Microsoft.Storage storageAccounts template reference

08/11/2020
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Template format

To create a Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts resource, add the following JSON to the resources section of your template.

{
  "name": "string",
  "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
  "apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "accountType": "string"
  }
}

Property values

The following tables describe the values you need to set in the schema.

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts object

Name	Type	Required	Value
name	string	Yes	The name of the storage account within the specified resource group. Storage account names must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use numbers and lower-case letters only. Min length: 3 Max length: 24
type	enum	Yes	Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts
apiVersion	enum	Yes	2015-06-15
location	string	Yes	The location of the resource. This will be one of the supported and registered Azure Geo Regions (e.g. West US, East US, Southeast Asia, etc.). The geo region of a resource cannot be changed once it is created, but if an identical geo region is specified on update, the request will succeed.
tags	object	No	A list of key value pairs that describe the resource. These tags can be used for viewing and grouping this resource (across resource groups). A maximum of 15 tags can be provided for a resource. Each tag must have a key with a length no greater than 128 characters and a value with a length no greater than 256 characters.
properties	object	Yes	StorageAccountPropertiesCreateParameters object

StorageAccountPropertiesCreateParameters object

Name	Type	Required	Value
accountType	enum	Yes	The sku name. Required for account creation; optional for update. Note that in older versions, sku name was called accountType. - Standard_LRS, Standard_ZRS, Standard_GRS, Standard_RAGRS, Premium_LRS

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Create a Standard Storage Account	This template creates a Standard Storage Account
Create Storage Account and Blob Container	Creates an Azure Storage account and a blob container. Template originally authored by John Downs.
Create a storage account with file share	Creates an Azure storage account and file share.
Create a storage account with multiple Blob containers	Creates an Azure storage account and multiple blob containers.
Create a storage account with multiple file shares	Creates an Azure storage account and multiple file shares.
Create a Storage Account with SSE	This template creates a Storage Account with Storage Service Encryption for Data at Rest
Storage account with Advanced Threat Protection.	This template allows you to deploy an Azure Storage account with Advanced Threat Protection enabled.