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

On the Storage accounts page, click Create.

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

After validation, click Create.

Your Azure storage account is now created.
Post-Creation: Get Access Keys
Navigate to the new Storage account.
From the left panel, select Access keys.
Click Unhide keys.
Copy the Storage account name and Access keys (Key1 & Key2).
You can regenerate keys if needed.

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