Exercise: Using Azure Cloud Storage
Pre-requisites
- Download the Storage Explorer
- Review Storage documentation for basic concepts.
Please review materials for this session to understand cloud storage and the different types that Azure offers - A valid subscription.
- A storage account is not always required for some tutorials, but if so, create a storage account with the first item.
Azure Quickstart Tutorials
Storage Account
We created a storage account in one of the first activities, and you may use that storage account for many of the other activities below. However here is the Azure documentation for doing so if you want to review or practice creating a new one:
*Note in the above there are options for "Portal", "PowerShell", "Azure CLI" and "Template" but the Portal version is what we covered so far.
Blob Storage
Azure Quickstart: Upload, download, and list blobs with the Azure portal
The Azure Storage explorer is a desktop application for Mac and Windows, useful for occasional checking and working with cloud storage:
Azure Quickstart: Use Azure Storage Explorer to create a blob
File Storage
In the following exercise, you can use your existing storage account, and skip to the section "create-an-azure-file-share" but feel free to create an additional storage account if you want to experiment (the storage account itself does not )