Quickstart: Deploy Azure Storage

This quickstart guides you through deploying an Azure Storage account, a fundamental building block for many Azure services. Azure Storage offers a highly scalable, secure, and cost-effective solution for storing various types of data.

Prerequisites

Steps

Step 1: Sign in to the Azure portal

Open your web browser and navigate to the Azure portal. Sign in with your Azure account credentials.

Azure portal sign-in screen

Step 2: Create a new Storage Account

  1. In the Azure portal, click on the + Create a resource button in the top-left corner.
  2. In the search box, type "Storage account" and select it from the results. Click Create.
  3. On the Create storage account page, under the Basics tab, configure the following settings:
    • Subscription: Select your Azure subscription.
    • Resource group: Click Create new, enter a name (e.g., MyStorageResourceGroup), and click OK.
    • Storage account name: Enter a globally unique name (e.g., mystorageaccount12345). This name must be unique across Azure.
    • Region: Select the desired Azure region.
    • Performance: Choose Standard for general-purpose storage.
    • Redundancy: Select your desired redundancy option (e.g., Locally-redundant storage (LRS) for cost-effectiveness).
  4. Click Review + create.
  5. After validation passes, click Create.

It may take a few minutes for the storage account to be provisioned.

Step 3: Access your Storage Account

  1. Once the deployment is complete, click Go to resource.
  2. You will be taken to the overview page of your newly created storage account. From here, you can access different storage services like Blobs, Files, Queues, and Tables.

Congratulations! You have successfully deployed an Azure Storage account.

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