Virtual commissioning is not only a decisive component of quality management in automation. It also offers the opportunity to work on projects in a stress-free, efficient and resource-saving manner. The arguments are manifold: long, expensive start-ups abroad, unpopular long working days in a temporary construction site workstation, discussions about the course and functionality of the plant if it should have been running for a long time, or risky changes to a plant without knowing what the consequences are.