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Custom Labs
Standard labs rarely reflect the complexity of real-world environments. CloudLabs enables organizations to build fully customized, hands-on lab experiences that mirror the real product, actual systems, workflows, and integrations. From product training and technical enablement to certifications, learning, and any custom use case, deliver scalable experiences through end-to-end managed lab environments.
ISVs, enterprises, educational institutions, and ed-tech companies delivering hands-on lab experiences with CloudLabs
10+
Years of industry expertise
5M+
Labs provisioned worldwide
1M+
Participants upskilled
50K+
Events supported
What Custom Labs Actually Covers
A lab is only effective when the environment reflects how technology is used in the real world. CloudLabs builds more than isolated lab instances—we create complete environments with the systems, integrations, infrastructure, and workflows needed to support your use case.
Your software, platform, tools, or technologies are installed, configured, and ready to use, creating a seamless experience from the moment a learner, employee, customer, or prospect launches the lab.
Get started with CloudLabs
CloudLabs manages the planning, building, evaluation, and delivery process with transparent timelines from day one.
01 — Discovery
We begin with a discovery session to understand your objectives, audience, technologies, and desired outcomes. These requirements are translated into a detailed lab environment specification.
02 — Engineering
Our lab engineers design and configure the environment, incorporating supporting infrastructure, learning guides, integrations, and validation checks just as you need. Timelines are determined by complexity, with most engagements delivered in days or weeks rather than months.
03 — Quality
Review and test the completed lab experience with your team. We incorporate feedback, optimize workflows, and finalize a validated version ready for launch.
04 — Delivery
Deliver labs through events, learning platforms, customer portals, LMS integrations, or on-demand access links. Monitor engagement through usage analytics and keep environments current through ongoing updates and refresh cycles.
Two Ways to Build
Build custom labs using CloudLabs self-service templates, REST APIs, PowerShell automation, and AI-powered Lab Builder, without having to manage the underlying infrastructure. Automate provisioning, cloning, updates, and CI/CD workflows with tools designed for rapid lab creation and maintenance. If you'd rather leave it to us, the CloudLabs Professional Services team can design, build, validate, and support your lab catalog end-to-end. Many customers take a hybrid approach: CloudLabs builds the initial flagship labs, while their teams use self-service tools to extend and evolve them over time.
The same lab foundation supports multiple use cases across teams, including training, certifications, sales enablement, events, and academic learning initiatives.
Deliver consistent, hands-on certification experiences across training centers, regions, and cohorts. Support practical assessments using real-world environments that align with your certification objectives.
Provide prospects with personalized, ready-to-use environments that showcase your solution in action. Accelerate evaluations with hands-on experiences tailored to customer requirements.
Power instructor-led workshops, bootcamps, and go-to-market events where every participant receives a dedicated environment for guided learning and exploration.
Replace static presentations with interactive product experiences. Support onboarding, adoption, and ongoing enablement through hands-on training environments.
Enable students to access hands-on lab environments from anywhere. Support cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data, and other technical programs without requiring on-campus infrastructure.
Build Labs Around Your Use Case
CloudLabs gives you complete control over how your lab environments are built, accessed, and experienced. From infrastructure and workflows to branding and delivery, every aspect can be customized to match your product, audience, and learning objectives.
Infrastructure On Demand
Instead of adapting your use case to fit a predefined platform, CloudLabs helps you create custom lab experiences that align with your goals, technologies, workflows, and users.
Workflow and Experience Design
Add the integrations, applications, and supporting tools your lab scenario requires. Build guided lab instructions and learning paths, define completion criteria, and create challenge-based experiences.
White Labeling and Platform Branding
Apply your organization's branding and visual identity, configure custom domains for lab access, and integrate with your preferred LMS and learning ecosystem.
Custom Program Landing Pages
Launch tailored landing pages for training programs, workshops, certifications, and POCs. Customize messaging and user journeys for specific audiences and collaborate with CloudLabs SMEs to design and optimize program experiences.
See how organizations across industries use CloudLabs custom labs to accelerate adoption, deliver hands-on learning, enable customers and employees, and achieve measurable business outcomes.
Custom Labs POC
Before rolling out custom labs across training programs, certifications, customer enablement, events, or academic initiatives, start with a guided proof of concept.
Our team works closely with you to define success criteria, build a pilot environment around your requirements, and help you test real-world workflows before wider deployment.
Your product, tools, and integrations running in a custom lab environment
Real-world workflows tailored to your use case
Environment automation, provisioning, and reset processes
Instructor, facilitator, and learner access models
Compatibility with required tools, scripts, and dependencies
Environment performance, scalability, and user experience
CloudLabs experts support the entire POC process — from environment design and configuration to testing, feedback collection, and optimization.
FAQ's
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