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How to deploy storage account using classical deployment model

I am wondering how to deploy storage accounts in Azure via PowerShell using the classical deployment model and NOT ARM deployment.

I know we can use New-AzStorageAccount but I think it uses ARM.

Solution

  • You are correct that New-AzStorageAccount uses ARM. You can create a classic storage account using a really old version of Azure PowerShell Cmdlets that support classic deployment model.

    Another way to create a classic storage account is to use New-AzResource Cmdlet. I used the following script to create a classic storage account:

    $location = "West US" #Location of the storage account

$name = "mystorageaccount" #Name of the storage account

$accountType = "Standard_RAGRS" #Account type (RAGRS, LRS, GRS etc.)

$resourceType = "Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts" #Storage account resource type

$resourceGroupName = "myresourcegroup" #Resource group name

New-AzResource -Location $location -Properties @{AccountType=$accountType} -ResourceName $name -ResourceType $resourceType -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Force -Verbose