Technical requirements
Rather than trying to run a full Windows Server 2022 locally in a virtual machine (VM), in this chapter, we will cover securely launching and configuring a Windows Server 2022 VM hosted in Microsoft Azure. If you are following along, you must have an active Microsoft Azure subscription and the Azure command-line interface (CLI) installed.
For details on how to install and configure the Azure CLI, please see the documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli/. If you are following along on a Windows host, I recommend installing the Azure CLI within your Windows Subsystem for Linux installation alongside where you installed Ansible.