Your developers provision many custom virtual machines each week and delete them within the same week. 60% run Windows Server 2016 and 40% run Ubuntu. You need to reduce administrative effort by using an appropriate Azure service. Solution: Recommend Azure DevTest Labs. Does this meet the goal?

Azure DevTest Labs is designed to streamline the provisioning and management of virtual machines (VMs) for development and testing environments, directly addressing the scenario's need to reduce administrative effort. It allows developers to quickly create VMs from pre-configured templates, including Windows Server and Ubuntu images, and provides features like automatic shutdown policies to manage costs and resources efficiently. This service simplifies the lifecycle of short-lived VMs, making it an ideal solution for the weekly creation and deletion of custom virtual machines.