Create a New Azure Storage Account
This guide provides a visual walkthrough and essential steps for creating a new Azure Storage account, a foundational service for modern cloud applications.
Key Steps for Creation:
1. Access Azure Portal: Navigate to the Azure portal (portal.azure.com) and sign in.
2. Navigate to Storage Accounts: In the search bar, type "Storage accounts" and select the service.
3. Initiate Creation: Click on "+ Create" or "+ Add" to start the process of creating a new storage account.
4. Configure Basics:
- Subscription: Select your Azure subscription.
- Resource group: Choose an existing or create a new one to organize resources.
- Storage account name: Provide a globally unique name.
- Region: Select the Azure region closest to your users.
- Performance: Choose between Standard (HDD) and Premium (SSD).
- Redundancy: Select your desired data redundancy option (e.g., LRS, GRS, RA-GRS).
5. Advanced Settings (Optional): Configure network access, encryption, hierarchical namespace (for Data Lake Storage Gen2), and other advanced features as needed.
6. Review and Create: Review all your settings. If everything is correct, click "Create".
7. Deployment: Azure will deploy your storage account. This typically takes a few minutes.