diff --git a/Labs/8.1 Hosting & Deployment.md b/Labs/8.1 Hosting & Deployment.md
index 7d62ad4..e96b1f9 100644
--- a/Labs/8.1 Hosting & Deployment.md	
+++ b/Labs/8.1 Hosting & Deployment.md	
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Hosting & Deployment
 
 ## Prerequisites (deploying to azure)
-- Sign up for an azure account https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
+- Sign up for an Azure account https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
 - Download Azure Development tools for Visual Studio https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/tools/
 - Download and configure git (https://git-scm.com/) if you don't already have it
-- Log into Visual Studio (windows only)
+- Log into Visual Studio (Windows only)
 - We're going to be deploying the application you built in the previous lab
 
 ## Deploy via Visual Studio (Windows only)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     ![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/95136/15857406/91a0a116-2cbb-11e6-8fcc-e0bc8dfed211.png)
 
-1. Once the resource group is created, follow the instructions and deploy the site to azure.
+1. Once the resource group is created, follow the instructions and deploy the site to Azure.
 
 ## Deploy via git
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89e6e82..1ba7cf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 This workshop covers various concepts of ASP.NET Core:
 
-|Lab|Description| Prerequisites|
+|Lab|Description|Prerequisites|
 --|--|--|
 |[.NET Core SDK](Labs\1.%20Introduction%20to%20the%20.NET%20Core%20SDK.md) | Convert a .NET Core Console Application into a ASP.NET Core Web Application. |
 |[MVC Applications](Labs\2.%20MVC%20Applications%20with%20ASP.NET%20Core.md) | Create an .NET Core MVC App and explore routing.
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ This workshop covers various concepts of ASP.NET Core:
 |[APIs with MVC Core](Labs\8.%20APIs%20with%20MVC%20Core.md) | Build a simple API with MVC Core. |
 |[Hosting & Deployment](Labs\8.1%20Hosting%20&%20Deployment.md)| Deploy your ASP.NET Core App to Azure. | [APIs with MVC Core](Labs\8.%20APIs%20with%20MVC%20Core.md)
 
-## Installers
+## Getting Started
 
-### .NET Core SDK 2.2
-Follow instructions from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download
+### Installation
 
-### Visual Studio 2017 (Offline Installer)
-1. Run vs_community.exe in vs2017 folder
-2. Select **only** `.NET Core` and `Web Development` workloads
+- [.NET Core SDK 2.2](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download)
+- [Visual Studio Code](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/)
+- [Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/)
 
-### VS Code (on USB drive)
-1. Install VS Code from USB drive or http://code.visualstudio.com.
+    In the Visual Studio Installer, install the following workloads:
+
+    - ASP.NET and web development
+    - .NET Core cross-platform development
+    - Azure development (Only required for [Lab 8.1](Labs\8.1%20Hosting%20&%20Deployment.md))