How to Create a File Share in an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell

In this blog, you will see how to create a file share in an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Introduction 

In this blog, you will see how to create a file share in Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Prerequisites

Install Azure PowerShell Module to run the script.

PowerShell Script

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

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

## Input Parameters
$resourceGroupName="azpractice"
$storageAccName="azstorageacc1122020"
$fileShareName="azevents2020"

## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount

## Function to get all the blobs
Function CreateFileShare
{
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Creating an file Share.."
    ## Get the storage account context
    $ctx=(Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName).Context
    ## Creates an file share
    New-AzStorageShare -Context $ctx -Name $fileShareName
}

CreateFileShare

## Disconnect from Azure Account
Disconnect-AzAccount

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

Run the following command.

.\script.ps1

Result

 

Reference

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.storage/new-azstorageshare?view=azps-3.3.0

Summary

In this blog, you saw how to create a file share in Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.