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You have an Azure subscription that contains a storage account named storage1. You need to allow access to storage1 from selected networks and your home office. The solution must minimize administrati

The correct answer is B. Modify the Public network access settings.. To restrict access to an Azure storage account to specific networks and your home office, the initial step involves configuring the storage account's network access settings.

Submitted by helene.fr· Mar 4, 2026Implement and manage storage

Question

You have an Azure subscription that contains a storage account named storage1. You need to allow access to storage1 from selected networks and your home office. The solution must minimize administrative effort. What should you do first for storage1?

Options

  • AAdd a private endpoint.
  • BModify the Public network access settings.
  • CSelect Internet routing.
  • DModify the Access Control (IAM) settings.

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    12% (4)
  • B
    79% (26)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    6% (2)

Why each option

To restrict access to an Azure storage account to specific networks and your home office, the initial step involves configuring the storage account's network access settings.

AAdd a private endpoint.

While a private endpoint provides secure access, it primarily integrates the storage account into a private network and doesn't directly address allowing access from specific public IPs or selected virtual networks as the *first* step for general restricted access.

BModify the Public network access settings.Correct

To control access to a storage account from specific virtual networks and IP addresses (like a home office), you must modify the "Public network access" settings to allow access from "Selected networks." This enables the configuration of network rules for virtual networks and IP ranges, directly addressing the requirement to allow access from selected networks and a home office.

CSelect Internet routing.

Internet routing is a network performance optimization feature for routing traffic to Azure storage and does not control access based on source network or IP address.

DModify the Access Control (IAM) settings.

Modifying Access Control (IAM) settings governs who can manage the storage account or what actions they can perform, but it does not control network-level access to the data within the storage account.

Concept tested: Azure Storage account network access configuration

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-network-security?tabs=azure-portal

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