Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
To add a storage account and then create a blob container in the Azure portal:
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- Search for Storage accounts and select it.
- Select + Create.
- On Create a storage account, set:
- Subscription: select the subscription to use.
- Resource group: select an existing group or create a new one.
- Storage account name: enter a unique name. It must be 3 to 24 characters and use lowercase letters and numbers only.
- Region: select a region.
- Performance: Standard.
- Redundancy: leave the default unless a different option is needed.
- Select Review + Create, then Create.
- After deployment finishes, open the new storage account.
- In the storage account menu, under Data storage, select Containers.
- Select + Container.
- Enter a container name. The name must be lowercase, start with a letter or number, can include letters, numbers, and hyphens, and must be 3 to 63 characters long.
- Set Anonymous access level or Public access level. The recommended/default setting is Private (no anonymous access).
- Select Create.
If Data storage is not visible, search for Containers directly in the storage account, because the portal layout can vary.