Create Azure Blob for eShare Migration Service

This document describes the steps to be followed by an organization to create an Azure Storage Account for the eShare Migration Service. The Azure Storage Account is required so the Migration Service can temporarily store the migrated data in the Blob Container before moving it into the designated OneDrive/SharePoint Online storage.

Create a Storage Account

1. Start by navigating to https://portal.azure.com or https://portal.azure.us and select ‘All Services‘ > the ‘Storage‘ category > ‘Storage Accounts‘.

2. In the Storage Accounts menu, select the ‘Create‘ button to create a new storage account.

3. Fill in the necessary details such as:

   1. Subscription

   2. Resource Group

   3. Storage account name (The name must be unique across Azure, 3-24 characters long, and include only numbers and lowercase letters)

   4. Region (Migration service is hosted in EastUS)

   5. Performance (Premium is preferred but Standard is supported)

   6. Redundancy (up to the Organization)

4. No changes need to be made to the ‘Advanced, Data Protection‘, or ‘Encryption‘ sections.

5. For Network Connectivity, it is recommended to utilize the ‘Enable public access from selected IP addresses‘ or ‘Disable public access and use private access‘ options. Whichever is chosen, please inform your eShare Customer Service Manager and they will initiate the private link or provide the migration service IP address.

6. After settings are selected, proceed to ‘Review + Create‘ to provision the storage account, it will take a few minutes for it to be created.

7. Once the storage account is provisioned, find the ‘Security + networking‘ menu and select ‘Access Keys‘. Copy the Storage Account Name and Connection String], then provide it to your eShare Customer Success Manager so they can complete the connection to the eShare Migration service.