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Author: v-thepet

articles/cosmos-db/create-cassandra-java.md

@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ In this quickstart, you create an Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API account, and use
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- An Azure account with an active subscription. [Create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?ref=microsoft.com&utm_source=microsoft.com&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=visualstudio). 
-  
-  Or [try Azure Cosmos DB for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/try/cosmosdb/) without an Azure subscription.
-- [Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8](https://aka.ms/azure-jdks). Point your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable to the folder where the JDK is installed.
-- A [Maven binary archive](https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi). On Linux, you can run `apt-get install maven` to install Maven.
-- [Git](https://www.git-scm.com/). On Linux, you can run `apt-get install git` to install Git.
+- An Azure account with an active subscription. [Create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?ref=microsoft.com&utm_source=microsoft.com&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=visualstudio). Or [try Azure Cosmos DB for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/try/cosmosdb/) without an Azure subscription.
+- [Java Development Kit (JDK) 8](https://www.azul.com/downloads/azure-only/zulu/?&version=java-8-lts&architecture=x86-64-bit&package=jdk). Point your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable to the folder where the JDK is installed.
+- A [Maven binary archive](https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi). 
+- [Git](https://www.git-scm.com/downloads). 
 
 ## Create a database account
 

articles/cosmos-db/create-cassandra-nodejs.md

@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ In this quickstart, you create an Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API account, and use
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- An Azure account with an active subscription. [Create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?ref=microsoft.com&utm_source=microsoft.com&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=visualstudio). 
-  
-  Or [try Azure Cosmos DB for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/try/cosmosdb/) without an Azure subscription.
-- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) version 0.10.29 or higher.
-- [Git](https://www.git-scm.com/).
+- An Azure account with an active subscription. [Create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?ref=microsoft.com&utm_source=microsoft.com&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=visualstudio). Or [try Azure Cosmos DB for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/try/cosmosdb/) without an Azure subscription.
+- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) 0.10.29+.
+- [Git](https://www.git-scm.com/downloads).
 
 ## Create a database account
 

articles/cosmos-db/create-cassandra-python.md

@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ In this quickstart, you create an Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API account, and use
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- An Azure account with an active subscription. [Create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?ref=microsoft.com&utm_source=microsoft.com&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=visualstudio). 
-  
-  Or [try Azure Cosmos DB for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/try/cosmosdb/) without an Azure subscription.
-- [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) version 2.7.14 or above.
-- [Git](https://git-scm.com/).
+- An Azure account with an active subscription. [Create one for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?ref=microsoft.com&utm_source=microsoft.com&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=visualstudio). Or [try Azure Cosmos DB for free](https://azure.microsoft.com/try/cosmosdb/) without an Azure subscription.
+- [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) 3.4+.
+- [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads).
 - [Python Driver for Apache Cassandra](https://github.com/datastax/python-driver).
 
 ## Create a database account