Providing storage for an IT department testing and training.

1. Create and deploy a resource group to hold all your project resources. The first step is to create a resource group and storage account.

In Microsoft Azure, a:

• Resource Group is a container that holds related resources (like storage accounts, virtual machines, etc.) for an application, making it easier to manage and deploy them together.

• Storage Account is a cloud-based storage solution that allows you to store and access data (like blobs, files, queues, etc.) from anywhere, at any time.

Think of it like a file cabinet (Storage Account) within a department (Resource Group)!

• In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource group

• Select + Create.

• Give your resource group a name. For example, [name01rg]

• Select a region. Make sure to use this region throughout the project

  

  • Select Review and create to validate the resource group.

• Select Create to deploy the resource group.

2. Create and deploy a storage account to support testing and training.

• In the Azure portal, search for and select storage accounts

• Select + Create.

• On the Basics tab, select your Resource group.

• Provide a Storage account name. The storage account name must be unique in Azure.

  

  • Set the Performance to Standard.

  • Select Review, and then Create

    

    • Wait for the storage account to deploy and then Go to resource. A deployed storage account should look something like this.

      

      Configure simple settings in the storage account.

1. The data in this storage account doesn’t require high availability or durability. A lowest cost storage solution is desired.

• In your storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.

• Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down.

• Be sure to Save your changes.

• Refresh the page and notice the content only exists in the primary location.

  

  

  2. The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections.

     • In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.

     • Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled.

       

       3. Developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version 1.2.

• In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.

• Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2.

  4. Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account.

• In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.

• Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled.

• Be sure to Save your changes

  

  5. Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks.

• In the Security + networking section, select the Networking blade.

• Ensure Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks.

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  Be sure to Save your changes.

And viola!, You have successfully created a storage account and resource group for an IT department for testing and training!

You’re Welcome!!