Introduction

In this blog, you will see how to create an 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.

  1. ################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################
  3. ## Input Parameters
  4. $location="eastus" ## Get all the locations for your Azure Subscription: Get-AzLocation | select Location
  5. $resourceGroupName="azpractice"
  6. $storageAccName="azstorageacc1132020"
  8. ## Connect to Azure Account
  9. Connect-AzAccount
  11. ## Function to create Azure Storage Account
  12. Function CreateAzStorageAcc
  13. {
  14. ## Check if resource group exists
  15. if(Get-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
  16. {
  17. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $resourceGroupName "- resource group already exists."
  18. }
  19. else
  20. {
  21. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $resourceGroupName "- resource group does not exist."
  22. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Creating th resource group - " $resourceGroupName
  24. ## Create a new resource group
  25. New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location $location
  26. }
  28. ## Check if storage account exists
  29. if(Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
  30. {
  31. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageAccName "- storage account already exists."
  32. }
  33. else
  34. {
  35. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageAccName "- storage account does not exist."
  36. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Creating the storage account - " $storageAccName
  38. ## Create a new Azure Storage Account
  39. New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName -Location $location -SkuName Standard_LRS
  40. }
  41. }
  43. CreateAzStorageAcc
  45. ## Disconnect from Azure Account
  46. 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

Azure Storage Account created successfully.

Summary

Thus, in this blog, you saw how to create an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.