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Clarifying prerequisites and subscription ownership
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ms.topic="get-started-article"
ms.tgt_pltfrm="NA"
ms.workload="data-catalog"
ms.date="04/07/2016"
ms.date="04/15/2016"
ms.author="derrickv"/>

# Get started with Azure Data Catalog
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- **Azure Active Directory** - Azure Data Catalog uses [Azure Active Directory](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/active-directory/) for identity and access management.
- **Data sources** - Azure Data Catalog has capabilities to discover data sources. This tutorial uses the Adventure Works sample database, but you can use any supported data source if you would prefer to work with data that is familiar and relevant to your role. For a list of supported data sources, see [Supported data sources](data-catalog-dsr.md).

> [AZURE.NOTE] For more information on Azure subscriptions and Azure Active Directory, please see [Azure Data Catalog prerequisites](data-catalog-prerequisites.md).
Let's get started installing the Adventure Works sample database.

## Exercise 1: Install Adventure Works sample database
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ms.topic="article"
ms.tgt_pltfrm="NA"
ms.workload="data-catalog"
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ms.date="04/15/2016"
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# Azure Data Catalog prerequisites
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There are a few things you’ll need to take care of before you can set up **Azure Data Catalog**. Don’t worry – they won’t take long!


## Azure Subscription
To set up Azure Data Catalog, you must be the owner or co-owner of an Azure subscription.

Azure subscriptions help you organize access to cloud service resources like Azure Data Catalog. They also help you control how resource usage is reported, billed, and paid for. Each subscription can have a different billing and payment setup, so you can have different subscriptions and different plans by department, project, regional office, and so on. Every cloud service belongs to a subscription, and you need to have a subscription before setting up Azure Data Catalog. To learn more, see [Manage Accounts, Subscriptions, and Administrative Roles](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/hh531793.aspx).

## Azure Active Directory
To set up Azure Data Catalog, you must be logged in using an Azure Active Directory user account.

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) provides an easy way for your business to manage identity and access, both in the cloud and on-premises. Users can use a single work or school account for single sign-on to any cloud and on-premises web application. Azure Data Catalog uses Azure AD to authenticate sign-on. To learn more, see [What is Azure Active Directory](../active-directory/active-directory-whatis.md).

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![Active Directory Global Authentication Policy](./media/data-catalog-prerequisites/global-auth-policy.png)

For more information, see [Configuring Authentication Policies](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn486781.aspx).


## Azure Subscription
Azure subscriptions help you organize access to cloud service resources like Azure Data Catalog. They also help you control how resource usage is reported, billed, and paid for. Each subscription can have a different billing and payment setup, so you can have different subscriptions and different plans by department, project, regional office, and so on. Every cloud service belongs to a subscription, and you need to have a subscription before setting up Azure Data Catalog. To learn more, see [Manage Accounts, Subscriptions, and Administrative Roles](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/hh531793.aspx).

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