Technical requirements

If you want to practice the explanations provided in this chapter, you will need the following:

• An Azure subscription: To create your free Azure account, follow the steps explained at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.
• The Azure CLI, PowerShell, and/or Azure Cloud Shell: If you want to practice them all, you need access to all three. Otherwise, you can just pick your preferred choice. Azure Cloud Shell is the easiest option because you only need a browser to use it.
• An Azure DevOps organization: To create an organization, follow the steps explained at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/create-organization.
• Microsoft Visio: You will need this to open the diagrams, or use the Visio viewer available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51188.

All the code samples and diagrams are available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/The-Azure-Cloud-Native-Architecture-Mapbook/tree...