New-AzureStorageAccount
Creates a new storage account in an Azure subscription.
Note
The cmdlets referenced in this documentation are for managing legacy Azure resources that use Service Management APIs. See the Az PowerShell module for cmdlets to manage Azure Resource Manager resources.
Syntax
New-AzureStorageAccount
[-StorageAccountName] <String>
[-Label <String>]
[-Description <String>]
-AffinityGroup <String>
[-Type <String>]
[-Profile <AzureSMProfile>]
[-InformationAction <ActionPreference>]
[-InformationVariable <String>]
[<CommonParameters>] New-AzureStorageAccount
[-StorageAccountName] <String>
[-Label <String>]
[-Description <String>]
-Location <String>
[-Type <String>]
[-Profile <AzureSMProfile>]
[-InformationAction <ActionPreference>]
[-InformationVariable <String>]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The New-AzureStorageAccount cmdlet creates an account that provides access to Azure storage services. A storage account is a globally unique resource within the storage system. The account is the parent namespace for the Blob, Queue, and Table services.
Examples
Example 1: Create a storage account for a specified affinity group
PS C:\> New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName "azure01" -Label "AzureOne" -AffinityGroup "prodapps"This command creates a storage account for a specified affinity group.
Example 2: Create a storage account in a specified location
PS C:\> New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName "azure02" -Label "AzureTwo" -Location "North Central US"This command creates a storage account in a specified location.
Parameters
-AffinityGroup
Specifies the name of an existing affinity group in the current subscription. You can specify either the Location or AffinityGroup parameter, but not both.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Description
Specifies a description for the storage account. The description may be up to 1024 characters in length.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InformationAction
Specifies how this cmdlet responds to an information event.
The acceptable values for this parameter are:
- Continue
- Ignore
- Inquire
- SilentlyContinue
- Stop
- Suspend
| Type: | ActionPreference |
| Aliases: | infa |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InformationVariable
Specifies an information variable.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | iv |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Label
Specifies a label for the storage account. The label may be up to 100 characters in length.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Location
Specifies the Azure data center location where the storage account is created. You can include either the Location or AffinityGroup parameter, but not both.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Profile
Specifies the Azure profile from which this cmdlet reads. If you do not specify a profile, this cmdlet reads from the local default profile.
| Type: | AzureSMProfile |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-StorageAccountName
Specifies a name for the storage account. The storage account name must be unique to Azure and must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use lowercase letters and numbers only.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | ServiceName |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Type
Specifies the type of the storage account. Valid values are:
- Standard_LRS
- Standard_ZRS
- Standard_GRS
- Standard_RAGRS
- Premium_LRS
If this parameter is not specified, the default value is Standard_GRS.
Standard_ZRS or Premium_LRS accounts cannot be changed to other account types, and vice versa.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |