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 This guided project consists of the following exercises:
 
- - **Create storage account and enable hosting**
- - Upload and verify site content
- - Update the site content
+- **Exercise 1: Create storage account and enable hosting**
+- Exercise 2: Upload and verify site content
+- Exercise 3: Update the site content
+- Clean up resources
 
-In this exercise, you create a resource group, set up a storage account, and turn on the static website hosting feature. By the end, you have a public URL ready to serve web content—even though you haven't uploaded any files yet.
+In this exercise, you create a resource group, set up a storage account, and turn on the static website hosting feature. By the end, you have a public URL ready to serve web content.
 
-This exercise includes the following tasks:
+The exercise consists of the following tasks:
 
- - Prepare the environment
- - Create the storage account
- - Enable static website hosting
+- Prepare the environment
+- Create the storage account
+- Enable static website hosting
 
-**Outcome:** A storage account with static website hosting enabled and a public endpoint ready to serve content.
-
-> [!TIP]
-> Pause after each major action and confirm the page status before moving on. This habit prevents compounding mistakes.
-
-## Task 1: Prepare the environment
-
-Set up your Azure environment before you begin. You create a resource group to organize all the resources for this project together, which makes cleanup easier when you finish.
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> This project creates Azure resources that may incur charges. Complete the clean-up unit when you're done to avoid unintended expenses.
-
-1.  Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com) with an account that has permissions to create storage resources.
-2.  In the portal search bar, search for **Resource groups** and select **Resource groups**.
-3.  Select **+ Create**. Name the resource group **rg-gp-static-website**, choose your preferred region, and select **Review + create** then **Create**.
-
-## Task 2: Create the storage account
-
-Create a general-purpose storage account that will host your website files. Azure Blob Storage can serve static HTML, CSS, and image files directly to browsers without requiring a web server.
-
-1.  In the portal search bar, search for **Storage accounts** and select **Storage accounts**.
-2.  Select **+ Create**.
-3.  On the Basics tab, select **rg-gp-static-website** as the resource group.
-4.  For **Storage account name**, enter a globally unique name (for example, **stgpstaticsite** followed by your initials and a number). Storage account names must be 3-24 characters, lowercase letters and numbers only.
-5.  For **Region**, choose the same region as the resource group.
-6.  For **Preferred Storage Type**, select **Azure Blob Storage or Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2**.
-7.  For **Performance**, select **Standard**.
-8.  For **Redundancy**, select **Locally-redundant storage (LRS)**.
-9.  Select **Review + create** and then select **Create**.
-10. When deployment finishes, select **Go to resource**.
-
-## Task 3: Enable static website hosting
-
-Turn on the built-in static website feature. This creates a special container named **$web** where you upload your site files, and provides a public URL that serves those files to visitors.
-
-1.  In the storage account left menu, under **Data management**, select **Static website**.
-2.  Set Static website to **Enabled**.
-3.  For **Index document name**, enter **index.html**.
-4.  For **Error document path**, enter **404.html**.
-5.  Select **Save**.
-6.  Note the **Primary endpoint** URL that appears after saving. This is the public URL for your website.
+Launch the exercise and follow the instructions. When you're done, be sure to return to this page so you can continue learning.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> **Validation step:** Confirm that static website hosting shows **Enabled**, and that a Primary endpoint URL is displayed.
+> To complete this lab you will need an [Azure subscription](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> Each exercise includes validation steps like this one. Track your results as you go—you'll review them all in the validation unit at the end of this module.
+[:::image type="content" source="../media/launch-exercise-button.png" alt-text="Button to launch exercise.":::](https://microsoftlearning.github.io/Deploy-a-static-website-with-Azure-Blob-Storage/Instructions/Labs/2-exercise-create-storage-enable-hosting.html)