Creating and removing storage accounts
1. Creating and removing storage accounts
Azure storage accounts allow us to store and distribute files and various documents among users within our organization or with external parties. In this demo, we are going to learn how to create a new Azure storage account. We start by going to "All services" and look for "Storage Accounts" in the search box. After the "Storage Accounts" pane opens, we begin the creation of a new storage account. In the next screen, we will need to fill in some details about the storage account we are creating. We have the option to select an existing resource group or create a new one. For our specific scenario, we opt to generate a new resource group. The name for the storage account is subject to certain constraints, one of it stating that it must be unique across Azure. Azure will validate the name as we type to make sure we are not using an existing one. We will be using East US region for the creation of this storage account as most users that will be using the storage account are located in East US area. In the Performance field, we will go with Standard for this exercise. Premium would be a good option for read/write intensive production workloads. We change the redundancy option to Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) as we don't need any high availability for this demo. For the purpose of this exercise and to set a fundamental understanding of storage accounts, we will not be looking into the other configuration options at the moment. Once we have completed the information on the current tab, we can proceed to the final screen by choosing "Review". Azure will conduct a pre-validation behind the scenes, and if all is in order, the "Create" button will become available. To exemplify, here's what happens if we forget to fill in the storage account name. A quick fix and we are good to go again. Upon creation, we can navigate to the storage account resource. Now it's up to you to create your own storage account, afterwards we'll dive into working with storage blobs.2. Let's practice!
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