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articles/application-gateway/quick-create-portal.md

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 In this example, you install IIS on the virtual machines only to verify Azure created the application gateway successfully.
 
-1. Open [Azure PowerShell](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-shell/quickstart-powershell). To do so, select **Cloud Shell** from the top navigation bar of the Azure portal and then select **PowerShell** from the drop-down list. 
+1. Open Azure PowerShell. Select **Cloud Shell** from the top navigation bar of the Azure portal and then select **PowerShell** from the drop-down list. 
 
     ![Install custom extension](./media/application-gateway-create-gateway-portal/application-gateway-extension.png)
 

articles/application-gateway/quick-create-powershell.md

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 The application gateway directs application web traffic to specific resources in a backend pool. You assign listeners to ports, create rules, and add resources to a backend pool. For the sake of simplicity, this article uses a simple setup with a public front-end IP, a basic listener to host a single site on the application gateway, a basic request routing rule, and two virtual machines in the backend pool.
 
-If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a [free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=A261C142F) before you begin.
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 You can also complete this quickstart using [Azure CLI](quick-create-cli.md) or the [Azure portal](quick-create-portal.md).
 
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