New-AzureStorageAccount

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New-AzureStorageAccount

Creates a new storage account in a Windows Azure subscription.

Parameter Set: ParameterSetAffinityGroup
New-AzureStorageAccount [-StorageAccountName] <String> -AffinityGroup <String> [-Description <String> ] [-Label <String> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ParameterSetLocation
New-AzureStorageAccount [-StorageAccountName] <String> -Location <String> [-Description <String> ] [-Label <String> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

The New-AzureStorageAccount cmdlet creates an account that provides access to Windows 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.

-AffinityGroup<String>

Specifies the name of an existing affinity group in the current subscription. You can specify either a Location or an AffinityGroup parameter, but not both.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Description<String>

Specifies a description for the storage account. The description may be up to 1024 characters in length.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Label<String>

Specifies a label for the storage account. The label may be up to 100 characters in length.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	The one used for the Service Name
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Location<String>

Specifies the Windows Azure data center location where the storage account is created. You can include either a Location or an AffinityGroup parameter, but not both.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-StorageAccountName<String>

Specifies a name for the storage account. The storage account name must be unique to Windows Azure and must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use lowercase letters and numbers only.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

-------------- Example 1 --------------

Creates a new storage account named "azure1" and assigns it to the "prodapps" affinity group.

C:\PS>New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName "azure1" -Label "AzureOne" -AffinityGroup "prodapps"

-------------- Example 2 --------------

Creates a new storage account named "azuretwo" in the "North Central US" data center location.

C:\PS>New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName "azuretwo" -Label "AzureTwo" -Location "North Central US"

New-AzureStorageAccount