How to add Tags to an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell

In this blog, you will see how to add tags to an Azure Storage Account resource using PowerShell.

Introduction 

In this blog, you will see how to add tags to Azure Storage Account resources using PowerShell.

Tags are name/value pairs that enable you to categorize resources and view consolidated billing by applying the same tag to multiple resources and resource groups. Tag names are case-insensitive and tag values are case-sensitive.

Click here to learn more about tagging Azure resources.

Prerequisites

Install Azure PowerShell Module to run the script.text

PowerShell Script

Open Notepad and paste the following script. Save the file as script.ps1.

################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################

## Input Parameters
$resourceGroupName="azpractice"
$resourceName="azstorageacc1122020"

## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount

## Function to add and retrieve tags
Function Tags
{
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Adding the tag to Azure Storage Account resource..."

    ## Add tag to Azure Storage Account resource
    $resource = Get-AzResource -ResourceName $resourceName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName
    Set-AzResource -Tag @{ "Dept"="Finance"; "Environment"="Developement" } -ResourceId $resource.ResourceId -Force

    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Display all tags for specific resource..."

    ## Display all tags
    (Get-AzResource -ResourceName $resourceName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName).Tags
}

Tags

## Disconnect from Azure Account
Disconnect-AzAccount

Open Windows PowerShell window and navigate to the location where the script file was saved.

Run the following command.

.\script.ps1

  

Result

 

Summary

Thus, in this blog, you saw how to add tags to Azure Storage Account resources using PowerShell.