Creating and configuring storage accounts
Now that we understand more about storage accounts and what to be aware of, we are going to create a storage account in Azure. A storage account needs to be in place before you can upload any data or files to Azure.
Creating a storage account
For this demonstration, we will first proceed with creating a storage account using the portal and then provide the equivalent PowerShell code to create this using the Az module. Proceed as follows:
- Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
- Open the resource group you will be using for this exercise, click Overview on the left menu, and then click Create.
- Enter
Storage accountin the search bar and click the Storage account search result that pops up, as illustrated in the following screenshot:
Figure 6.6 – Searching for Storage account in Marketplace
- On the Create a resource blade, click Create, as illustrated in the following...