Creating an Azure storage account

1. Creating an Azure storage account

In this video, we’ll create an Azure storage account, a core component for storing and managing data objects such as blobs, files, queues, and tables in the cloud. Understanding how to set up a storage account is essential for cloud-based applications, as it enables secure, scalable, and accessible storage options. We’ll navigate Azure’s portal menu bar to create our storage account. This feature is a favorite among Azure users so we can see it on the bottom half of the menu. We’ll create a new storage account tailored to our needs by selecting this option. The subscription and resource group have already been set up, so we’ll ensure that the subscription has the pre-fix learn-student and the resource group starts with the student pre-fix. We’ll need to name our storage account, which must be unique across all Azure accounts, similar to purchasing a website domain. This unique identifier ensures that your storage account is distinct across the internet. For our configuration, we’ll set the region and set a standard performance. For the redundancy, we will opt for locally redundant storage for this scenario as it’s a non-critical project. For your projects, assess the right strategy for high availability and durability. Version control is a critical practice across IT and development for managing changes and maintaining the integrity of digital assets. In Azure storage accounts, enabling versioning allows us to keep multiple versions of our blobs, providing a safety net for data recovery and change tracking. This is particularly useful in collaborative environments or for maintaining historical data. To enable versioning, go to the data protection tab and tick “Enable versioning for blobs” under the Tracking header. With versioning now enabled, let’s review our store account settings and finalize its creation. Now that we’ve created our storage account, we can explore it in more detail via the various tabs, including monitoring, capabilities, recommendations, and more.

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