Technical requirements
In this chapter, you are going to learn how to create your first Synapse workspace in the Azure portal. In order to do this, there are certain prerequisites before you start working on Azure Synapse.
It would be beneficial to have basic knowledge of the Azure portal, as well as an understanding of SQL and Spark. Knowledge of Azure Data Factory and Power BI would be helpful but not essential.
You must have your own Azure subscription or access to an Azure subscription with appropriate permissions. If you are new to Azure, you can go through the following link to create a free Azure account: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.
Once you have your Azure subscription created, you can proceed further with the main topics of this chapter.
