Technical Requirements

This chapter has the following requirements:

• Access to an Azure subscription with owner or contributor privileges. If you do not have access to one, students can enroll for a free account here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.
• PowerShell 5.1 or later installed on a Windows PC or PowerShell Core 6.x or other operating systems on which labs can be practiced.
• For Windows users, you will need to install .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later using the following link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install.
• Note that, occasionally, examples can only be followed from a PC or https://shell.azure.com (PowerShell 7.0.6 LTS or later is recommended).
• Where PowerShell is not installed or available, https://shell.azure.com can be used as a browser-based shell.
• Installation of the Az PowerShell module, which can be performed by running the following in an administrative PowerShell session:

  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned...