Create a storage account
An Azure storage account contains all of your Azure Storage data objects: blobs, files, queues, and tables. The storage account provides a unique namespace for your Azure Storage data that is accessible from anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS. For more information about Azure storage accounts, see Storage account overview..
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Create a storage account
A storage account is an Azure Resource Manager resource. Resource Manager is the deployment and management service for Azure. For more information, see Azure Resource Manager overview.
Every Resource Manager resource, including an Azure storage account, must belong to an Azure resource group. A resource group is a logical container for grouping your Azure services. When you create a storage account, you have the option to either create a new resource group, or use an existing resource group. This how-to shows how to create a new resource group.
To create an Azure storage account with the Azure portal, follow these steps:
- From the left portal menu, select Storage accounts to display a list of your storage accounts.
- On the Storage accounts page, select Create.
Options for your new storage account are organized into tabs in the Create a storage account page. The following sections describe each of the tabs and their options.
Basics tab
On the Basics tab, provide the essential information for your storage account. After you complete the Basics tab, you can choose to further customize your new storage account by setting options on the other tabs, or you can select Review + create to accept the default options and proceed to validate and create the account.
The following table describes the fields on the Basics tab.
The following image shows a standard configuration for a new storage account.
Advanced tab
On the Advanced tab, you can configure additional options and modify default settings for your new storage account. Some of these options can also be configured after the storage account is created, while others must be configured at the time of creation.
The following table describes the fields on the Advanced tab.
Networking tab
On the Networking tab, you can configure network connectivity and routing preference settings for your new storage account. These options can also be configured after the storage account is created.
The following table describes the fields on the Networking tab.
Data protection tab
On the Data protection tab, you can configure data protection options for blob data in your new storage account. These options can also be configured after the storage account is created. For an overview of data protection options in Azure Storage, see Data protection overview.
The following table describes the fields on the Data protection tab.
Tags tab
On the Tags tab, you can specify Resource Manager tags to help organize your Azure resources. For more information, see Tag resources, resource groups, and subscriptions for logical organization.
Review + create tab
When you navigate to the Review + create tab, Azure runs validation on the storage account settings that you have chosen. If validation passes, you can proceed to create the storage account.
If validation fails, then the portal indicates which settings need to be modified.
Delete a storage account
Deleting a storage account deletes the entire account, including all data in the account. Be sure to back up any data you want to save before you delete the account.
Under certain circumstances, a deleted storage account may be recovered, but recovery is not guaranteed. For more information, see Recover a deleted storage account.
If you try to delete a storage account associated with an Azure virtual machine, you may get an error about the storage account still being in use. For help troubleshooting this error, see Troubleshoot errors when you delete storage accounts.
- Navigate to the storage account in the Azure portal.
- Click Delete.
Alternately, you can delete the resource group, which deletes the storage account and any other resources in that resource group. For more information about deleting a resource group, see Delete resource group and resources.