Exercise 01 - Install client tools

To complete this lab, several tools must be available on your machine. In this exercise, you’ll determine which resources are already available and the versions for the resources. You’ll install tools or upgrade tools as necessary.

Estimated time to complete this exercise: 60 minutes

What you’ll learn

After completing the tasks in this exercise, you’ll be able to:

• Identify Azure regions that support the resources that you need
• Install and run Visual Studio Code
• Determine the version of PowerShell present on a machine and upgrade PowerShell
• Determine the version of the PowerShell Az module present on a machine and install the module if necessary
• Determine the version of Azure CLI present on a machine and install Azure CLI if necessary
• Determine the version of the Azure CLI Bicep extension present on a machine and install the extension if necessary
• Determine the version of Git present on a machine and install Git if necessary
• Determine the version of Python present on a machine and install Python if necessary
• Determine the version of Docker Desktop present on a machine and install Docker Desktop if necessary

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Table of contents

• 1. Select a region for deploying Azure resources and create a resource group
• 2. Install and update Visual Studio Code
• 3. Upgrade PowerShell
• 4. Install the PowerShell Az module
• 5. Install Azure CLI
• 6. Install the Bicep extension for Azure CLI
• 7. Install Git
• 8. Install Python
• 9. Install the Prompt flow for VS Code extension
• 10. Install Docker Desktop