Merge pull request #103695 from tamram/tamram-0207a

update PS instructions to check installed version

Author: PRMerger19

articles/storage/common/storage-account-create.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ author: tamram
 
 ms.service: storage
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 01/17/2020
+ms.date: 02/07/2020
 ms.author: tamram
 ms.subservice: common
 ---
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ None.
 
 # [PowerShell](#tab/azure-powershell)
 
-This how-to article requires the Azure PowerShell module Az version 0.7 or later. Run `Get-Module -ListAvailable Az` to find your current version. If you need to install or upgrade, see [Install Azure PowerShell module](/powershell/azure/install-Az-ps).
+To create an Azure storage account with PowerShell, make sure you have installed Azure PowerShell module Az version 0.7 or later. For more information, see [Introducing the Azure PowerShell Az module](/powershell/azure/new-azureps-module-az).
+
+To find your current version, run the following command:
+
+```powershell
+Get-InstalledModule -Name "Az"
+```
+
+To install or upgrade Azure PowerShell, see [Install Azure PowerShell module](/powershell/azure/install-Az-ps).
 
 # [Azure CLI](#tab/azure-cli)
 
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ To launch Azure Cloud Shell, sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.
 
 To log into your local installation of the CLI, run the [az login](/cli/azure/reference-index#az-login) command:
 
-```cli
+```azurecli-interactive
 az login
 ```
 
@@ -109,14 +117,14 @@ First, create a new resource group with PowerShell using the [New-AzResourceGrou
 # put resource group in a variable so you can use the same group name going forward,
 # without hard-coding it repeatedly
 $resourceGroup = "storage-resource-group"
+$location = "westus"
 New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroup -Location $location
 ```
 
 If you're not sure which region to specify for the `-Location` parameter, you can retrieve a list of supported regions for your subscription with the [Get-AzLocation](/powershell/module/az.resources/get-azlocation) command:
 
 ```powershell
 Get-AzLocation | select Location
-$location = "westus"
 ```
 
 Next, create a general-purpose v2 storage account with read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) by using the [New-AzStorageAccount](/powershell/module/az.storage/New-azStorageAccount) command. Remember that the name of your storage account must be unique across Azure, so replace the placeholder value in brackets with your own unique value:
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
 ```
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> If you plan to use [Azure Data Lake Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/storage/data-lake-storage/), include `-EnableHierarchicalNamespace $True` in this list of parameters. 
+> If you plan to use [Azure Data Lake Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/storage/data-lake-storage/), include `-EnableHierarchicalNamespace $True` in this list of parameters.
 
 To create a general-purpose v2 storage account with a different replication option, substitute the desired value in the table below for the **SkuName** parameter.