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@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ This training lab requires the following to be installed on your machine:
 
 * The Bash shell. While Azure CLI should behave identically on all environments, some semantics may need to be modified if you use other shells. To complete this training on Windows, you can use [Git Bash that accompanies the Windows distribution of Git](https://git-scm.com/download/win).
 
+* The `jq` utility. On Windows, download [this Windows port of JQ](https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases) and add the following to the `~/.bashrc` file: 
+   ```bash
+   alias jq=<JQ Download location>/jq-win64.exe
+   ```
+
 * 🚧 The `spring-cloud` extension for Azure CLI. You can install this extension after installing Azure CLI by running `az extension add -n spring-cloud -y`.
 
 > 💡 In sections 9 and 10, you will access the UI of the Microservice application in a Web browser. This UI does not render correctly in Internet Explorer and the pre-Chromium version of Edge. Use the [new Edge](https://microsoft.com/edge/?WT.mc_id=azurespringcloud-github-judubois), Google Chrome, or Firefox for these sections.