How do(where do I) create Azure Data Lake Gen 2 storage from Azure Portal? I only see option for Gen 1 storage type...

Stephen Weller 6 Reputation points
2021-09-23T18:02:06.62+00:00

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Azure Data Lake Storage
Azure Data Lake Storage
An Azure service that provides an enterprise-wide hyper-scale repository for big data analytic workloads and is integrated with Azure Blob Storage.
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  1. PRADEEPCHEEKATLA-MSFT 77,751 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-09-24T01:37:10.403+00:00

    Hello @Stephen Weller ,

    Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A platform.

    Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is a set of capabilities dedicated to big data analytics, built on Azure Blob Storage.

    You can create ADLS gen2 account like storage account but make sure to select Enable hierarchical namespace as shown below:

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    Here are the steps to create to ADLS Gen2 storage account:

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    For more details, refer Create a storage account to use with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

    Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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