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PaulGentle-DataMinister/Create Azure File Share and Map as Drive - Powershell.ps1
Created Jan 8, 2019
Create an Azure File Share and Map as Drive on Remote Server - PowerShell
| ## Connect to your Azure account in PowerShell | |
| Connect-AzAccount | |
| ## Set the variables below to the names, sizes, locations, etc that you want to use | |
| $ResourceGroupName = "EnterResourceGroupName" | |
| $StorageAccountName = "EnterStorageAccountName" | |
| $FileShareName = "EnterFileShareName" | |
| $FileShareSizeMB = 1024 | |
| $Location = "UK West" | |
| $SkuName = "Standard_LRS" | |
| $StorageType = "StorageV2" | |
| $DriveLetter = "L" | |
| ## All of the remaining commands in this script should now just run, with no input needed from yourself | |
| ## Create a new Resource Group | |
| New-AzResourceGroup -Name $ResourceGroupName -Location $Location | |
| ## Create a new Storage Account | |
| New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $StorageAccountName -Location $Location -SkuName $SkuName -Kind $StorageType | |
| ## Obtain Account Key for new Storage Account | |
| $AccountKey = (Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -AccountName $StorageAccountName).Value[0] | |
| ## Set context to new Storage Account | |
| $Context = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $AccountKey | |
| ## Create new File Share within the Storage Account | |
| New-AzStorageShare -Name $FileShareName -Context $Context | |
| ## Resize the newly created File Share | |
| Set-AzStorageShareQuota -ShareName $FileShareName -Context $Context -Quota $FileShareSizeMB | |
| ## Get Credential name for new Storage Account | |
| $CredentialName = "Azure\"+$StorageAccountName | |
| ## Create a Credential consisting of the Credential name and account key | |
| $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $CredentialName, (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $AccountKey -AsPlainText -Force) | |
| ## Set root for new File Share | |
| $Root = "\\"+$StorageAccountName+".file.core.windows.net\"+$FileShareName | |
| ## Create a new Drive that will be mapped to the Azure File Share | |
| New-PSDrive -Name $DriveLetter -PSProvider FileSystem -Root $Root -Credential $Credential -Persist |
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