(1.3) Creating a Storage Account (Blob Storage)
This is part of a series of articles called Azure Challenges. You can refer to the Intro Page to understand more about how the challenges work.
To start, go to https://portal.azure.com/#home and select <Create a Resource>
Select Storage Account
Define the basic information to create your storage account like subscription and storage account name
Define the region where ou are going to create the resource, the performance, and redundancy.
redundancy details / options
Select Review+Create to confirm.
You can also check all the redundancy options using the link below.
Just wait for your deployment and your solution will be ready to use! After the deployment of your service, you should be able to see it in your Azure Portal.
As you can see in the screenshot below you have 3 resources: (1) the SQL Database (2) the Resource Group and (3) the Storage Account.
For more info please use the link below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/pricing/details/storage/blobs/
Next step (1.4) Moving Data to your Storage Account