Create an Azure Storage Account

An Azure storage account contains all your Azure Storage data objects—blobs, files, queues, and tables. It provides a globally accessible namespace for your data over HTTP or HTTPS.

Steps to Create a Storage Account

1. Go to the Azure Portal.

2. From the left menu, select Storage accounts, or use the search bar to find it.

1. On the Storage accounts page, click Create.

1. Fill in the details across the following tabs:

Basics

• Add Storage account name

• Select desired Region

• Choose Performance as Standard

Advanced

• Enable secure transfer for REST API

• Enable blob public access

• Enable storage account key access

Networking

• Choose Public Endpoints (all networks)

Data Protection

• Enable soft delete for:

  • Blobs

  • Containers

  • File shares

Tags

• Add Name, Value, and Resource for organization

Review + Create

• If validation passes, click Create

• If validation fails, follow prompts to correct errors

1. After validation, click Create.

1. Your Azure storage account is now created.

Post-Creation: Get Access Keys

1. Navigate to the new Storage account.

2. From the left panel, select Access keys.

3. Click Unhide keys.

4. Copy the Storage account name and Access keys (Key1 & Key2).

   • You can regenerate keys if needed.