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Exercise - Provide storage for the IT department testing and training
Exercise instructions
Create a resource group and a storage account.
- Create and deploy a resource group to hold all your project resources.
In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups.
Select + Create
Give your resource group a name. For example, storagerg.
Select a region. 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. Learn more about the types of storage accounts.
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.
Configure simple settings in the storage account
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- 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.
- The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections.
- In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
- Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled.
- 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.
- 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 and Be sure to Save your changes.
- 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.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by daniel shaibu
daniel shaibu | Sciencx (2025-10-31T17:19:44+00:00) Guided Project – Azure Files and Azure Blobs. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/10/31/guided-project-azure-files-and-azure-blobs/
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