First approach – adding a storage account to your resource group

To add a storage account to your resource group, perform the following steps:

1. Open your Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
2. In the portal, click on Create a resource | Storage | Storage account - blob, file, table, queue, as shown in the following screenshot:

3. On the Create storage account blade, type a unique name for the storage account you are creating in the Name textbox. If the name is unique, you will see a green tick:

4. In the Location list, select the same location you have been using for the resource group:

5. In the Resource group  blade, click the Use existing checkbox, then search for and select acdppbook in the drop-down list, and then click on the Create button, as shown in the following screenshot: