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title: Provisioning a service instance
description: To deploy the Data Virtualization service, you must create a Data Virtualization service instance.
last-updated: 2024-06-26
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# Provisioning a service instance
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To deploy the Data Virtualization service, you must create a Data Virtualization service instance.
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To learn more, see [Provisioning a service instance for Data Virtualization](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/getting-started/dv-provision.html?format=markdown).