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Modules/M01-configure-storage-accounts
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/3-explore-azure-storage-services.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/3-explore-azure-storage-services.yml
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/4-determine-storage-account-kinds.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/4-determine-storage-account-kinds.yml
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/5-determine-replication-strategies.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/5-determine-replication-strategies.yml
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/6-access-storage.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/6-access-storage.yml
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/7-secure-storage-endpoints.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/7-secure-storage-endpoints.yml
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/8-knowledge-check.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/8-knowledge-check.yml
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       explanation: "Incorrect. Is there a lower-cost solution for temporary data?"
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/9-summary-resources.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/9-summary-resources.yml
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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/2-implement-azure-storage.md b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/2-implement-azure-storage.md
@@ -1,33 +1,20 @@
 [Azure Storage](/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction) is Microsoft's cloud storage solution for modern data storage scenarios. Azure Storage offers a massively scalable object store for data objects. It provides a file system service for the cloud, a messaging store for reliable messaging, and a NoSQL store. 
 
-Azure Storage is a service that you can use to store files, messages, tables, and other types of information. You use Azure Storage for applications like file shares. Developers use Azure Storage for working data. Working data includes websites, mobile apps, and desktop applications. Azure Storage is also used by IaaS virtual machines, and PaaS cloud services. 
+Azure Storage is an AI-ready service that you can use to store files, messages, tables, and other types of information. You use Azure Storage for applications like file shares. Developers use Azure Storage for working data. Working data includes websites, mobile apps, and desktop applications. Azure Storage is also used by IaaS virtual machines, and PaaS cloud services. 
 
 ### Things to know about Azure Storage
 
 You can think of Azure Storage as supporting three categories of data: structured data, unstructured data, and virtual machine data. Review the following categories and think about which types of storage are used in your organization.
 
+:::image type="content" source="../media/storage-types.png" alt-text="Diagram of virtual machine, unstructured, and structured data.":::
+
+
 | Category | Description | Storage examples |
 | --- | --- |
 | **Virtual machine data** | Virtual machine data storage includes disks and files. Disks are persistent block storage for Azure IaaS virtual machines. Files are fully managed file shares in the cloud. | Storage for virtual machine data is provided through Azure managed disks. Data disks are used by virtual machines to store data like database files, website static content, or custom application code. The number of data disks you can add depends on the virtual machine size. Each data disk has a maximum capacity of 32,767 GB. |
 | **Unstructured data** | Unstructured data is the least organized. The format of unstructured data is referred to as _nonrelational_. | Unstructured data can be stored by using Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage. Blob Storage is a highly scalable, REST-based cloud object store. Azure Data Lake Storage is the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) as a service. |
 | **Structured data** | Structured data is stored in a relational format that has a shared schema. Structured data is often contained in a database table with rows, columns, and keys. Tables are an autoscaling NoSQL store. | Structured data can be stored by using Azure Table Storage, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure SQL Database. Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed database service. Azure SQL Database is a fully managed database-as-a-service built on SQL. |
 
-### How to create a storage account
-
-<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AhuNgBafmUo" title="How to create a storage account." allowfullscreen></iframe>
-
-
-#### Storage account types
-
-General purpose Azure storage accounts have two [types](/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview?toc=%2Fazure%2Fstorage%2Fblobs%2Ftoc.json#types-of-storage-accounts): Standard and Premium.
-
-- **Standard** storage accounts are backed by magnetic hard disk drives (HDD). A standard storage account provides the lowest cost per GB. You can use Standard storage for applications that require bulk storage or where data is infrequently accessed.
-
-- **Premium** storage accounts are backed by solid-state drives (SSD) and offer consistent low-latency performance. You can use Premium storage for Azure virtual machine disks with I/O-intensive applications like databases.
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> You can't convert a Standard storage account to a Premium storage account or vice versa. You must create a new storage account with the desired type and copy data, if applicable, to a new storage account.
-
 ### Things to consider when using Azure Storage
 
 As you think about your configuration plan for Azure Storage, consider these prominent features.
@@ -41,3 +28,7 @@ As you think about your configuration plan for Azure Storage, consider these pro
 - **Consider manageability**. Microsoft Azure handles hardware maintenance, updates, and critical issues for you.
 
