Introduction

• A unique namespace for Azure Storage data
• Contains all of Azure Storage data objects (blobs, files, queues, tables and disks)
• Every object that you store in Azure Storage has an address that includes (unique) account name
• Links
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview

Kinds of storage account

There are several kinds of storage accounts with different features and pricing model

• General-purpose v2 accounts: Basic account type (recommended for most scenarios)
• General-purpose v1 accounts: Legacy account type (general-purpose v2 accounts should be used when possible)
• BlockBlobStorage accounts: Premium performance for block blobs and append blobs (high transactions rates, low storage latency)
• BlobStorage accounts: Legacy Blob-only storage accounts (general-purpose v2 accounts should be used when possible)
• FileStorage accounts: Files-only storage accounts

Create general purpose storage account

Create Resource Group:

• Go to: https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.ResourceGroup (login to Azure portal first, then click the link)
• Fillup details (i.e. name ‘demo-rg’, select subscription etc.)
• Create

Steps to create storage account:

• Go to: https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.StorageAccount
• Fillup details (Basics, netwroking, advanced etc.)
  • In Basics => Storage kind: Storage V2 (General purpose V2)
• Create and review > Create

Create blog storage account

Create Resource Group:

• Go to: https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.ResourceGroup (login to Azure portal first, then click the link)
• Fillup details (i.e. name ‘demo-rg’, select subscription etc.)
• Create

Steps to create storage account:

• Go to: https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.StorageAccount
• Fillup details (Basics, netwroking, advanced etc.)
  • In Basics => Storage kind: BlobStorage
• Create and review > Create

Get aceess key and connection string

See: Storage account security