Create a BlockBlobStorage account

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This how-to article requires the Azure PowerShell module Az version 1.2.0 or later. Run Get-Module -ListAvailable Az to find your current version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure PowerShell module.

You can sign in to Azure and run Azure CLI commands in one of two ways:

• You can run CLI commands from within the Azure portal, in Azure Cloud Shell.
• You can install the CLI and run CLI commands locally.

Use Azure Cloud Shell

Azure Cloud Shell is a free Bash shell that you can run directly within the Azure portal. The Azure CLI is pre-installed and configured to use with your account. Click the Cloud Shell button on the menu in the upper-right section of the Azure portal:

The button launches an interactive shell that you can use to run the steps outlined in this how-to article:

Install the CLI locally

You can also install and use the Azure CLI locally. This how-to article requires that you are running the Azure CLI version 2.0.46 or later. Run az --version to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install the Azure CLI.

Sign in to the Azure portal.

Sign in to your Azure subscription with the Connect-AzAccount command and follow the on-screen directions to authenticate.

Connect-AzAccount

To launch Azure Cloud Shell, sign in to the Azure portal.

To log into your local installation of the CLI, run the az login command:

az login

To create a BlockBlobStorage account in the Azure portal, follow these steps:

1. In the Azure portal, select All services > the Storage category > Storage accounts.

2. Under Storage accounts, select Add.

3. In the Subscription field, select the subscription in which to create the storage account.

4. In the Resource group field, select an existing resource group or select Create new, and enter a name for the new resource group.

5. In the Storage account name field, enter a name for the account. Note the following guidelines:

   • The name must be unique across Azure.
   • The name must be between three and 24 characters long.
   • The name can include only numbers and lowercase letters.

6. In the Location field, select a location for the storage account, or use the default location.

7. For the rest of the settings, configure the following:

   Field	Value
   Performance	Select Premium.
   Account kind	Select BlockBlobStorage.
   Replication	Leave the default setting of Locally-redundant storage (LRS).

   

8. Choose the Advanced tab.

9. If you want to optimize your storage account for data analytics, then set Hierarchical namespace to Enabled. Otherwise, leave this option set to its default value. Enabling this setting with your BlockBlobStorage account gives you the premium tier for Data Lake Storage. To learn more about Data Lake Storage, see Introduction to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

10. Select Review + create to review the storage account settings.

11. Select Create.

1. Open an elevated Windows PowerShell session (Run as administrator).

2. Run the following command to make sure the latest version of the Az PowerShell module is installed.

   Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber
   

3. Open a new PowerShell console and sign in with your Azure account.

   Connect-AzAccount -SubscriptionId <SubscriptionID>
   

4. If needed, create a new resource group. Replace the values in quotations, and run the following command.

   $resourcegroup = "new_resource_group_name"
   $location = "region_name"
   New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroup -Location $location
   

5. Create the BlockBlobStorage account. Replace the values in quotations, and run the following command.

   $resourcegroup = "resource_group_name"
   $storageaccount = "new_storage_account_name"
   $location = "region_name"
   
   New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourcegroup -Name $storageaccount -Location $location -Kind "BlockBlobStorage" -SkuName "Premium_LRS"
   

   If you want to optimize your storage account for data analytics, then add -EnableHierarchicalNamespace $True to the command. Enabling this setting with your BlockBlobStorage account gives you the premium tier for Data Lake Storage. To learn more about Data Lake Storage, see Introduction to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

To create a block blob account by using the Azure CLI, you must first install Azure CLI v. 2.0.46 or a later version. Run az --version to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install the Azure CLI.

1. Sign in to your Azure subscription.

   az login
   

2. If needed, create a new resource group. Replace the values in brackets (including the brackets), and run the following command.

   az group create \
    --name "<new_resource_group_name>" \
    --location "<location>"
   

3. Create the BlockBlobStorage account. Replace the values in brackets (including the brackets), and run the following command.

   az storage account create \
    --location "<location>" \
    --name "<new_storage_account_name>" \
    --resource-group "<resource_group_name>" \
    --kind "BlockBlobStorage" \
    --sku "Premium_LRS"
   

   If you want to optimize your storage account for data analytics, then add --hierarchical-namespace true to the command. Enabling this setting with your BlockBlobStorage account gives you the premium tier for Data Lake Storage. To learn more about Data Lake Storage, see Introduction to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.