Creating and Configuring Storage Accounts

In the previous chapter, we covered how to configure role-based access control (RBAC) in Azure, how to create custom roles, and how to implement and assign Azure policies.

This chapter will introduce a new objective in terms of implementing and managing storage. In this chapter, we are going to cover the different types of storage account, and you will learn which types are available for storing your data in Azure. We will also cover how to install Azure Storage Explorer, which can be used to manage data inside Azure storage accounts. We are going to look at how to secure data using shared access signatures (SAS) and how to implement storage replication to keep data safe.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Azure storage accounts
• Creating and configuring a storage account
• Installing and using Azure Storage Explorer
• Configuring network access to the storage account
• Generating and managing SAS
• Implementing Azure storage replication