I am unable to create a storage account from Portal.
As soon as I type the name it shows error The storage account name '' is already taken.
I coudlnt find the account in Azure so it doesnt exist definitely. I want to use the same name. I can create storage account with diff name but dont want to.
Anyone knows why this error ?
Storage account name you choose must be unique across Azure.
You can check the name availability using the REST API. Refer this document.
Edit:
As suggested by Juunas, Storage account must be unique across all subscriptions globally, not just yours. The reason for that is that the name becomes part of the URL, e.g. https://accountname.blob.core.windows.net. Since the URL needs to resolve to a single account, there is no way to have two accounts with the same name.
The storage account name is actually the subdomain name, so it must be "Globally" unique. Later you can access it through a URL like yourdomain.file.core.windows.net
