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 using PowerShell

Login to Azure Portal using default browser

• Taskbar search > Write “default apps” > Default apps settings > Web browser section
• Set Chrome as default browser (set browser of your choice if you want)
• Now open your dafault browser > login to Azure portal

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# Connect to Azure
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Connect-AzAccount
# to login from VM using managed identity: Connect-AzAccount -Identity

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# Azure PowerShell uses Azure PowerShell context objects (Azure contexts) to hold subscription and authentication information. 
# If you have more than one subscription, Azure contexts let you select the subscription to run Azure PowerShell cmdlets on
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# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/context-persistence
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# Check available context
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Get-AzContext -ListAvailable

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# Check current context
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Get-AzContext

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# Set current context if needed
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# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.accounts/set-azcontext
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Set-AzContext -Subscription "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"


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# Set variables and create storage account
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# To remove account: Remove-AzStorageAccount -Name <storage-account> -ResourceGroupName <resource-group>
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-create?tabs=azure-powershell
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$resourceGroupName = "xxx"
$storageAccountName = "xxx"
$storageAccountLocation = "japaneast"
$storageAccountSku = "Standard_RAGZRS"
$storageAccountKind = "StorageV2"

New-AzStorageAccount `
-ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
-Name $storageAccountName `
-Location $storageAccountLocation `
-SkuName $storageAccountSku `
-Kind $storageAccountKind


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# To create a container in storage account, storage account context is needed
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$storageAccountContext = (Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccountName).Context

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# Set variables and create container
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# -Permission Off -> private access only, but SAS token will bypass this restriction
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azure.storage/new-azurestoragecontainer
# https://build5nines.com/azure-powershell-create-azure-storage-account-and-containers/
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$containerName = "xxx-yyy"

New-AzStorageContainer `
-Name $containerName `
-Context $storageAccountContext `
-Permission Off

Create general purpose storage account using Azure Portal

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 blob storage account in Azure Portal

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