Technical Requirements

This chapter uses the following tools for the examples:

• Access to an Azure subscription with owner or contributor privileges. If you do not have access to one, you can enroll for a free account: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.
• PowerShell 5.1 or later installed on a PC with Windows installed, or PowerShell Core 6.x if you use another operating system, on a machine where labs can be practiced from.
• For Windows users, you will need to install .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later.
• Where PowerShell is not installed or available, Azure Cloud Shell (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 -Scope CurrentUser
  Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force