Move storage account to another region

In this Azure article, we will discuss how to move a storage account to another region.

How to move storage account to another region

Basically, if you wish to change the location of your Azure Storage account, what you need to do is, you will have to create a copy of the storage account in the target location or region, and then you need to transfer or move all the data from the source storage account to the target storage account.

You can do this using Azure Portal and by using PowerShell.

Approach-1: Using Azure Portal

The first step is to export the Azure Storage account as a template using the below steps.

1. Log in to the Azure Portal.
2. Navigate to your Azure Storage account.
3. Click on the Export template link from the left navigation under the Automation tab, as shown below.

4. Click on the Download option to download the template.

5. Now, it will get downloaded as a zip folder like the one below.

6. You can unzip the folder and keep it.

Now, let’s modify the existing template

We will change the storage account name and location using the below steps

1. Click on the Create a Resource button.

2. Search for the template deployment and click on the search result “Template deployment.”

3. Click on the Create button.

4. On the Custom deployment window, click on the Build your own template in the editor link as shown below.

5. Click on the Load file button. Select the template.json file that we downloaded and unzipped earlier.

6. Modify the storage account name and the location.

7. Click on the Save button to save the changes.

8. On the Custom deployment window, Provide the below details

• Subscription: Select the subscription that you wish to use here.
• Resource Group: You can select an existing Resource Group or click on the Create new link and provide a name to create a new Resource Group.
• Region: Select the required region or location.

Finally, click on the Review + Create button as highlighted below.

After clicking on the Review + Create button, It will Start validating all the entries entered by you. For me, it throws an error as the name of the storage account “mytargetstorageaccount” that I have entered was not available, so I changed the storage account name from “mytargetstorageaccount” to “mytargetstorageaccountg,” and the Resource Group name also changed from “