💥Mastering Azure: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Storage Account

Introduction

In this article, we will see on how to create a storage account in Azure.

Step 1. Log in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com using your credentials.

Step 2. In the window, click on +create resource, and a new window appears. Type create storage account on the search bar and click search.

Step 3. You will see a text saying Storage account - blob, file, queue, window that appears, and then click on the Create button on the left side of the screen.

Step 4. This is to get redirected to a page to fill in the information about your storage account. Under the 'Basics' tab, you will find 

• Subscription: 
• Resource group
• Storage account name
• Region

Fill these according to your requirements.

Step 5. Under the  'Performance. Tab, choose the tier you want for your storage account from the options below; I would suggest you select the standard tier; yeah, it's obviously your choice based on your requirement.

• Standard
• Premium
• Blob Storage

Step 6. Under the Account kind section, You can choose from the following,

• StorageV2 (general-purpose v2)
• BlobStorage (blob storage only)
• FileStorage (file storage only)
• Storage (general-purpose v1).

I will also attach the details of the tiers so that you can choose which best suits you.

Step 7. Once you have given all the required information, you can click on the "Review+submit" button below.

Step 8. Wait a minute or two; then, You have finally created your storage account.

Summary

Have fun exploring your Azure storage account, and yeah, keep an eye on the cost in the notification tab. I hope this article helps create your Azure storage account.