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So you finally are ready to try out some of Azure’s most common and loved technologies.Well the cheap storage they provide is definitely one of them that we do. Whether you want to store your own personal files and photos, or you have a requirement from your business to quickly expand some storage, with Azure its quick and easy to setup, access and use.
In this quick tutorial I will run you through just how easy it is to setup an Azure Storage Account.
First thing to do is to open the browser of your choice and into your Azure Subscription at https://portal.azure.com
The Browser will now open into the Create a Storage Account Wizard.
Here you will need to know and set a few things so your storage account can be created.
SUBSCRIPTION – First thing is which of your Azure Subscriptions the Storage Account should reside in.
RESOURCE GROUP – Next is the Resource Group, you can either choose an existing Resource Group or create a new one.
STORAGE ACCOUNT NAME – This is the name that you want the Storage Account to be called. It must be unique.
REGION – The Azure datacentre you want the Storage Account to reside.
PERFORMANCE – You can choose Standard or Premium for the performance of the Storage Account.
REDUNDANCY – Choose what sort of redundancy you want for the Storage Account. (More info on this and more about Azure Blob Storage at this link)
Choose from;
If you clicked on Review + Create on the previous page, you can skip these steps. However, if you click on Next : Advanced you will be on the further settings page in the Storage Account Creation wizard.
On this page you configure some further settings;
SECURE TRANSFER FOR REST API – This setting will only allow communication to the Storage Account using HTTPS. HTTP will be rejected when this setting is enabled.
ENABLE BLOB PUBLIC ACCESS – Choose if you want this storage account to be accessed externally, or only via your internal network.
ENABLE STORAGE ACCOUNT KEY ACCESS – Choose whether you want to enable access using an Azure Shared Storage Key.
AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY– If you have Azure Active Directory you can set this to allow access to the Storage Account using Azure AD.
MINIMUM TLS VERSION – This sets the minimum TLS version that any applications accessing the Storage Account can use.
ALLOW CROSS-TENANT REPLICATION – This allows object replication from this storage account to another storage account within a Different Azure tenant. Not enabling this setting will limit this replication only within the same Azure tenant.
ACCESS TIER – Sets the default access tier for the storage account.
ENABLE LARGE FILE SHARES – Provides support for file shares up to 100 TiB.
If you clicked on Review + Create on the previous page, you can skip these steps. However if you click on Next : Advanced you will be on the further settings page in the Storage Account Creation wizard.
On this page you configure some further settings;
CONNECTIVITY METHOD – This setting will only allow communication to the Storage Account using HTTPS. HTTP will be rejected when this setting is enabled.
NOTE: The remaining options on this page will change depending on which of the connectivity methods you chose above.
ROUTING PREFERENCE– Chose how to route the traffic to your storage account endpoint.
VIRTUAL NETWORKS – Only the selected networks will be able to access this Storage Account.
VIRTUAL NETWORK SUBSCRIPTION – Which Azure Subscription the network will be provisioned.
VIRTUAL NETWORK – You can create or use an existing virtual network to allow access to this storage account.
NETWORK ROUTING – Determine how to route your traffic as it travels from the source to its Azure endpoint. Microsoft network routing is recommended for most customers.
ROUTING PREFERENCE – Two options here, Microsoft Routing or Internet Routing. Microsoft Network Routing will direct your traffic to enter the Microsoft cloud as quickly as possible from the source. Internet Routing will direct your traffic to enter the Microsoft Cloud closer to the Azure Endpoint.
NETWORK ROUTING – Determine how to route your traffic as it travels from the source to its Azure endpoint. Microsoft network routing is recommended for most customers.
ROUTING PREFERENCE – Two options here, Microsoft Routing or Internet Routing. Microsoft Network Routing will direct your traffic to enter the Microsoft cloud as quickly as possible from the source. Internet Routing will direct your traffic to enter the Microsoft Cloud closer to the Azure Endpoint.
Now you should be presented with the Data Protection Page.
On this page you configure these settings;
RECOVERY – Protects your data from accidental deletion and erroneous deletion or modification.
Choose which of these options you want to protect the data within your Storage Account, and how many days you wish to retain the deleted Blobs.
TRACKING
Provides versioning and monitors and logs changes made to your Blob data.
ACCESS CONTROL
ENABLE VERSION LEVEL IMMUTABILITY SUPPORT– Allows you to set time-based retention policy on the account-level that will apply to all blob versions. Enable this feature to set a default policy at the account level. Without enabling this, you can still set a default policy at the container level or set policies for specific blob versions. Versioning is required for this property to be enabled.
Finally, we are there (Well if you did skip all options in Step 3, you were here a lot sooner)
Confirm all the settings here match the options you want and when you are finally ready to create your Azure Storage Account, click on Create.
And that’s all there is to it, you have created a Storage Account within Azure that you can now start to access and use all the benefits that Azure’s Storage has to offer.
Now once you start using it and want to gain some insights into your Azure Storage Consumption and Usage, you can trial our software for free, Cloud Storage Manager.
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