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DanDonohue
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Jul 29, 2026

Labs Issues - Rolling Updates

Hello all, 

We're working on ways to better update our partner ecosystem on issues with labs. Until we have a more sustainable and scalable solution, I will provide updates to this pinned thread. 

August 13 

  • AZ-500 issue has been resolved.
  • SC-500 labs will be delayed one week to August 21 (August 7th title plan says August 14 release)

August 10

  • From Skillable for AZ-500: "A subset of labs in the below courses are currently impacted by an older VM SKU with limited availability. We have updated the labs under our control and have engaged Microsoft to have the content updated to a new SKU with more general availability."

Our Microsoft labs team is aware of the issue and working on it. Will update here when I have more info. 

August 4

  • 365 Defender Lab: Resolved
  • AB-210, AB-250, and MB-230: Resolved

July 29

  • Impact: 365 Defender Lab set to release 7/31. A bug is causing issues in activating the M365 Connector for the Security for AI service. User cannot proceed past trial activation window. Issue has been escalated, no time to resolution yet.
  • Impact: AB-210, AB-250, and MB-230. Dynamics trial license issue, unable to redeem Sales license. Issue has been escalated, no time to resolution yet. 

 

 

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4 Replies

  • RachelBr's avatar
    RachelBr
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    Aug 10, 2026

    Hi DanDonohue​, Skillable communicated the following issue with some course labs on 7th Aug:
    "A subset of labs in the below courses are currently impacted by an older VM SKU with limited availability. We have updated the labs under our control and have engaged Microsoft to have the content updated to a new SKU with more general availability. The list below is currently pending Microsoft intervention".

    This includes Lab 03 for AZ-500, which we are delivering this week. Has this been escalated and is there a time to resolution? Thank you.

    • DanDonohue's avatar
      DanDonohue
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      Aug 10, 2026

      Hi RachelBr​ - thanks for letting me know. I reached out the labs team and they are investigating the issue. I've updated this thread and will continue to update it as I get more information. 

      • RachelBr's avatar
        RachelBr
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        Aug 11, 2026

        Thank you DanDonohue​, please see Tiago's fix and Pull Request here - https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ500-AzureSecurityTechnologies/pull/502