This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Biola Lawaljr
'Providing Storage for the IT department testing and training.'
Storage Account:
- Naming
- Redundancy
- Network access
- Secure transfer
- Transport layer security Requirements: 'The IT department needs to prototype different storage scenarios and to train new personnel. The content isn’t important enough to back up and doesn’t need to be restored if the data is overwritten or removed.'
To fulfill these requirements, we must create a storage account and apply appropriate settings.
Here's the step by step process:
Step 1: Create a resource group.
In Azure, every project requires a resource group. Resource groups are a useful tool that helps you categorize your project resources.
Go to Azure portal, search for resource groups, select Resource groups in the drop down suggestions.
Note: The + Create a resource button provides a navigation option to the Search bar, but it links to marketplace where products from third party vendors are also listed. Making use of the search bar takes you to Microsoft's own products, which is our focus.
In the Basics tab, give the resource group a name and select region.
Hit Review and Create, then Create. Wait for notice of successful resource group deployment.
Step 2: Create a Storage Account.
In the search bar, type storage accounts and select Storage accounts from the drop down suggestions.
Step 3: Configure Storage Account Settings per Requirements
Recall: 'The content isn’t important enough to back up and doesn’t need to be restored if the data is overwritten or removed.'
Bearing these policies in mind, we have to configure cost minimal settings.
Redundancy:
On the left pane, select Data management > Redundancy, select Locally-redundant storage (LRS), then Save
A locally-redundant storage costs less to implement compared to geo-redundant storage. In the case, data is replicated for redundancy, but within same data center.
Wait for redundancy change completion.
Notice a single location is shown after page refresh (you may have to refresh page)
Network Access:
A. Allow only secure connections to storage account - On the left pane, select Settings > Configuration, enable Secure transfer required
B. Disallow connections until access to storage account is needed - Disable Allow storage account key access.
C. Set storage account to use Transport Layer Security version 1.2 at the minimum - Set Minimal TLS version to Version 1.2.
D. Finally, to allow connections to the storage account from all networks - Go to Security + networking in the left pane, select the Networking, set Public network access to Enabled from all networks
Wrapping Up
And that's it. We have successfully created and provisioned storage for IT testing and training, with the right level of configuration.
Also, we achieved cost-efficiency, security, and made it fit for purpose. No backups, no unnecessary redundancy.
Just a simple setup that aligns with the project scope.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Biola Lawaljr
Biola Lawaljr | Sciencx (2025-07-28T10:48:50+00:00) Provide Storage for IT Department Testing and Training. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/07/28/provide-storage-for-it-department-testing-and-training/
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