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+# Create Azure Personalizer Loop
+
+## Introduction
+- Overview: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-personalizer
+- What is Personalizer? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/personalizer/what-is-personalizer
+
+## Prerequisites and steps to create a Personalizer Loop:
+1. Create an Azure account: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
+2. Contact us to add your subscription ID to allowlist
+3. Click to deploy the loop: [![Create Personalizer Loop](https://aka.ms/deploytoazurebutton)](https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Template/uri/https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FVowpalWabbit%2Freinforcement_learning%2Fmaster%2Ftemplates%2Fcreate-loop.json)
+
+## Learn More
+- Personalizer documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/personalizer/
+- Need help? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/219/azure-personalizer
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+{
+  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
+  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
+  "parameters": {
+      "personalizer_name": {
+          "type": "String"
+      },
+      "personalizer_region": {
+          "type": "String"
+      }
+  },
+  "variables": {},
+  "resources": [
+      {
+          "type": "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts",
+          "apiVersion": "2023-05-01",
+          "name": "[parameters('personalizer_name')]",
+          "location": "[parameters('personalizer_region')]",
+          "sku": {
+              "name": "S0"
+          },
+          "kind": "Personalizer",
+          "identity": {
+              "type": "None"
+          },
+          "properties": {
+              "customSubDomainName": "[parameters('personalizer_name')]",
+              "networkAcls": {
+                  "defaultAction": "Allow",
+                  "virtualNetworkRules": [],
+                  "ipRules": []
+              },
+              "publicNetworkAccess": "Enabled"
+          }
+      }
+  ]
+}
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