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Provide private storage for internal company documents

Ikuraa Matthew — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 23:03:49 +0000

Before taking you through the process of providing Private storage for internal company document, i will like us to look at what a private storage is all about.

A Private storage is a storage that is privately owned and manage by individual organization, to protect their sensitive information from the public consumption

STEP 1 In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts

STEP 2 Select + Create

STEP 3 For Resource group select Create new. Give your resource group a name and select OK to save your changes

How to provide storage for the public website

Ikuraa Matthew — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:32:42 +0000

First of, a Storage account is a container that contains all your storage objects that provides scalability, accessibility, durability and security for your data's

Steps in Providing Storage For The Public Website

step 1 In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts

step 2 Select + Create

step 3 For resource group select new. Give your resource group a name and select OK

STEP 4 Set the Storage account name to publicwebsite. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier

STEP 5 Take the defaults for other settings

STEP 6 Select Review and then Create

STEP 7 Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource

This storage requires high availability if there’s a regional outage. Additionally, enable read access to the secondary region, Learn more about storage account redundancy

STEP 1 In the storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy

STEP 2 Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected

STEP 3 Review the primary and secondary location information

Information on the public website should be accessible without requiring customers to login

STEP 1 In the storage account, in the Settings section, select the Configuration blade

STEP 2 Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access setting is Enabled.

STEP 3 Be sure to Save your changes

The public website has various images and documents. Create a blob storage container for the content. Learn more about storage containers

STEP 1 In your storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade

STEP 2 Select + Container

STEP 3 Ensure the Name of the container is public

STEP 4 Select Create

Customers should be able to view the images without being authenticated. Configure anonymous read access for the public container blobs. Learn more about configuring anonymous public access.

STEP 1 Select your public container

STEP 2 On the Overview blade, select Change access level

STEP 3 Ensure the Public access level is Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only)

STEP 4 Select OK

For testing, upload a file to the public container. The type of file doesn’t matter. A small image or text file is a good choice

STEP 1 Ensure you are viewing your container

STEP 2 Select Upload.

STEP 3 Browse to files and select a file. Browse to a file of your choice

STEP 4 Select Upload

STEP 5 Close the upload window, Refresh the page and ensure your file was uploaded

Determine the URL for your uploaded file. Open a browser and test the URL.

STEP 1 Select your uploaded file

STEP 2 On the Overview tab, copy the URL

STEP 3 Paste the URL into a new browser tab

STEP 4 If you have uploaded an image file it will display in the browser. Other file types should be downloaded.

It’s important that the website documents can be restored if they’re deleted. Configure blob soft delete for 21 days. Learn more about soft delete for blobs

STEP 1 Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.

STEP 2 On the Properties page, locate the Blob service section and enable blob soft delete

Ensure the Enable soft delete for blobs is checked, changed the days to 21days,Enable soft delete for containers, Save your changes

If something gets deleted, you need to practice using soft delete to restore the files.

STEP 1 Navigate to your container where you uploaded a file

STEP 2 Select the file you uploaded and then select Delete

STEP 3 Select OK to confirm deleting the file

STEP 4 Select your deleted file, and use the ellipses on the far right, to Undelete the file.

STEP 5 Refresh the container and confirm the file has been restored

It’s important to keep track of the different website product document versions. Learn more about blob versioning.

STEP 1 Go to the Overview blade of the storage account

STEP 2 In the Properties section, locate the Blob service section

STEP 3 Select the Versioning setting

STEP 4 Ensure the Enable versioning for blobs checkbox is checked.

STEP 4 Don’t forget to Save your changes

As you have time experiment with restoring previous blob versions.

STEP 1 Upload another version of your container file. This overwrites your existing file.

STEP 2 Your previous file version is listed on Show deleted blobs page.

How to provide a storage for IT department testing and training

Ikuraa Matthew — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:20:31 +0000

INTRODUCTON

WHAT IS STORAGE ACCOUNT :A Storage account is a container that contains all your storage objects that provides scalability, accessibility, durability and security for your data's

RESOURCE GROUP: It's Your Storage Container Where Similar Items Is Kept Together

Create a resource group and a storage account
STEPS TO CREATING A RESOURCE GROUP AND STORAGE ACCOUNT FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT

STEP 1. In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups

STEP 2. Select + Create

STEP 3. Give your resource group a name

STEP 4. Select a region

SSTEP 5. Select Review and create to validate the resource group

STEP 6. Select Create to deploy the resource group

Create And Deploy A Storage Account To Support Testing And Training

STEP 1. In the Azure portal search for and select Storage account

STEP 2. Select + Create

STEP 3. On the Basics tab, select your Resource group

STEP 4. Provide A Storage Account Name

STEP 5. Set the Performance to Standard

STEP 6. Select Review, and then Create

STEP 7. Create

Configure Simple Settings In The Storage Account
STEPS TO CONFIGURE SETTING IN THE STORAGE ACCOUNT

STEP 1. Select The Redundancy

STEP 2. Select Locally-Redundant Storage

STEP 3. Save Your Changes

STEP 4. Refresh the page and notice the content only exists in the primary location

The Storage Account Should Only Accept Requests From Secure Connections

STEP 1. In the Settings section, select the Configuration

STEP 2. Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled

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

1.2. Learn more about transport layer security (TLS)

STEP 1. In the Settings section, select the Configuration Blade

STEP 2. Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2

Until The Storage Is Needed Again, Disable Requests To The Storage account. Learn More About Disabling Shared Keys

STEP 1. In The Settings Section, Select The Configuration Blade

STEP 2. *Ensure Allow Storage Account key Access Is Disabled
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STEP 3. Be Sure To Save Your Changes

Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks

STEP 1. In the Security + networking section, select the Networking blade

STEP 2. Ensure Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks

STEP 3. Be sure to Save your changes

How To Create A Resource Group.

Ikuraa Matthew — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:48:55 +0000

RESOURCE GROUP: IT'S YOUR STORAGE CONTAINER WHERE SIMILAR ITEMS IS KEPT TOGETHER WHILE STORGE ACCOUNT

In The Azure portal, Search For And Select Resource Groups

Select + Create.

Give Your Resource Group A Name.

Select A Region

Select Review And Create

Select Create To Deploy The Resource Group.