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Restrict Storage Accounts with Azure Policy

Explore how to restrict Azure storage accounts using Azure Policy by configuring allowed SKUs and disabling public access. Understand the process of assigning custom and built-in policies through the Azure Portal to enforce compliance at the resource group level. This lesson equips you with the skills to enhance governance and security of storage resources through automation.

We’ll cover a few more Azure Policy samples in this lesson. With a long list of policy definitions available, we can create our custom policies as well.

Here are the samples we’ll explore in this lesson:

  • Storage accounts should be limited by allowed SKUs
  • Restricting storage accounts for public access

Azure Policy to limit Storage accounts SKUs

  1. Navigate over to Azure Portal and log in.

  2. On the Azure home page, enter “Policy” in the search bar and click “Policy” from the search results. It will open up a policy management dashboard called the Azure Policy page.

  3. Select “Definitions” under the “Authoring” section. It will load all the ...