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Enable a licensed image in your lab in Azure DevTest Labs

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In Azure DevTest Labs, a licensed image is one that includes terms and conditions – typically from a third party – that must be accepted before the image is accessible to users in the lab. The following sections describe how to work with licensed images so that they are available to use for creating virtual machines.

Determining whether a licensed image is available to users

The first step to allowing users to create VMs from a licensed image is to make sure that the terms and conditions have been accepted for the licensed image. The following steps show how you can view the offer status of a licensed image and, if necessary, accept its terms and conditions.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. Select All services, and then select DevTest Labs from the list.

  3. From the list of labs, select the desired lab.

  4. In the left panel under SETTINGS, select Configuration and policies.

  5. In the left panel under VIRTUAL MACHINE BASES, select Marketplace images.

    Marketplace images menu item

    A list of all available marketplace images is shown, including the OFFER STATUS for each image.

    List of marketplace images showing offer status for each image

    A licensed image shows an offer status of

    • Terms accepted: the licensed image is available to users to create VMs.
    • Terms review needed: the licensed image is not currently available to users. The terms and conditions of the license must be accepted before lab users can use it to create VMs.

Making a licensed image available to lab users

To make sure a licensed image is available to lab users, a lab owner with admin permissions must first accept the terms and conditions for that licensed image. Enabling programmatic deployment for the subscription associated with a licensed image automatically accepts the legal terms and privacy statements for that image.

You can enable programmatic deployment for a licensed image by following these steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, go to the list of Marketplace images.

  2. Identify a licensed image for which you want users to have access but whose terms have not been accepted. For example, you might see a Data Science Virtual Machine that shows a status of either Terms accepted or Terms review needed.

    Screenshot that shows Data Science Virtual Machine images with offer status' of "Terms accepted" and "Terms review needed"

    Note

    Data Science VMs are Azure Virtual Machine images, pre-installed, configured, and tested with several popular tools that are commonly used for data analytics, machine learning and AI training. Introduction to Azure Data Science Virtual Machine for Linux and Windows provides a great deal of information about DSVMs.

  3. In the OFFER STATUS column for the image, select Terms review needed.

  4. In the Configure Programmatic Deployment window, select Enable.

    Configure Programmatic Deployment window

    Important

    You might see multiple subscriptions listed in the Configure Programmatic Deployment window. Make sure you are enabling programmatic deployment only for the intended subscription.

  5. Select Save.

    In the list of marketplace images, that image now shows Terms accepted and is available for users to create virtual machines.

Note

Users can create a custom image from a licensed image. See Create a custom image from a VHD file for more information.

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