Azure Quantum

Pasqal QPUs and emulators are available as a computation service through Azure Quantum (external) . You access Pasqal through an Azure Quantum workspace; authentication, billing, and monitoring all happen within the Azure ecosystem.

This guide walks you through creating an Azure Quantum workspace, adding Pasqal as a provider, and setting up a connection object in the SDK so you can submit jobs.

Available backends

Create an account and connection

Follow these steps to provision Pasqal in your Azure Quantum workspace and create a working connection object in the SDK.

Step 1: Create an Azure Quantum workspace

In the Azure portal (external) , search for Azure Quantum and create a new workspace. Select your subscription, resource group, and region. You do not need to add a provider at this stage.

Step 2: Add Pasqal as a provider

In your workspace, navigate to Providers and add Pasqal. Select the pricing plan (pay-as-you-go). The available Pasqal backends will appear under Targets once provisioned.

Step 3: Retrieve your workspace credentials

Note your subscription ID, resource group name, workspace name, and location. These are all available from the workspace overview page in the Azure portal.

Step 4: Create your connection

When accessing Pasqal through Azure Quantum, you authenticate using an Azure Quantum Workspace object. Pass this workspace to any job submission.

1. Install

   Install the required packages to connect and submit jobs:

   pip install azure-quantum pulser-pasqal

2. Create your connection

   Initialise an Azure Quantum Workspace object using your credentials. This is your connection — you will pass it to any job submission.

   from azure.quantum import Workspace
   
   workspace = Workspace(
       subscription_id="YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_ID",
       resource_group="YOUR_RESOURCE_GROUP",
       name="YOUR_WORKSPACE_NAME",
       location="YOUR_LOCATION",          # e.g. "eastus"
   )

3. Check available backends

   Confirm your connection is working by listing the available Pasqal targets in your workspace:

   # list available Pasqal targets in your workspace
   targets = workspace.get_targets(provider_id="pasqal")
   for t in targets:
       print(t.name, t.current_availability)

Step 5: Submit jobs using any Pasqal library

Your connection object works with all Pasqal libraries: QoolQit, Pulser, QUBO Solver, MIS, and QEK. You pass it the same way regardless of which library you use.