Event grid subscription to blob storage account fails

The steps outlined in this blog post do not work.

az group create --name <resource_group_name> --location westcentralus

az storage account create \
 --name <storage_account_name> \
 --location westcentralus \
 --resource-group <resource_group_name> \
 --sku Standard_LRS \
 --kind BlobStorage \
 --access-tier Hot

az eventgrid resource event-subscription create \
--endpoint <URL_from_RequestBin> \
--name <event_subscription_name> \
--provider-namespace Microsoft.Storage \
--resource-type storageAccounts \
--resource-group <resource_group_name> \
--resource-name <storage_account_name>

You get the following error:

The attempt to configure storage notifications for the provided storage account <storage_account_name> failed. Please ensure that your storage account meets the requirements described at https://aka.ms/storageevents.

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Environment summary

Install Method (e.g. pip, interactive script, apt-get, Docker, MSI, edge build) / CLI version (az --version) / OS version / Shell Type (e.g. bash, cmd.exe, Bash on Windows)

azure-cli (2.0.21)
Brew install
OS X
bash

[eragonriddle]

@kalyanaj Thank you for pointing out to use storage account v2. az cli storage account create command will create a v1 general purpose account by default unless specified. Changing to general-purpose v2 storage account fixed the issue.

[jfggdl]

@derekbekoe, we are closing this issue for now. Feel free to reopen it if you feel that we still have not addressed your concerns.