Prerequisites¶

Laptop / PC¶

You need an laptop. OS installed at this laptop doesn't really matter. The tools we use all work cross platforms. I will be using Windows 11 with PowerShell as my shell.

Microsoft Teams¶

Download and install Microsoft Teams

Visual Studio Code¶

Please download and install VS Code. It's available for all platforms or install it with winget (Windows only)

winget install -e --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode

Bicep plugin for Visual Studio Code¶

Install Bicep plugin from marketplace

Windows Terminal (if you are using Windows)¶

Download and install Windows Terminal or install it with winget (Windows only)

winget install -e --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal

Active Azure account¶

If you don't have an Azure account, please create one before the workshop. Create your Azure free account

Install `az cli`¶

Download and install latest version of az cli from this link or install it with winget (Windows only)

winget install -e --id Microsoft.AzureCLI

If you already have az cli installed, make sure that you use the latest version. To make sure, run the following command

az upgrade

Test your azure account with `az cli`¶

Open your terminal (bash, cmd or powershell) and login to your azure account by running this command

# Login using your Azure account
az login

# Get a list of available subscriptions
az account list -o table

# Set subscription by subscription id
az account set --subscription  xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

# Set subscription by name
az account set --subscription subscription_name

Install git¶

# Install git for Mac
brew install git

# Install git with winget
winget install -e --id Git.Git

Install required resource providers¶

# Make sure that all Resource Providers are registered
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.Insights
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.Network
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.OperationalInsights
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.Storage
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.Compute
az feature register --namespace Microsoft.Compute --name EncryptionAtHost
az provider register -n Microsoft.Compute

Install required `az cli` extensions¶

# install bastion extension
az extension add -n bastion

# install ssh extension
az extension add -n ssh

# install azure-firewall extension
az extension add -n azure-firewall

# install private-dns extension
az extension add -n dns-resolver