Polycrystalline bulk and epitaxial thin film samples of double-perovskite SrLaVRuO6 were prepared, and their magnetic and electrical properties were investigated. Structural characterization on the bulk samples has revealed that a double-perovskite phase can be formed in coexistence with the secondary phase of nonmagnetic semiconducting Sr3V2O8. Magnetic and electrical investigations have shown that the double-perovskite SrLaVRuO6 compound is an antiferromagnetic metal. Moreover, it has been found that epitaxy using a lattice-matched substrate leads to suppression of the Sr3V2O8 secondary phase and promoting growth of phase-pure double-perovskite SrLaVRuO6.