 - **Consider data accessibility**. Data in Azure Storage is accessible from anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS. Microsoft provides SDKs for Azure Storage in various languages. You can use .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, and the REST API. Azure Storage supports scripting in Azure PowerShell or the Azure CLI. The Azure portal and Azure Storage Explorer offer easy visual solutions for working with your data.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/3-explore-azure-storage-services.md b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/3-explore-azure-storage-services.md
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-Azure Storage offers four data services that can be accessed by using an Azure storage account:
-
-- **Azure Blob Storage (containers)**: A massively scalable object store for text and binary data.
-
-- **Azure Files**: Managed file shares for cloud or on-premises deployments.
-
-- **Azure Queue Storage**: A messaging store for reliable messaging between application components.
-
-- **Azure Table Storage**: A service that stores nonrelational structured data (also known as structured NoSQL data).
+> [!VIDEO https://learn-video.azurefd.net/vod/player?id=cce31ece-07bd-4cba-b6e6-59af6a6ae1c0]
 
 Let's examine the details of these services.
 
+:::image type="content" source="../media/explore-storage-services.png" alt-text="Diagram showing the four main types of Azure storage.":::
+
 ### Azure Blob Storage 
 
 [Azure Blob Storage](/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-overview) is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob Storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured or _nonrelational_ data, such as text or binary data. Blob Storage is ideal for:
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/4-determine-storage-account-kinds.md b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/4-determine-storage-account-kinds.md
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-Azure Storage offers several storage account options. Each storage account supports different features and has its own pricing model.
+General purpose Azure storage accounts have two basic [types](/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview?toc=%2Fazure%2Fstorage%2Fblobs%2Ftoc.json#types-of-storage-accounts): Standard and Premium.
+
+> [!VIDEO https://learn-video.azurefd.net/vod/player?id=52c7296b-212e-4818-a8cb-9f1648d5dd7d]
 
 ### Things to know about storage account types
 
-Review the following options and think about what storage accounts are required to support your applications.
+**Standard** storage accounts are backed by magnetic hard disk drives (HDD). A standard storage account provides the lowest cost per GB. You can use Standard storage for applications that require bulk storage or where data is infrequently accessed.
+
+**Premium** storage accounts are backed by solid-state drives (SSD) and offer consistent low-latency performance. You can use Premium storage for Azure virtual machine disks with I/O-intensive applications like databases.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> You can't convert a Standard storage account to a Premium storage account or vice versa. You must create a new storage account with the desired type and copy data, if applicable, to a new storage account. All storage account types are encrypted by using Storage Service Encryption (SSE) for data at rest.
+
 
 | Storage&nbsp;account| Supported&nbsp;services| Recommended usage |
 | --- | --- | ---|
@@ -11,13 +19,8 @@ Review the following options and think about what storage accounts are required
 | [**Premium** __file shares__](/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-create-file-share)| Azure Files | Premium storage account for file shares only. Recommended for enterprise or high-performance scale applications. Use Premium file shares if you require support for both Server Message Block (SMB) and NFS file shares. |
 | [**Premium** __page blobs__](/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-pageblob-overview)| Page blobs only | Premium high-performance storage account for page blobs only. Page blobs are ideal for storing index-based and sparse data structures, such as operating systems, data disks for virtual machines, and databases. |
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> All storage account types are encrypted by using Storage Service Encryption (SSE) for data at rest.
-
-### How to manage your storage account
-
-<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-j_8clCWYn8" title="How to manage your storage account." allowfullscreen></iframe>
-
+> [!TIP]
+> Before continuing, consider working through the [*Create a storage account*](/training/modules/create-azure-storage-account/) training module. This module has a sandbox where you can create a storage account. 
 
 
 
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/5-determine-replication-strategies.md b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/5-determine-replication-strategies.md
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 The data in your Azure storage account is always replicated to ensure durability and high availability. [Azure Storage replication](/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy) copies your data to protect from planned and unplanned events. These events range from transient hardware failures, network or power outages, massive natural disasters, and so on. You can choose to replicate your data within the same data center, across zonal data centers within the same region, and even across regions. Replication ensures your storage account meets the Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for Azure Storage even if there are failures.
 
-We explore four replication strategies: 
-
-- Locally redundant storage (LRS)
-- Zone redundant storage (ZRS)
-- Geo-redundant storage (GRS)
-- Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS) 
+> [!VIDEO https://learn-video.azurefd.net/vod/player?id=0268948e-6253-402a-8b32-7c3f899df811]
 
 ### Locally redundant storage
 
@@ -15,7 +10,7 @@ Locally redundant storage is the lowest-cost replication option and offers the l
 
 - Your application stores data that can be easily reconstructed if data loss occurs.
 - Your data is constantly changing like in a live feed, and storing the data isn't essential.
-- Your application is restricted to replicating data only within a country or region due to data governance requirements.
+- Your application is restricted to replicating data only within a location due to data governance requirements.
 
