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Uloma Ekpe
Uloma Ekpe

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Working with resource group and a storage account in Azure

A resource group in Microsoft Azure is a logical container for resources deployed in an Azure environment. It organizes and manages Azure resources like virtual machines, storage accounts, networking components, and more. Resource groups enable the administration and organization of resources depending on their lifetime, deployment, and management needs.

To create a resource group

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In an Azure portal, go to the search button and type Resource Group.
Go to +create

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Give your resource group a name, select the region you will like to work with and it is advisable to work with a region that is closer to where you are working.
Click Review and Create

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When you deploy the resource group, it looks like the one above.

A storage account is a key Azure resource that allows you to store and manage various types of data in Microsoft Azure. Azure Storage provides a scalable and secure cloud storage solution for applications, virtual machines, backups, and other workloads.

To create a storage account,

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Go to the Azure portal and search for storage accounts.
Click on + create.
Under the Basic tab, click on Resource Group.
Create a storage account name that must be unique in Azure.

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Set the performance to standard
Review and create
Deploy and then go to resources.

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Azure Storage redundancy copies your data so that it is protected from transient hardware failures, network or power outages, and natural disasters. If an outage renders the primary endpoint unavailable, then you can initiate a failover to the secondary endpoint to rapidly restore write access to your data

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In the storage account, go to Data Management and select the redundancy blade.
Ensure Read access Goe redundancy storage is selected.

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To create information on a public website that could be accessible without requiring customers to login.

In the Storage account, under the settings, click on the configuration blade.
Enable the Allow blob anonymous access.
Save

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