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Create a storage account in an Azure Extended Zone

In this article, you learn how to create an Azure storage account in an Extended Zone.

Prerequisites

Sign in to Azure

Sign in to the Azure portal with your Azure account.

Create a storage account in an Extended Zone

In this section, you create a storage account in an Extended Zone.

  1. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter storage. Select Storage accounts from the search results.

    Screenshot that shows how to search for storage accounts in the Azure portal.

  2. In the Storage accounts page, select + Create.

  3. On the Basics tab of Create a storage account, enter, or select the following information:

    Setting Value
    Project details
    Subscription Select your Azure subscription.
    Resource group Select Create new.
    Enter myResourceGroup in Name.
    Select OK.
    Instance details
    Storage account name Enter a unique name.
    Region* Select the target Extended Zone's Parent Region (its homeLocation) and then select Deploy to an Azure Extended Zone.
    Under Azure Extended Zones, select the respective Extended Zone.
    Select the Select button.
    Performance Premium is the only available option for an Extended Zone.
    Premium account type Select Page blobs. Other available options are Block blobs and File shares.
    Redundancy Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) is the only available option for an Extended Zone.

    *If there's no Extended Zone paired with the selected region, you won’t be able to select an Extended Zone ___location.

    Screenshot that shows the Basics tab of creating a storage account in an Azure Extended Zone.

    Note

    Azure Extended Zones only supports premium storage accounts with locally-redundant storage (LRS) redundancy.

  4. Select Review + create.

  5. Review the settings, and then select Create.

Clean up resources

When no longer needed, delete the storage account and its resource group:

  1. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter myResourceGroup. Select myResourceGroup from the search results.

  2. Select Delete resource group.

  3. In Delete a resource group, enter myResourceGroup, and then select Delete.

  4. Select Delete to confirm the deletion of the resource group and all its resources.

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