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/.
• A Power BI workspace (with a Power BI Pro license): To create a free Power BI account, follow the steps explained at https://app.powerbi.com/signupredirect?pbi_source=web.
• A shell system: This could be DOS, PowerShell, or even Bash on Linux. This is required to run the executable .NET Core app that we have built for you toward the end of this chapter. We will provide explanations on how to start the application with DOS.

All the code and maps (in full size) used in this chapter are available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/The-Azure-Cloud-Native-Architecture-Mapbook/tree/master/Chapter06.

Let's start with our data architecture map.

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