Enable Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 in Azure Storage

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Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 isn't a standalone Azure service, but rather a configurable capability of an Azure Storage account. You can enable it on a Standard general-purpose v2 account (the most common choice) or a Premium block blob account for workloads that require higher throughput and lower latency.

To enable Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 in an Azure Storage account, you can select the option to Enable hierarchical namespace in the Advanced page when creating the storage account in the Azure portal:

Screenshot of Advanced Settings for Creating Storage Account.

Alternatively, if you already have an Azure Storage account and want to enable the Azure data Lake Storage Gen2 capability, you can use the Data Lake Gen2 upgrade wizard in the Azure portal page for your storage account resource.

Screenshot of upgrading a Storage Account to Data Lake Gen2.