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Prerequisites & Lab Environment Setup

Required Azure Resources​

Before starting any challenge, ensure you have:

# Check Azure CLI version (needs 2.65+)
az version

# Login
az login

# Install the AI Projects extension
pip install azure-ai-projects==2.0.0b1 --upgrade

Minimum Azure Permissions​

  • Contributor on the subscription (for Foundry account creation)
  • Cognitive Services OpenAI Contributor (for model deployments)
  • User Access Administrator (for Entra Agent ID role assignments)

Standard Mode Resource Requirements​

For enterprise challenges, you'll need:

  • Azure Storage Account (ADLS Gen2)
  • Azure Key Vault (Premium tier for HSM)
  • Azure AI Search (Standard tier)
  • Virtual Network with at least /24 address space

Environment Setup​

import os
from azure.ai.projects import AIProjectClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

# Initialize client
client = AIProjectClient(
    endpoint=os.environ["PROJECT_ENDPOINT"],
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
)
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