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Learn Microsoft Azure

By : Mohamed Waly
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Learn Microsoft Azure

By: Mohamed Waly

Overview of this book

Azure is one of the leading public cloud service providers. Thanks to a number of Azure service updates, it continues to make advances in the realm of cloud computing. Learn Microsoft Azure starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing. You will learn to configure and set up the Azure infrastructure. As you make your way through the book, you'll explore Azure services, along with working on virtual memory systems (VMS) and deployment models. You will understand various services in the Azure ecosystem, such as Azure IoT and Azure Analytics, among others. An easy-to-follow introduction to various cloud design patterns will also add to your efficiency in designing cloud solutions. In the concluding chapters, you'll secure your virtual networks using Network security groups and configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to set a custom domain name and company profile. By the end of this book, you will have learned to secure and troubleshoot your Azure cloud environment and be fully aware of best practices for Azure cloud administration.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Creating an Azure storage account

In this section, we will get create an Azure storage account. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the Azure portal from here: https://portal.azure.com/.
  1. Click on All services and a new blade will open. In the search bar, write storage account, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 2.1: Searching for a storage account service
  1. Click on Storage accounts and a new blade will open. Click on Add, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 2.2: Adding a new storage account
  1. A new blade will open. You need to fill in the fields and determine the following:
    • Name: The name of the storage account.
    • Deployment model: Select the deployment model that fits you. Only use Classic if you have other classic resources that need this resource to be classic too.
    • Account kind: Select the account kind that fulfill your needs.
    • Location: Select...