure all the right tools and settings are present when a developer joins the team and begins work. Developers to...

The following blog walks through the experience of defining and automating the creation of developer environments with the newly announced Teams Customizations feature in Microsoft Dev Box. This allows developer team leads or managers to define the software installed by default every time a developer creates a new environment, ensuring that every t...