Blob Storage

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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage enables the secure, highly available storage of large unstructured binary data (BLOB = binary large object) in Microsoft Azure. A single blob can have a size of up to 1 terabyte. Content is automatically stored in triplicate.

Other available options are georeplication and the ability to cache blob content distributed worldwide via the content delivery network (see 6.2). Two types of blobs are available: block blobs and page blobs. The former are suitable for sequential data upload and download, while the latter provide random access to Blob sections.

Blobs are stored within containers. Access privileges can be assigned both at the container level and the Blob level. The relevant element can be declared as public (access possible without authentication) or private. Shared Access Signatures can be created to time-limit access to appropriately authorized users.

Getting Started

Azure Blob Storage 101 with Jai Haridas

4/30/2015, Video, 0:16:11

Scott talks to Program Manager Jai Haridas who school us all on Azure Blob Storage 101. We'll create a simple application that accesses Blog Storage and we'll even use Fiddler...
Azure Storage Performance, Scalability and Security

4/29/2015, Video, 0:56:44

Cloud, on premise, and mobile applications are all increasingly using cloud storage. Azure Storage is a cloud storage service which provides scalability, durability, and...
Blobs and Tables: New Azure-Consistent Storage for your Datacenter

5/19/2015, Video, 1:20:35

Are you planning to deploy and run modern, cloud-scale applications in your private cloud? Do you know that all VM storage in your private cloud will soon be blob...
Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer

6/20/2016, Tool

Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer (Preview) is a standalone app from Microsoft that allows you to easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, OSX and Linux.
Data on Azure: The big picture

9/28/2017, Video, 1:12:13

Microsoft Azure provides a broad range of services for working with data. Using these services well requires knowing at least a little bit about all of them. In this session,...

Latest Content

Date	Title
8/20/2018	8/20/2018 Azure Block Blob Storage Backup Microsoft Azure Blog Azure Blob storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob Storage is ideal for storing, images, documents and other file types for distributed access. Read this Introduction...
8/20/2018	8/20/2018 Next on the Menu – A new tool! xel2sql Based on a request by Microsoft Test Consultant Robert George, this SQL Snacks™ along with a tool I am releasing to the community will allow you to run a Transact-SQL workload on Azure SQL...
8/6/2018	8/6/2018 Panzura ✕ Azure Blob [提供:SCSK株式会社 ] Panzuraは、Amazon S3 や Microsoft Azure Blob Storage に代表されるクラウド（オブジェクト）ストレージを、従来のオンプレミス型ファイルサーバのように利用するためのクラウドストレージゲートウェイ製品です。従来のファイルサーバーと全く同じ動作をしながら、データは全てAzureに保存いたします。 Azure...
7/23/2018	7/23/2018 Next on the Menu – event file target for Azure SQL Database In this SQL Snacks™ we will examine the techniques required to implement the file target for an Azure SQL Database. We will also examine the differences in the Extended Event system between on...
7/13/2018	7/13/2018 Dynamically pass a SAS token into your ARM template via PowerShell There are scenarios where you may need to pass an Azure Storage Shared Access Signature (SAS) token into your Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template. For example, you might want to deploy an App...
7/5/2018	7/5/2018 Microsoft Azure launches tamper-proof Azure Immutable Blob Storage for financial services Microsoft Azure Blog I’m pleased to announce Azure Immutable Blob Storage, which allows customers to store and retain data in a non-erasable and non-rewritable format. Azure Immutable Blob Storage meets the relevant…
6/28/2018	6/28/2018 A closer look at Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Microsoft Azure Blog On June 27, 2018 we announced the preview of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 the only data lake designed specifically for enterprises to run large scale analytics workloads in the cloud. Azure Data...
6/27/2018	6/27/2018 Announcing the preview for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Service Updates Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 offers a no-compromise data lake. It unifies the core capabilities from the first generation of Azure Data Lake with a Hadoop compatible file system endpoint now...
6/14/2018	6/14/2018 CHALLENGE #6 – Access files stored in Azure Blob Storage (LEVEL 2) Scenario To surface a document library stored in Azure Blob Storage in Business Central. The documents only live in Azure Blob Storage but can be accessed through Business Central. The documents...
6/13/2018	6/13/2018 (Cross Post) Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management in public preview Last year, we released Blob-Level Tiering which allows you to transition blobs between the Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers without moving data between accounts. Both Blob-Level Tiering and Archive...
6/13/2018	6/13/2018 (Cross Post) Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management in public preview Azure Storage Blog Last year, we released Blob-Level Tiering which allows you to transition blobs between the Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers without moving data between accounts. Both Blob-Level Tiering and Archive...
6/12/2018	6/12/2018 Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management in public preview Microsoft Azure Blog Last year, we released Blob-Level Tiering. It enables you to transition blobs between the Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers without moving data between accounts.

