ptaf-storage-account-new.json

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "location": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "storageAccountName": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "Description": "The name of the new storage account created to store the VMs disks"
      }
    },
    "storageAccountType": {
      "type": "string",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Standard_LRS"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "Description": "The type of the Storage Account created"
      },
      "defaultValue": "Standard_LRS"
    },
    "storageAccountExistingRG" : {
        "type" : "string",
        "defaultValue" : ""
    }
  },
  "resources": [
    {
    "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
    "name": "[parameters('storageAccountName')]",
    "apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
    "location": "[parameters('location')]",
    "properties": {
        "accountType": "[parameters('storageAccountType')]"
    }
     }
  ],
  "outputs": {
    "storageAccountId": {
      "value": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/StorageAccounts', parameters('storageAccountName'))]",
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}