diff --git a/Scripts/3_Deploy.ps1 b/Scripts/3_Deploy.ps1
index e70a6e9a..ce0979a9 100644
--- a/Scripts/3_Deploy.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/3_Deploy.ps1
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ If (-not $isAdmin) {
         }
 
         # return info
-        @{
+        [PSCustomObject]@{
             OSDiskPath = $vhdpath
             VM = $VMTemp
         }
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ If (-not $isAdmin) {
 
     #process $labconfig.VMs and create VMs (skip if machine already exists)
         WriteInfoHighlighted 'Processing $LabConfig.VMs, creating VMs'
-        $provisionedVMsCount = 0
+        $provisionedVMs = @()
         foreach ($VMConfig in $LABConfig.VMs.GetEnumerator()){
             if (!(Get-VM -Name "$($labconfig.prefix)$($VMConfig.vmname)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)){
                 $vmProvisioningStartTime = Get-Date
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ If (-not $isAdmin) {
                     $vmDeploymentEvents += $vmInfo
                 }
                 
-                $provisionedVMsCount += 1
+                $provisionedVMs += $createdVm.VM
             }
         }
 
@@ -1530,6 +1530,44 @@ If (-not $isAdmin) {
         WriteInfo "`t Enabling VMNics device naming"
         Get-VM -VMName "$($labconfig.Prefix)*" | Where-Object Generation -eq 2 | Set-VMNetworkAdapter -DeviceNaming On
 
+    #Autostart VMs
+        $startVMs = 0
+        if($LabConfig.AutoStartAfterDeploy -eq $true -or $LabConfig.AutoStartAfterDeploy -eq "All") {
+            $startVMs = 1
+        } elseif($LabConfig.AutoStartAfterDeploy -eq "DeployedOnly") {
+            $startVMs = 2
+        }
+        
+        if(-not $LabConfig.ContainsKey("AutoStartAfterDeploy") -and $AllVMs.Count -gt 0) {
+            $options = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]] @(
+                <# 0 #> New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&No", "No VM will be started."
+                <# 1 #> New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&All", "All VMs in the lab will be started."
+            )
+            
+            if($provisionedVMs.Count -gt 0) {
+                <# 2 #> $options += New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&Deployed only", "Only newly deployed VMs will be started."
+            }
+            $startVMs = $host.UI.PromptForChoice("Start VMs", "Would you like to start lab virtual machines?", $options, 0 <#default option#>)
+        }
+        #Starting VMs
+        $toStart = @()
+        switch($startVMs) {
+            1 {
+                $toStart = $AllVMs
+            }
+            2 {
+                $toStart = $provisionedVMs
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if(($toStart | Measure-Object).Count -gt 0) {
+            WriteInfoHighlighted "Starting VMs"
+            $toStart | ForEach-Object { 
+                WriteInfo "`t $($_.Name)"
+                Start-VM -VM $_ -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
+            }
+        }
+
     # Telemetry Event
     if((Get-TelemetryLevel) -in $TelemetryEnabledLevels) {
         WriteInfo "`t Sending telemetry info"
@@ -1537,7 +1575,7 @@ If (-not $isAdmin) {
             'script.duration' = [Math]::Round(((Get-Date) - $StartDateTime).TotalSeconds, 2)
             'memory.available' = [Math]::Round($MemoryAvailableMB, 0)
             'lab.vmsCount.active' = ($AllVMs | Measure-Object).Count # how many VMs are running
-            'lab.vmsCount.provisioned' = $provisionedVMsCount # how many VMs were created by this script run
+            'lab.vmsCount.provisioned' = ($provisionedVMs | Measure-Object).Count # how many VMs were created by this script run
         }
         $properties = @{
             'lab.timezone' = $TimeZone
diff --git a/Scripts/LabConfig.ps1 b/Scripts/LabConfig.ps1
index 65d405e1..91e3f834 100644
--- a/Scripts/LabConfig.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/LabConfig.ps1
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ $LabConfig=@{ DomainAdminName='LabAdmin'; AdminPassword='LS1setup!'; Prefix = 'W
         DCVMVersion="9.0";                           # (Optional) Latest is used if nothing is specified. Make sure you use values like "8.0","8.3","9.0"
         TelemetryLevel="";                           # (Optional) If configured, script will stop prompting you for telemetry. Values are "None","Basic","Full"
         TelemetryNickname="";                        # (Optional) If configured, telemetry will be sent with NickName to correlate data to specified NickName. So when leaderboards will be published, WSLab users will be able to see their own stats
+        AutoStartAfterDeploy=$false;                 # (Optional) If $false, no VM will be started; if $true or 'All' all lab VMs will be started after Deploy script; if 'DeployedOnly' only newly created VMs will be started.
         AdditionalNetworksConfig=@();                # Just empty array for config below
         VMs=@();                                     # Just empty array for config below
     }