Creating an Azure Storage account

Let's get our hands dirty with creating a storage account with the following parameters:

  • Name: packtpubsa
  • Deployment model: Resource Manager
  • Account kind: General purpose
  • Performance: Standard
  • Replication: Locally-redundant storage (LRS)
  • Storage service encryption (blobs and files): Disabled
  • Secure transfer required: Disabled
  • Subscription: Select the right subscription for this task
  • Resource group: Create a new or select an existing resource group, as per your needs
  • Location: Select the nearest location to you

Without further ado, let’s get started:

  1. Open the Azure portal from here: https://portal.azure.com/.
  1. Click on More services and a new blade will open. In the search bar, write storage account, as ...

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