# Creating a Storage Location (Azure)

<div id="bkmrk-"></div>#### Creating A Storage Account

Access Storage Locations in the Azure portal by using the following link:

[https://portal.azure.com/#browse/Microsoft.Storage%2FStorageAccounts](https://portal.azure.com/#browse/Microsoft.Storage%2FStorageAccounts)

Click to Create a new one

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Use settings:

<table id="bkmrk-setting-value-subscr"><colgroup><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Setting</td><td>Value</td></tr><tr><td>Subscription</td><td>NCompass</td></tr><tr><td>Resource group</td><td>ncompassstorage</td></tr><tr><td>Storage account name</td><td>3401009999inv *Replace the numbers with the numeric part of their serial number*</td></tr><tr><td>Region</td><td>UK South</td></tr><tr><td>Primary service</td><td>Azure blob storage</td></tr><tr><td>Performance</td><td>Standard</td></tr><tr><td>Redundancy</td><td>GRS</td></tr></tbody></table>

On the following pages, at time of writing the defaults are correct, but verify they match these before completing:

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#### Creating a Container

Once you have created your storage location, you will then need to add a container to store the invoices.

Navigate to Data Storage &gt; Containers in the side menu.

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Click on Add Container to create a new container

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This new container should be named xxxxxxxxxxxxinvoices with the customers serial number replacing the x's.

Leave the rest of the settings as the default.

#### Getting the details from Azure for population in NCompass.

Give the below details to the Support Engineer configuring the customer's system.

<table id="bkmrk-ncompass-field-azure"><colgroup><col></col><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>NCompass Field</td><td>Azure Location</td><td>Example</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>N/A (value doesn't need to match Azure)</td><td>  
</td></tr><tr><td>Account Name</td><td>Security + Networking -&gt; Access Keys -&gt; Storage Account Name</td><td>[![image.png](https://kb.findesolutions.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/zVm1p01cRd1ghDnn-image.png)](https://kb.findesolutions.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/zVm1p01cRd1ghDnn-image.png)

</td></tr><tr><td>Container Name</td><td>Data Storage -&gt; Containers -&gt; Name of the Container Created</td><td>[![image.png](https://kb.findesolutions.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/TTwsrtOITF7zSXBb-image.png)](https://kb.findesolutions.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/TTwsrtOITF7zSXBb-image.png)

</td></tr><tr><td>Container Endpoint</td><td>Settings -&gt; Endpoints -&gt; Blob service -&gt; Blob service  
</td><td>https://ncompassstoragebeta.blob.core.windows.net/

</td></tr><tr><td>Account Key 1</td><td>Security + Networking -&gt; Access Keys -&gt; Key 1</td><td>LxN8uQp1zKaM7fT+YrjGdVbHcwXqEo9sRm==</td></tr><tr><td>Account Key 2</td><td>Security + Networking -&gt; Access Keys -&gt; Key 2</td><td>  
</td></tr><tr><td>Connection String</td><td>Security + Networking -&gt; Access Keys -&gt; Connection String</td><td>DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=ncompassstoragebeta;AccountKey=LxN8uQp1zKaM7fT+YrjGdVbHcwXqEo9sRm==;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net</td></tr><tr><td>Connection String 2 (If Present)</td><td>Security + Networking -&gt; Access Keys -&gt; Connection String 2</td><td>  
</td></tr></tbody></table>

The following config needs to be set with the storage location once created and set up inside of NCompass.

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