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Quickstart: Share data using Azure Data Share and Bicep

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Learn how to set up a new Azure Data Share from an Azure storage account using Bicep, and start sharing your data with customers and partners outside of your Azure organization. For a list of the supported data stores, see Supported data stores in Azure Data Share.

Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) that uses declarative syntax to deploy Azure resources. It provides concise syntax, reliable type safety, and support for code reuse. Bicep offers the best authoring experience for your infrastructure-as-code solutions in Azure.

Prerequisites

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Review the Bicep file

The Bicep file used in this quickstart is from Azure Quickstart Templates.

@description('Specify a project name that is used to generate resource names.')
param projectName string

@description('Specify the location for the resources.')
param location string = resourceGroup().location

@description('Specify an email address for receiving data share invitations.')
param invitationEmail string

@description('Specify snapshot schedule recurrence.')
@allowed([
  'Day'
  'Hour'
])
param syncInterval string = 'Day'

@description('Specify snapshot schedule start time.')
param syncTime string = utcNow('yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ')

var storageAccountName = '${projectName}store'
var containerName = '${projectName}container'
var dataShareAccountName = '${projectName}shareaccount'
var dataShareName = '${projectName}share'
var roleAssignmentName = guid(sa.id, storageBlobDataReaderRoleDefinitionId, dataShareAccount.id)
var inviteName = '${dataShareName}invite'
var storageBlobDataReaderRoleDefinitionId = resourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '2a2b9908-6ea1-4ae2-8e65-a410df84e7d1')

resource sa 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-04-01' = {
  name: storageAccountName
  location: location
  sku: {
    name: 'Standard_LRS'
  }
  kind: 'StorageV2'
  properties: {
    accessTier: 'Hot'
  }
}

resource container 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers@2021-04-01' = {
  name: '${sa.name}/default/${containerName}'
}

resource dataShareAccount 'Microsoft.DataShare/accounts@2021-08-01' = {
  name: dataShareAccountName
  location: location
  identity: {
    type: 'SystemAssigned'
  }
  properties: {}
}

resource dataShare 'Microsoft.DataShare/accounts/shares@2021-08-01' = {
  parent: dataShareAccount
  name: dataShareName
  properties: {
    shareKind: 'CopyBased'
  }
}

resource roleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2020-04-01-preview' = {
  scope: sa
  name: roleAssignmentName
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: storageBlobDataReaderRoleDefinitionId
    principalId: dataShareAccount.identity.principalId
    principalType: 'ServicePrincipal'
  }
}

resource dataSet 'Microsoft.DataShare/accounts/shares/dataSets@2021-08-01' = {
  parent: dataShare
  name: containerName
  kind: 'Container'
  dependsOn: [ // this is used to delay this resource until the roleAssignment replicates
    container
    invitation
    synchronizationSetting
  ]
  properties: {
    subscriptionId: subscription().subscriptionId
    resourceGroup: resourceGroup().name
    storageAccountName: sa.name
    containerName: containerName
  }
}

resource invitation 'Microsoft.DataShare/accounts/shares/invitations@2021-08-01' = {
  parent: dataShare
  name: inviteName
  properties: {
    targetEmail: invitationEmail
  }
}

resource synchronizationSetting 'Microsoft.DataShare/accounts/shares/synchronizationSettings@2021-08-01' = {
  parent: dataShare
  name: '${dataShareName}_synchronizationSetting'
  kind: 'ScheduleBased'
  properties: {
    recurrenceInterval: syncInterval
    synchronizationTime: syncTime
  }
}

The following resources are defined in the Bicep file:

Deploy the Bicep file

  1. Save the Bicep file as main.bicep to your local computer.

  2. Deploy the Bicep file using either Azure CLI or Azure PowerShell.

    az group create --name exampleRG --location eastus
az deployment group create --resource-group exampleRG --template-file main.bicep --parameters projectName=<project-name> invitationEmail=<invitation-email>

    Note

    Replace <project-name> with a project name. The project name will be used to generate resource names. Replace <invitation-email> with an email address for receiving data share invitations.

    When the deployment finishes, you should see a message indicating the deployment succeeded.

Review deployed resources

Use the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell to list the deployed resources in the resource group.

az resource list --resource-group exampleRG

Clean up resources

When no longer needed, use the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell to delete the resource group and its resources.

az group delete --name exampleRG

Next steps

In this quickstart, you learned how to create an Azure data share and invite recipients. To learn more about how a data consumer can accept and receive a data share, continue to the accept and receive data tutorial.