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= Configuring an Azure Stack Hub account
include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
:context: installing-azure-stack-hub-account

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Before you can install {product-title}, you must configure a Microsoft Azure account.

[IMPORTANT]
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All Azure resources that are available through public endpoints are subject to resource name restrictions, and you cannot create resources that use certain terms. For a list of terms that Azure restricts, see "Resolve reserved resource name errors".
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include::modules/installation-azure-limits.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources

* xref:../../scalability_and_performance/optimization/optimizing-storage.adoc#optimizing-storage[Optimizing storage]

include::modules/installation-azure-stack-hub-network-config.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources

* link:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-integrate-dns?view=azs-2102[Azure Stack Hub datacenter DNS integration (Microsoft documentation)]

include::modules/installation-azure-stack-hub-permissions.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/installation-azure-service-principal.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources

* xref:../../authentication/managing_cloud_provider_credentials/about-cloud-credential-operator.adoc#about-cloud-credential-operator-modes[About the Cloud Credential Operator]

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[id="additional-resources_{context}"]
== Additional resources

* link:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-manager-reserved-resource-name[Resolve reserved resource name errors (Azure documentation)]
* xref:../../installing/installing_azure_stack_hub/ipi/installing-azure-stack-hub-default.adoc#installing-azure-stack-hub-default[Installing a cluster on Azure Stack Hub with customizations]
* xref:../../installing/installing_azure_stack_hub/upi/installing-azure-stack-hub-user-infra.adoc#installing-azure-stack-hub-user-infra[Installing a cluster on Azure Stack Hub using ARM templates]
