Create a storage account and configure high availability. Part 2

Create a storage account for the internal private company documents.

• In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
  
  Select + Create.
  
  Select the Resource group created in the previous lab.
  

• Set the Storage account name to private. Add an identifier to the name to ensure the name is unique.
  

• Select Review, and then Create the storage account.
  

• Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource.

This storage requires high availability if there’s a regional outage. Read access in the secondary region is not required. Configure the appropriate level of redundancy.

• In the storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.

• Ensure Geo-redundant storage (GRS) is selected.

• Review the primary and secondary location information. Save your changes.

Create a storage container, upload a file, and restrict access to the file.

• In the storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade.
  

• Select + Container.

• Ensure the Name of the container is private. As you have time, review the Advanced settings, but take the defaults.
  

• Select Create.