Technical Requirements

The following are the technical requirements for this chapter:

• 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 at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.
• PowerShell 5.1 or later installed on a Windows PC or PowerShell Core 6.x where other operating systems are used to practice the labs.
• 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.
• 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 -Scope CurrentUser
  Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force

Note

The AzureRM module has been depreciated as of February 29, 2024. If the AzureRM module is already installed, remove this before installing the Az module, which is the officially supported module. Installation of the Az module will fail should you try to run both. To read more details on this and how to migrate from the AzureRM module, you can follow this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/migrate-from-azurerm-to-az.