Creating Storage For Less Important Data On Azure With Simple Configuration Settings

Create a resource group and a storage account.

In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource Group then Select Create.

Give your resource group a name. For example, abioduntesting

Select a region.

Select Review and create to validate the resource group.

Select Create to deploy the resource group.

Your Resource group is ready

CREATE AND DEPLOY STORAGE ACCOUNT
In the Azure portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
Select + Create.

On the Basics tab, select your Resource group.

Provide a Storage account name. The storage account name must be unique in Azure.

Set the Performance to Standard.

Select Review, and then Create.

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

Configure simple settings in the storage account.
The data in this storage account doesn’t require high availability or durability. A lowest cost storage solution is desired.

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

Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down.

Be sure to Save your changes.

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

The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections.
In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.

Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled.

Developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version 1.2.
In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2.

Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account.
In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled.
Be sure to Save your changes