diff --git a/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/Region.cs b/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/Region.cs
index 33e87cfe..d5c22392 100644
--- a/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/Region.cs
+++ b/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/Region.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ public static Region FromName(string name)
             };
         }
 
+        public static Region FromWebDriverUrl(string url)
+        {
+            var parsedUrl = new Uri(url);
+            return parsedUrl.Host switch
+            {
+                "ondemand.saucelabs.com" => UsWest1,
+                "ondemand.us-west-1.saucelabs.com" => UsWest1,
+                "ondemand.eu-central-1.saucelabs.com" => EuCentral1,
+                "ondemand.us-east-4.saucelabs.com" => UsEast4,
+                "ondemand.staging.saucelabs.net" => Staging,
+                _ => throw new VisualClientException($"{parsedUrl.Host} is not recognized as Sauce Labs region")
+            };
+        }
+
         public static Region UsWest1 => new Region("https://api.us-west-1.saucelabs.com/v1/visual/graphql");
         public static Region UsEast4 => new Region("https://api.us-east-4.saucelabs.com/v1/visual/graphql");
         public static Region EuCentral1 => new Region("https://api.eu-central-1.saucelabs.com/v1/visual/graphql");
diff --git a/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/VisualClient.cs b/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/VisualClient.cs
index 252acc74..d55e9bd6 100644
--- a/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/VisualClient.cs
+++ b/visual-dotnet/SauceLabs.Visual/VisualClient.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ public class VisualClient : IDisposable
         private readonly bool _externalBuild;
         public bool CaptureDom { get; set; } = false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new instance of <c>VisualClient</c>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="wd">the instance of the WebDriver session</param>
+        /// <param name="region">the Sauce Labs region to connect to</param>
+        public VisualClient(WebDriver wd, Region region) : this(wd, region, Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SAUCE_USERNAME"), Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY"))
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new instance of <c>VisualClient</c>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="wd">the instance of the WebDriver session</param>
+        /// <param name="region">the Sauce Labs region to connect to</param>
+        /// <param name="buildOptions">the options of the build creation</param>
+        public VisualClient(WebDriver wd, Region region, CreateBuildOptions buildOptions): this(wd, region, Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SAUCE_USERNAME"), Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY"), buildOptions)
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new instance of <c>VisualClient</c>
         /// </summary>
@@ -46,6 +65,11 @@ public class VisualClient : IDisposable
         /// <param name="buildOptions">the options of the build creation</param>
         public VisualClient(WebDriver wd, Region region, string username, string accessKey, CreateBuildOptions buildOptions)
         {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(username) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(accessKey))
+            {
+                throw new VisualClientException("Username or Access Key not set");
+            }
+
             _api = new VisualApi<WebDriver>(wd, region, username, accessKey);
             _sessionId = wd.SessionId.ToString();
             _jobId = wd.Capabilities.HasCapability("jobUuid") ? wd.Capabilities.GetCapability("jobUuid").ToString() : _sessionId;