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Creating Azure Storage Accounts

Azure offers a variety of storage-related products that can help you solve a wide range of problems. All of these storage products have one thing in common: they require and are organized under storage accounts. As such, the first step in implementing nearly any storage solution in Azure is to create a storage account. In this lab, you will have the opportunity to practice the task of creating storage accounts. You are provided with a set of basic criteria, and you are asked to create two storage accounts that are configured to meet those criteria. After completing this lab, you will be familiar with the process of creating storage accounts in the Azure portal, and you will be ready to proceed to more complex topics.

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 01, 2025

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  1. Challenge

    Create the storage account for hot storage.

    1. Click + Add to create a new resource.
    2. Search for and select Storage Account.
    3. For Resource Group, select the existing resource group if it is not already selected.
    4. Enter a Storage account name. You can use a name similar to hotstorage, but you may need to change it slightly to make it unique.
    5. For Performance, select Standard if it is not already selected.
    6. For Replication, select Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS).
    7. For Access Tier (default), select Hot.
    8. Click Review + Create, then Create.

  2. Challenge

    Create the storage account for cool storage.

    1. Click + Add to create a new resource.
    2. Search for and select Storage Account.
    3. For Resource Group, select the existing resource group if it is not already selected.
    4. Enter a Storage account name. You can use a name similar to coolstorage, but you may need to change it slightly to make it unique.
    5. For Performance, select Standard if it is not already selected.
    6. For Replication, select Locally-redundant storage (LRS).
    7. For Access Tier (default)I, select Cool.
    8. Click Review + Create, then Create.
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