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Role-Based Quickstarts -- Your First 30 Minutes

CSA-in-a-Box serves multiple personas across data engineering, analytics, security, and platform operations. Pick the quickstart that matches your role for the fastest path to value -- each guide walks you from zero to a working deliverable in a single sitting.

Pick Your Persona

Role What You'll Build Time Prerequisites Link
Data Engineer First ADF + dbt pipeline (CSV to Gold) 30 min Azure subscription, VS Code, dbt CLI data-engineer.md
Data Scientist First ML experiment on the lakehouse 30 min Azure subscription, Python 3.10+, Databricks workspace data-scientist.md
BI Developer First Power BI report over Gold layer 30 min Power BI Desktop, Microsoft Fabric trial bi-developer.md
Security Admin Audit and harden the platform 30 min Azure subscription, Purview access security-admin.md
Platform Admin Deploy and manage full infrastructure 45 min Azure subscription, Azure CLI 2.50+, Bicep CLI platform-admin.md

Not sure where to start? If you just want to deploy the platform and see data flow end-to-end, begin with the Platform Admin quickstart, then move to Data Engineer.

How the Quickstarts Fit Together

graph LR
    PA["Platform Admin<br/>Deploy infra"] --> DE["Data Engineer<br/>Build pipelines"]
    PA --> SA["Security Admin<br/>Harden & audit"]
    DE --> DS["Data Scientist<br/>ML experiments"]
    DE --> BI["BI Developer<br/>Reports & dashboards"]

The Platform Admin quickstart provisions the foundation resources that every other role depends on. If your environment is already deployed, skip straight to your role-specific guide.

Before You Begin

Every quickstart assumes that the CSA-in-a-Box repository has been cloned locally and that you can authenticate to Azure:

git clone https://github.com/your-org/csa-inabox.git
cd csa-inabox
az login
az account set --subscription "<YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_ID>"

If you are working in an Azure Government environment, append --cloud AzureUSGovernment to the az login command. See the Azure Government quickstart section for details.

What's Next After Your Quickstart

Once you have completed your 30-minute quickstart, continue with the full tutorials and deep-dive guides:

Completed Quickstart Recommended Next Step
Data Engineer Tutorial 01 -- Foundation Platform
Data Engineer ADF Setup Guide
Data Engineer Databricks Guide
Data Scientist Tutorial 06 -- AI Analytics Foundry
BI Developer Power BI Guide
BI Developer Supercharge Microsoft Fabric — Direct Lake & Power BI Tutorial
Security Admin Purview Guide
Security Admin Security & Compliance Best Practices
Platform Admin Architecture Overview
Platform Admin Cost Management
Platform Admin Production Checklist