 ### Zone redundant storage
 
@@ -58,3 +53,7 @@ Let's examine the scope of durability and availability for the different replica
 | Node in data center unavailable | Entire data center unavailable | Region-wide outage | Read access during region-wide outage | 
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |  
 | - **LRS** <br> - **ZRS** <br> - **GRS** <br> - **RA-GRS** <br> - **GZRS** <br> - **RA-GZRS** | - **ZRS** <br> - **GRS** <br> - **RA-GRS** <br> - **GZRS** <br> - **RA-GZRS** | - **GRS** <br> - **RA-GRS** <br> - **GZRS** <br> - **RA-GZRS** | - **RA-GRS** <br> - **RA-GZRS** |
+
+
+> [!TIP]
+> Extend your learning with the [*Make your application storage highly available with read-access geo-redundant storage*](/training/modules/ha-application-storage-with-grs/) training module. This module has a sandbox where you can practice. 
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/6-access-storage.md b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/6-access-storage.md
@@ -11,29 +11,21 @@ Let's look at an example. If your storage account name is *mystorageaccount*, de
 
 We create the URL to access an object in your storage account by appending the object's location in the storage account to the endpoint.
 
-To access the *myblob* data in the *mycontainer* location in your storage account, we use the following URL address:
+For example, to access the *myblob* data in the *mycontainer* location in your storage account, we use the following URL address:
 
 `//`**`mystorageaccount`**`.blob.core.windows.net/`**`mycontainer`**`/`**`myblob`**.
 
 ## Configure custom domains
 
 You can configure a [custom domain](/azure/storage/blobs/storage-custom-domain-name) to access blob data in your Azure storage account. As we reviewed, the default endpoint for Azure Blob Storage is `\<storage-account-name>.blob.core.windows.net`. If you map a custom domain and subdomain, such as `www.contoso.com`, to the blob or web endpoint for your storage account, your users can use that domain to access blob data in your storage account.
 
-There are two ways to configure a custom domain: direct mapping and intermediary domain mapping.
-
-- **Direct mapping** lets you enable a custom domain for a subdomain to an Azure storage account. For this approach, you create a `CNAME` record that points from the subdomain to the Azure storage account.
+**Direct mapping** lets you enable a custom domain for a subdomain to an Azure storage account. For this approach, you create a `CNAME` record that points from the subdomain to the Azure storage account.
 
    The following example shows how a subdomain is mapped to an Azure storage account to create a `CNAME` record in the domain name system (DNS):
 
    - Subdomain: `blobs.contoso.com`
    - Azure storage account: `\<storage account>\.blob.core.windows.net`
    - Direct `CNAME` record: `contosoblobs.blob.core.windows.net`
 
-- **Intermediary domain mapping** is applied to a domain that's already in use within Azure. This approach might result in minor downtime while the domain is being mapped. To avoid downtime, you can use the `asverify` intermediary domain to validate the domain. By prepending the `asverify` keyword to your own subdomain, you permit Azure to recognize your custom domain without modifying the DNS record for the domain. After you modify the DNS record for the domain, your domain is mapped to the blob endpoint with no downtime.
-
-   The following example shows how a domain in use is mapped to an Azure storage account in the DNS with the `asverify` intermediary domain:
-
-   - `CNAME` record: **`asverify`**`.blobs.contoso.com`
-   - Intermediate `CNAME` record: **`asverify`**`.contosoblobs.blob.core.windows.net`
 
 
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/7-secure-storage-endpoints.md b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/includes/7-secure-storage-endpoints.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 In the Azure portal, each Azure service requires certain steps to configure the service endpoints and restrict network access.
 
+> [!VIDEO https://learn-video.azurefd.net/vod/player?id=a877ed25-bfb0-4552-a35a-563cb7a67061]
+
 To access these settings for your storage account, you use the **Firewalls and virtual networks** settings. You add the virtual networks that should have access to the service for the account. - This setting restricts access to your storage account from specific subnets on virtual networks or public IPs.
 
 :::image type="content" source="../media/secure-storage-access-d32868ef.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Storage Account Firewalls and virtual networks settings in the Azure portal.":::
@@ -20,4 +22,5 @@ Here are some points to consider about configuring service access settings:
 > [!Important]
 > Be sure to test the service endpoint and verify the endpoint limits access as expected.
 
-
+> [!TIP]
+> Learn more with the [*Secure and isolate access to Azure resources by using network security groups and service endpoints*](/training/modules/secure-and-isolate-with-nsg-and-service-endpoints/) training module. This module has a sandbox where you can restrict access to Azure Storage by using service endpoints.
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/index.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-azure/configure-storage-accounts/index.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
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+  ms.date: 05/23/2025
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