# Azure - setup
### Azure API Settings
Required credentials:
* Connection string
### How to obtain credentials
Login in to your Azure account.
The next step is to create a storage account. Select **Storage accounts** from services (you can also type on search bar "**storage accounts**" to find it)
From **Storage accounts** screen, click on "**Create**", to create a new storage account.
On **Basics** tab, you can set the basic settings for the storage account.
#### Project details:
Select a subscription and a Resource group. You can click on "**Create new**" to create a new resource and give it a name that you prefer. In the example below we used "SEONeo".
#### Instance details:
Give a **Storage account name**, and select region.
On Performance, set the first option "**Standard**".
On Redundancy select "**Geo-redundant storage (GRS)**" and check the option below "**Make read access to data available in the event of regional unavailability**".
Click next until you finish the setup of your storage account.
To get your credentials, from Home, open your storage (it will have the **Storage account** name you gave on the previous step).
From the menu select "**Access keys**".
From this screen you will find **Connection string** which is what you need for your credentials on SEO Neo.
### **Important : Enabling Allow Blob Anonymous Access**
Also make sure to change the "**Allow Blob Anonymous Access**" setting to "**Enabled**" for your Azure storage account.
