Register for NetApp Resource Provider

To use Azure NetApp Files, you need to register the NetApp Resource Provider.

From the Azure portal, select the Azure Cloud Shell icon on the upper right-hand corner:
If you have multiple subscriptions on your Azure account, select the one that you want to configure for Azure NetApp Files:
```
az account set --subscription <subscriptionId>
```
In the Azure Cloud Shell console, enter the following command to register the Azure Resource Provider:
```
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.NetApp --wait
```
The --wait parameter instructs the console to wait for the registration to complete. The registration process can take some time to complete.
Verify that the Azure Resource Provider has been registered. To verify, enter the following command in the Azure Cloud Shell console:
```
az provider show --namespace Microsoft.NetApp
```
The command output appears as follows:
```
{
 "id": "/subscriptions/<SubID>/providers/Microsoft.NetApp",
 "namespace": "Microsoft.NetApp", 
 "registrationState": "Registered", 
 "resourceTypes": […. 
```
<SubID> is your subscription ID. The state parameter value indicates Registered.
From the Azure portal, select Subscriptions.
From Subscriptions, select your subscription ID.
In the settings of the subscription, select Resource providers to verify that Microsoft.NetApp Provider indicates the Registered status:

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