diff --git a/sdk/python/jobs/spark/setup_spark.sh b/sdk/python/jobs/spark/setup_spark.sh
index faea23617d..9b6b5d4505 100644
--- a/sdk/python/jobs/spark/setup_spark.sh
+++ b/sdk/python/jobs/spark/setup_spark.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # <create_variables>
 SUBSCRIPTION_ID=$(az account show --query id -o tsv)
-LOCATION=$(az ml workspace show --query location -o tsv)
+LOCATION="eastus"
 RESOURCE_GROUP=$(az group show --query name -o tsv)
 AML_WORKSPACE_NAME=$(az configure -l --query "[?name=='workspace'].value" -o tsv)
 API_VERSION="2022-05-01"
@@ -48,13 +48,16 @@ AML_USER_MANAGED_ID_OID=$(az identity show --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP -n $
 #<setup_vnet_resources>
 if [[ "$2" == *"managed_vnet"* ]]
 then
-	TIMESTAMP=`date +%m%d%H%M%S`
+	TIMESTAMP=`date +%m%d%H%M`
 	AML_WORKSPACE_NAME=${AML_WORKSPACE_NAME}-vnet-$TIMESTAMP
 	AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=${RESOURCE_GROUP}blobvnet
+	DEFAULT_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="sparkdefaultvnet"
 	BLOB_CONTAINER_NAME="blobstoragevnetcontainer"
 	GEN2_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME=${RESOURCE_GROUP}gen2vnet
 	ADLS_CONTAINER_NAME="gen2containervnet"
 
+	az storage account create -n $DEFAULT_STORAGE_ACCOUNT -g $RESOURCE_GROUP -l $LOCATION --sku Standard_LRS
+
 	az storage account create -n $AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT -g $RESOURCE_GROUP -l $LOCATION --sku Standard_LRS
 	az storage container create -n $BLOB_CONTAINER_NAME --account-name $AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT
 
@@ -80,7 +83,8 @@ then
 		s/<ACCESS_KEY_SECRET_NAME>/$ACCESS_KEY_SECRET_NAME/g;
 		s/<BLOB_CONTAINER_NAME>/$BLOB_CONTAINER_NAME/g;
 		s/<GEN2_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME>/$GEN2_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME/g;
-		s/<ADLS_CONTAINER_NAME>/$ADLS_CONTAINER_NAME/g;" $2
+		s/<ADLS_CONTAINER_NAME>/$ADLS_CONTAINER_NAME/g
+		s/<DEFAULT_STORAGE_ACCOUNT>/$DEFAULT_STORAGE_ACCOUNT/g;" $2
 #</setup_vnet_resources>
 #<setup_interactive_session_resources>
 elif [[ "$2" == *"run_interactive_session_notebook"* ]]
diff --git a/sdk/python/jobs/spark/submit_spark_standalone_jobs_managed_vnet.ipynb b/sdk/python/jobs/spark/submit_spark_standalone_jobs_managed_vnet.ipynb
index cfa920dfae..eace1dce40 100644
--- a/sdk/python/jobs/spark/submit_spark_standalone_jobs_managed_vnet.ipynb
+++ b/sdk/python/jobs/spark/submit_spark_standalone_jobs_managed_vnet.ipynb
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@
     "region = \"<AZURE_REGION_NAME>\"\n",
     "# Enter Azure Blob storage account name for the outbound rule\n",
     "blob_storage_account = \"<STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME>\"\n",
+    "default_storage_account = \"<DEFAULT_STORAGE_ACCOUNT>\"\n",
+    "\n",
+    "default_storage_resource_id = f\"/subscriptions/{subscription_id}/resourceGroups/{resource_group}/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/{default_storage_account}\"\n",
     "\n",
     "ws_mvnet = Workspace(\n",
     "    name=ws_name,\n",
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@
     "    hbi_workspace=False,\n",
     "    public_network_access=\"Disabled\",  # Comment this out to enable Public Network Access\n",
     "    tags=dict(purpose=\"demo\"),\n",
+    "    storage_account=default_storage_resource_id,\n",
     ")\n",
     "\n",
     "ws_mvnet.managed_network = ManagedNetwork(\n",