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storage |
tamram |
azure-storage |
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06/20/2022 |
tamram |
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To create a general-purpose v2 storage account in the Azure portal, follow these steps:
- Under Azure services, select Storage accounts.
- On the Storage Accounts page, choose + Create.
- On the Basics blade, select the subscription in which to create the storage account.
- Under the Resource group field, select your desired resource group, or create a new resource group. For more information on Azure resource groups, see Azure Resource Manager overview.
- Next, enter a name for your storage account. The name you choose must be unique across Azure. The name also must be between 3 and 24 characters in length, and may include only numbers and lowercase letters.
- Select a region for your storage account, or use the default region.
- Select a performance tier. The default tier is Standard.
- Specify how the storage account will be replicated. The default redundancy option is Geo-redundant storage (GRS). For more information about available replication options, see Azure Storage redundancy.
- Additional options are available on the Advanced, Networking, Data protection, and Tags blades. To use Azure Data Lake Storage, choose the Advanced blade, and then set Hierarchical namespace to Enabled. For more information, see Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Introduction.
- Select Review + Create to review your storage account settings and create the account.
- Select Create.
The following image shows the settings on the Basics blade for a new storage account:
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