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description: Link your Microsoft Azure account
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keywords: Microsoft, Azure, account
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title: Link a Microsoft Azure account
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You can link your Microsoft Azure account to your Docker Cloud account to deploy
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**nodes** and **node clusters** using Docker Cloud's Dashboard, API, or CLI. You
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must link your Azure account so that Docker Cloud can interact with Azure on
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your behalf to create and manage your **nodes** (virtual machines).
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## How to create the link
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For instructions on how to link your Microsoft Azure account to Docker Cloud,
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see [the Azure instructions that enable swarm
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mode](/docker-cloud/cloud-swarm/link-azure-swarm.md).
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> **Note**: The procedure for linking these accounts is the same, regardless
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of whether you are using Docker Cloud in
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[Swarm Mode](/docker-cloud/index.md) or not. If you are
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using standard mode, come back to these topics after you have linked
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your Microsoft Azure account.
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## What's next?
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You're ready to start using Microsoft Azure as the infrastructure provider for
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Docker Cloud! If you came here from the tutorial, click here to [continue the
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tutorial and deploy your first
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node](/docker-cloud/getting-started/your_first_node.md).
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