How to create Azure Storage Account

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Creating a storage account

  • Login to the Microsoft Azure Portal:
https://portal.azure.com
  • From the upper search field, specify "Storage accounts"
  • From the main pane, click on "Create storage account" or "Add":
  • Name: Specify here the name of the storage account
  • Deployment model: Select "Resource manager"
  • Account kind: Select "General-purpose v2 (GPv2)"
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-options
  • Location: Select a region close to your location
  • Replication: In case you don't have special requirement for redundancy, select "Locally-redundant storage (LRS)"
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy
  • Performance: Select "Standard"
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction
  • Access tier: Select "Hot"
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-storage-tiers
  • Secure transfer required: Select "Enabled"
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-require-secure-transfer
  • Subscription: Select the relevant subscription name
  • Resource group: Select either existing or create a new resource group
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-overview#resource-groups
  • Virtual networks: Select "Enabled" and select an existing virtual network (VNet) and subnet from the list
  • Click on Create
  • Wait for the storage account creation process to complete
  • From the "Storage account" page -> select the newly created storage account from the list
  • From the main pane, click on Tags -> add a new tag:
  • Name: Specify here Name
  • Value: Specify here the name of the newly created storage account
  • Click on Save
  • From the main pane, click on Encryption -> select "Use your own key" -> Encryption key: Select from Key Vault:
  • Key Vault: Select an existing key vault or create a new vault
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-service-encryption-customer-managed-keys
  • Encryption key: Create a new key:
  • Options: Select Generate
  • Name: Specify here the name of the storage account encryption key
  • Key Type: Select RSA
  • RSA Key Size: Select 2048
  • Enabled: Select Yes
  • Click on Create
  • Click on Save
  • Close the Storage accounts tabs
  • Logoff the Microsoft Azure Portal