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How to create a azure storage account.

Create a resource group and a storage account.

Create and deploy a resource group to hold all your project resources.

  • In the Azure portal, login into your Azure account and search for and select Resource groups, the click on Resource groups button.
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  • Select + Create.
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  • Give your resource group a name. For example, storagerg.
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  • Select a region. Use this region throughout the project.
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  • Select Review and create to validate the resource group.
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  • Select Create to deploy the resource group.
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Create and deploy a storage account to support testing and training.

  • In the Azure portal, search for and select Storage accounts. Select + Create. Image description

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  • On the Basics tab, select your Resource group.
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  • Provide a Storage account name. The storage account name must be unique in Azure.
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  • Set the Performance to Standard.
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  • Select Review, and then Create.

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  • Wait for the storage account to deploy and then Go to resource. Image description

Configure simple settings in the storage account.

  • In your storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.
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  • Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down.

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  • Be sure to Save your changes.

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  • Refresh the page and notice the content only exists in the primary location. Image description

The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections.

  • In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.

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  • Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled. Image description

Developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version 1.2.

  • In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.

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  • Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2. Image description

Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account.

  • In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
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  • Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled.
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  • Be sure to Save your changes.
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Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks.

  • In the Security + networking section, select the Networking blade.
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  • Ensure Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks.
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  • Be sure to Save your changes.

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