| title | Install azdata |
|---|---|
| titleSuffix | |
| description | Learn how to install the azdata tool. |
| author | MikeRayMSFT |
| ms.author | mikeray |
| ms.reviewer | mihaelab |
| ms.date | 01/07/2020 |
| ms.topic | conceptual |
| ms.prod | sql |
[!INCLUDEazdata]
azdata is a command-line utility written in Python to bootstrap and manage the data services via REST APIs.
The list of files for the latest version is always available at https://aka.ms/azdata.
To find your installed version and see if you need to update, run azdata --version.
- Install on Windows
- Install on macOS
- Install on Linux or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
[!INCLUDE azdata-package-installation-remove-pip-install]
Use azdata with Big Data Clusters, see [What are [!INCLUDEbig-data-clusters-2019]?](../../big-data-cluster/big-data-cluster-overview.md).
Use azdata with Azure Arc enabled data services