Technical requirements
To get started with the Azure AI services mentioned in this chapter, you will need an Azure subscription with sufficient access to create and delete resources in the subscription. You can create a free Azure account for evaluation by going to https://azure.microsoft.com/free/.
This free Azure account provides the following:
- $200 credit to explore Azure for 30 days
- 12 months of free popular services
- 55+ other services that are always free
Once you have an Azure subscription in place, you need the Owner or Contributor role at the resource group or resource level.
To evaluate computer vision, you can create a “single service resource” or a “multi-service resource;” they can be explained as follows:
- Azure AI Language: This is an example of a specific single service resource. This resource can be used with the “free tier” of the Azure AI services you may wish to evaluate; it uses an endpoint...