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The documentation is heavily biased towards Windows and PowerShell usage. All command-line examples use Azure PowerShell cmdlets, and file paths are shown in Windows format (e.g., C:\Users\SampleUser\Downloads) before mentioning Linux/Cloud Shell equivalents. There are no examples using Azure CLI, Bash, or native Linux tools, and the workflow assumes familiarity with Windows conventions and PowerShell scripting.
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- Where file downloads or manipulations are discussed, show both Windows and Linux/MacOS methods for accessing or handling those files.
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## <a name="authorization"></a>Generate the Letter of Authorization (LOA)
Reference the recently created ExpressRoute Direct resource, input a customer name to write the LOA to and (optionally) define a file location to store the document. If a file path isn't referenced, the document downloads to the current directory.
### Azure PowerShell
1. Create the ExpressRoute Direct authorization by running the following commands in PowerShell: