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Why is it a storage 'account'?

TheLoops 1 Reputation point
2020-10-20T22:48:21.143+00:00

Hi there. Trying to get my head around storage account. Sounds like a daft question but why is it a storage 'account'? I already have the azure sub so why is storage an 'account'? Excuse my ignorance... just starting out in Azure.

Thanks

Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
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  1. Vaibhav Chaudhari 38,666 Reputation points
    2020-10-21T03:48:59.7+00:00

    You login to Azure subscription (which is unique) with your organization or personal Microsoft account (which is also unique)

    Similarly, there are services within Azure where first we have to create account which has to be unique, probably that's why it is also called Storage "account".

    The storage account that is created in portal has to be globally unique, no one else can create it with same name again.

    Storage account also has the unique endpoint address URL. For reference - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-introduction#storage-accounts

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  2. TheLoops 1 Reputation point
    2020-10-30T08:54:19.827+00:00

    As i understand it:

    It is a storage 'account' as:

    1. When you create a storage account you are creating a separate workspace which you can apply RBAC to control who/what service has access to that storage account and its contents.
    2. If you have a lot of storage and you want to give another service access to it you give that service the storage account details to be able to write/read from it etc.

    Any comments on the above welcomed.

    Best,

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  3. Sumarigo-MSFT 44,416 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-10-21T07:44:00.797+00:00

    @TheLoops Let me provide some explain how the subscription works, what is Azure Storage account :
    Azure Subscription is linked to a single account, the one that was used to create the subscription and is used for billing purposes. Within the subscription, resources can be provisioned as instances of the many Azure products and services.

    In Subscription also there are different types here and different billing account, For complete detailed information, you can refer to this article

    The Azure portal is a web-based application. You can use the Azure portal to create, manage, and remove Azure resources and services. It includes:

    • A configurable dashboard
    • Azure resource management tools
    • Access to subscription settings and billing information. For more information, see the Manage your subscription . # Where do I start?

    With all the services that Azure offers, it can be an intimidating task to figure out which services you need to support your solution architecture. This section highlights the Azure services that developers commonly use. For a list of all Azure services, see the Azure documentation.

    First, you must decide on how to host your application in Azure. Do you need to manage your entire infrastructure as a virtual machine (VM)? Can you use the platform management facilities that Azure provides? Maybe you need a serverless framework to host code execution only?

    Your application needs cloud storage , which Azure provides several options for. You can take advantage of Azure's enterprise authentication. There are also tools for cloud-based development and monitoring, and most hosting services offer DevOps integration.

    Now, let's look at some of the specific services that we recommend investigating for your applications.

    Azure Storage: Offers durable, highly available storage for blobs, queues, files, and other kinds of nonrelational data. Storage provides the storage foundation for VMs.

    When to use: When your app stores nonrelational data, such as key-value pairs (tables), blobs, files shares, or messages (queues).

    Get started: Choose from one of these types storage: blobs, tables, queues, or files.

    Refer here for Storage account overview

    Introduction to the core Azure Storage services

    Azure Storage includes object, file, disk, queue, and table storage. There are also services for hybrid storage solutions, and services to transfer, share, and back up data.

    Note: To perform any Persist (for data, save, Backup disaster recovery and more) than you need storage account. To server multiple purpose.
    Ex: In on-perm device use Hard disk to save the data, similar Azure storage account work in cloud( Azure Storage account work for to server multiple purpose).

    Hope this helps!

    Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

    Please don’t forget to "Accept the answer” and “up-vote” wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members.

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