gistfile1.cs

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    using System.Globalization;
    using System.Net.Http;
    using System.Security.Cryptography;

    class Program
    {
        private const string StorageAccount = "";

        private const string StorageAccountKey = "";

        private const string QueueName = "";

        private const string QueueEndPoint = "";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CreateQueue();
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        static string GetAuthorizationHeader(string canonicalizedString)
        {
            var signature = string.Empty;
            using (var hash = new HMACSHA256(Convert.FromBase64String(StorageAccountKey)))
            {
                var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(canonicalizedString);
                signature = Convert.ToBase64String(hash.ComputeHash(data));
            }

            return string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0} {1}:{2}", "SharedKey", StorageAccount, signature);
        }

        static void CreateQueue()
        {
            var requestMethod = "PUT";
            var storageServiceVersion = "2014-02-14";
            var date = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("R");
            var canonicalizedHeaders = string.Format("x-ms-date:{0}\nx-ms-version:{1}", date, storageServiceVersion);
            var canonicalizedResource = string.Format("/{0}/{1}", StorageAccount, QueueName);
            var stringToSign = string.Format(
                "{0}\n\n\n{1}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{2}\n{3}",
                requestMethod,
                0,
                canonicalizedHeaders,
                canonicalizedResource);
            var authorizationHeader = GetAuthorizationHeader(stringToSign);

            using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
            {
                httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(QueueEndPoint);
                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-ms-date", date);
                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-ms-version", storageServiceVersion);
                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", authorizationHeader);

                var result = httpClient.PutAsync(QueueName, new StringContent(string.Empty));
                result.Wait();
            }
        }
    }
}