# Prerequisites
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Before you create a Cloud Connector, complete the following prerequisites on both the Amazon side and the Azure side. These steps establish OIDC-based federated authentication between Amazon and Microsoft Azure.

**Note**  
The manual Azure prerequisites in [Azure prerequisites](cloud-connector-prereqs-azure.md) apply to the Amazon CLI path only. If you create a Cloud Connector in the Amazon Web Services Management Console, the wizard generates a setup script that performs this Azure-side setup for you. For more information, see [Create a Cloud Connector (Amazon Web Services Management Console)](cloud-connector-create-console.md).

**Important**  
Make sure your Amazon Web Services account is not in any service control policy (SCP) that restricts the `sts:GetWebIdentityToken` action.

**Topics**
+ [Amazon prerequisites](cloud-connector-prereqs-aws.md)
+ [Azure prerequisites](cloud-connector-prereqs-azure.md)