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// hosted_control_planes/hcp-deploy/hcp-deploy-azure.adoc

:_mod-docs-content-type: CONCEPT
[id="hcp-azure-setup-resources_{context}"]
= Setting up {azure-short} resources

[role="_abstract"]
Before you can create management and hosted clusters for your deployment of {hcp} on {azure-short}, you need to set up an OIDC issuer, Workload Identities, and your {azure-short} infrastructure.
 