Creating and configuring a storage account

Before you can upload any data or files to Azure Storage, a storage account needs to be created. This can be done using the Azure portal, PowerShell, the CLI, ARM templates, or Visual Studio.

In this demonstration, we are going to create a storage account with the Azure CLI:

1. First, we need to log in to the Azure account:

   az login

2. If necessary, select the right subscription:

   az account set --subscriptionid "********-****-****-****-***********"

3. Create a resource group:

   az group create --name PacktPubStorageAccount --location eastus

4. Create a storage account. The account name should be unique, so replace this with your own account name:

   az storage account create –-resource-group PacktPubStorageAccount --name packtpubstorage --location eastus --sku Standard_GRS 

   Tip

   In this demonstration, we created a new storage account using the Azure CLI. If you are new to storage accounts, I highly recommend creating a storage...