When would you typically create containers for Azure Storage accounts?

Creating containers for Azure Storage accounts is typically part of the deployment process. When you deploy an application, it often requires specific data storage solutions to function properly. This includes organizing data into containers within Azure Storage, which serves as a way to group blobs, files, or tables logically.

During deployment, you will likely want to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is in place, including storage containers, so that your application can efficiently read from and write to Azure Storage right from the start. Integrating this setup during deployment promotes smoother application functionality and ensures that all required components are available as soon as the application goes live.

The other options may suggest times for organizing containers; however, they do not align with the standard practice that ensures the application functions as required immediately upon deployment. For instance, creating containers before deployment might mean that the application could be dependent on those containers being present sooner than necessary. Setting them up after the application goes live could lead to delays in functionality and integration errors, while doing this during the initial setup does not capture the iterative needs of deploying multi-stage applications effectively.