{"id":611,"date":"2025-01-28T05:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/develop-from-the-cloud\/?p=611"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:38:13","slug":"unlock-key-capabilities-via-generation-2-vms-in-azure-devtest-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/develop-from-the-cloud\/unlock-key-capabilities-via-generation-2-vms-in-azure-devtest-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlock key capabilities via Generation 2 VMs in Azure DevTest Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce enhanced support for <strong>Generation 2 VMs<\/strong> on Azure DevTest Labs, now in public preview.<\/p>\n<p>We listened to your feedback and have improved the support for using Generation 2 VMs in Azure DevTest Labs. Generation 2 Virtual Machines (VMs) support key capabilities that are not supported in Generation 1 VMs such as increased memory, Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX), and virtualized persistent memory (vPMEM). Generation 2 VMs might have improved boot and installation times.<\/p>\n<p>You can now easily choose between 1 (Gen 1) and Generation 2 (Gen 2) version of the same marketplace image and easily identify all available Gen 2 images in the list of marketplace images on Azure DevTest Labs portal. This capability allows lab owners to restrict the access of lab users to either only Gen 2 images, only Gen 1 images, or a combination of certain Gen 1 and Gen 2 images within a lab. Lab users can also easily differentiate between Gen 2 images and Gen 1 images and select the appropriate one while creating a VM.<\/p>\n<p>For a VM instance to be a Gen 2 VM, it must use the specific Gen 2 base image and its VM size must support Gen 2.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about using Gen 2 VMs in Azure Dev Test Labs, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/dtl\/gen2\/publicdoc\">Gen 2 public docs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Gen 2 VMs and the VMs series it\u2019s supported on in Azure, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-machines\/generation-2\">Azure support for Generation 2 VMs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get started with DevTest Labs today<\/strong>! To learn more about Azure DevTest Lab, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devtest-labs\/devtest-lab-overview\">What is Azure DevTest Labs? &#8211; Azure DevTest Labs | Microsoft Learn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share feedback<\/strong> you have on the service: <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/dtl\/developer-community-forum\">DevTest Labs \u00b7 Community<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce enhanced support for Generation 2 VMs on Azure DevTest Labs, now in public preview. We listened to your feedback and have improved the support for using Generation 2 VMs in Azure DevTest Labs. 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