storage-common-rotate-account-keys-powershell.md

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Rotate storage account access keys with PowerShell	Azure Storage	Create an Azure Storage account, then retrieve and rotate one of its account access keys.	storage	stevenmatthew	azure-storage	powershell	sample	12/04/2019	shaas	devx-track-azurepowershell

Rotate storage account access keys with PowerShell

This script creates an Azure Storage account, displays the new storage account's primary access key, then renews (rotates) the key.

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Sample script

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Clean up deployment

Run the following command to remove the resource group, storage account, and all related resources.

Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name rotatekeystestrg

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands to create the storage account and retrieve and rotate one of its access keys. Each item in the table links to command-specific documentation.

Command	Notes
Get-AzLocation	Gets all locations and the supported resource providers for each location.
New-AzResourceGroup	Creates an Azure resource group.
New-AzStorageAccount	Creates a Storage account.
Get-AzStorageAccountKey	Gets the access keys for an Azure Storage account.
New-AzStorageAccountKey	Regenerates an access key for an Azure Storage account.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure PowerShell module, see Azure PowerShell documentation.

Additional storage PowerShell script samples can be found in PowerShell samples for Azure Blob storage.