Hands-on with AutomatedLab
summary
Shows AutomatedLab actually building labs with PowerShell and PowerCLI style commands running locally on Hyper‑V or deployed to Azure; creates base VHDs plus differencing disks, generates RDP files, supports custom roles and snapshots, and runs installers. Timings shown are concrete — a basic PC about 7 minutes, adding roles about 11 minutes, a full domain+services run ~33 minutes to hours — and the demos complete successfully, so expect runnable code, real outputs, and usable artifacts.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00AutomatedLab intro
- 1:23What is AutomatedLab
- 3:50AutomatedLab structure
- 5:16Basic lab creation
- 7:46Importing existing labs
- 9:30Adding roles & customization
- 11:15Interacting with machines
- 12:39Advanced lab environments
- 15:47Custom functions & installs
- 17:34Complex lab topologies
- 19:58Checkpointing & iterative deploy
- 20:39Deploying to Azure
- 21:47Azure lab resources
- 23:11Azure deployment results
- 24:15Extending with custom roles
- 25:19Production use & limits
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