How to Create an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell

In this blog, you will see how to create an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Introduction 

In this blog, you will see how to create an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Prerequisites

Install Azure PowerShell Module to run the script.

PowerShell Script

Open Notepad and paste the following script. Save the file as script.ps1.

################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################

## Input Parameters
$location="eastus" ## Get all the locations for your Azure Subscription: Get-AzLocation | select Location
$resourceGroupName="azpractice"
$storageAccName="azstorageacc1132020"

## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount

## Function to create Azure Storage Account
Function CreateAzStorageAcc
{
    ## Check if resource group exists
    if(Get-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
         Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $resourceGroupName "- resource group already exists."
    }
    else
    {
         Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $resourceGroupName "- resource group does not exist."
         Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Creating th resource group - " $resourceGroupName

         ## Create a new resource group
         New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location $location
    }

    ## Check if storage account exists
    if(Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
         Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageAccName "- storage account already exists."
    }
    else
    {
         Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageAccName "- storage account does not exist."
         Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Creating the storage account - " $storageAccName

         ## Create a new Azure Storage Account
         New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName -Location $location -SkuName Standard_LRS
    }
}

CreateAzStorageAcc

## Disconnect from Azure Account
Disconnect-AzAccount

Open the Windows PowerShell window and navigate to the location where the script file was saved.

Run the following command.

.\script.ps1

 

 

Result

Azure Storage Account created successfully.

 

 

Summary

Thus, in this blog, you saw how to create an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.