Note: The following tools should be installed manually:

• Azurite (required) - A local Azure Storage emulator that provides blob, queue, and table services for development and testing without connecting to Azure
• Azure CLI (recommended) - Command-line interface for managing Azure resources and automating deployments
• Azure Storage Explorer (optional) - GUI tool for browsing and managing Azure Storage accounts, useful for inspecting queues and blobs during development

You can install the Azure Toolkit plugin under Settings | Plugins. Search for Azure Toolkit, click the Install button, and restart your environment:

The Azure Toolkit plugin adds a new Azure section in your IDE settings:

From here you can configure the most important settings regarding Azure development, including:

• Switching to a different Azure environment
• Change the path to Azure CLI
• Inspect installed Azure Functions Core Tools
• Configure Azurite as an emulator for Azure Storage services

With your development environment configured, you're ready to set up your first Azure Functions project and start building serverless applications.