To experiment with one or more of the technologies described in this chapter, one or more of the following may be required:

• An Azure subscription, for executing ARM templates and running Azure Automation
• PowerShell with the Azure PowerShell modules, for executing ARM templates, available from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-az-ps
• The Azure CLI, for executing ARM templates, available from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-az-ps
• One or more virtual machines for experimenting with the different tools discussed in this chapter