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Web Content

Blob Storage Documentation

1. Overview
     1.1. Introduction
     1.2. Choose Blobs, Files, or Data Disks
2. Quickstarts
     2.1. Create a storage account
     2.2. Work with blobs - Azure portal
     2.3. Work with blobs - Storage Explorer
     2.4. Work with blobs - PowerShell
     2.5. Work with blobs - CLI
     2.6. Work with blobs - .NET
     2.7. Work with blobs - Java (Storage SDK V10)
     2.8. Work with blobs - Java (Storage SDK V7)
     2.9. Work with blobs - Python
     2.10. Work with blobs - Go
     2.11. Work with blobs - Ruby
     2.12. Work with blobs - Node.js
     2.13. Work with blobs - JS/HTML
     2.14. Work with blobs - PHP
3. Tutorials
     3.1. Upload and process an image
          3.1.1. 1 - Upload and retrieve image data in the cloud
          3.1.2. 2 - Trigger Azure Functions to process blobs
          3.1.3. 3 - Secure application data
          3.1.4. 4 - Monitor and troubleshoot storage
     3.2. Design for high availability in cloud storage
          3.2.1. 1 - Make your application highly available
          3.2.2. 2 - Simulate a failure with RA-GRS storage
     3.3. Migrate on-premises data to cloud with AzCopy
     3.4. Search unstructured data in cloud storage
     3.5. Optimize storage application performance and scalability
          3.5.1. 1 - Create a VM and storage account
          3.5.2. 2 - Upload large data to an Azure storage account
          3.5.3. 3- Download large data from a Azure storage account
          3.5.4. 4 - Verify throughput and latency metrics
4. Samples
     4.1. .NET
     4.2. Java
     4.3. Azure PowerShell
     4.4. Azure CLI
5. Concepts
     5.1. Storage accounts
     5.2. Authorization
          5.2.1. Authenticate with Azure AD
               5.2.1.1. Manage access rights with RBAC
               5.2.1.2. Authenticate from an application
               5.2.1.3. Authenticate from a Managed Service Identity
               5.2.1.4. Use an Azure AD identity with CLI or PowerShell
          5.2.2. Authorize with Shared Key
          5.2.3. Authorize with SAS
          5.2.4. Anonymous access to blobs
     5.3. Data redundancy
          5.3.1. Locally-redundant storage
          5.3.2. Zone-redundant storage
          5.3.3. Geo-redundant storage
          5.3.4. Access tiers
          5.3.5. Managing the Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle
          5.3.6. Reacting to events
          5.3.7. Scalability and performance targets
          5.3.8. Performance and scalability checklist
          5.3.9. Concurrency
          5.3.10. Disaster recovery guidance
          5.3.11. Move data to and from Storage
          5.3.12. Page blob features
          5.3.13. Azure Disks
               5.3.13.1. Premium Storage
                    5.3.13.1.1. Linux
                         5.3.13.1.1.1. High-performance Premium Storage for VM Disks
                         5.3.13.1.1.2. Migrating to Premium Storage using Azure Site Recovery
                         5.3.13.1.1.3. Design for high performance
                    5.3.13.1.2. Windows
                         5.3.13.1.2.1. High-performance Premium Storage for VM Disks
                         5.3.13.1.2.2. Migrating to Premium Storage using Azure Site Recovery
                         5.3.13.1.2.3. Design for high performance
               5.3.13.2. Standard Storage
                    5.3.13.2.1. Linux
                         5.3.13.2.1.1. Standard Storage for VM Disks
                    5.3.13.2.2. Windows
                         5.3.13.2.2.1. Standard Storage for VM Disks
               5.3.13.3. Troubleshoot attached VHDs
                    5.3.13.3.1. Linux
                         5.3.13.3.1.1. Storage resource deletion errors
                         5.3.13.3.1.2. Unexpected reboots of VMs with attached VHDs
                    5.3.13.3.2. Windows
                         5.3.13.3.2.1. Storage resource deletion errors
                         5.3.13.3.2.2. Unexpected reboots of VMs with attached VHDs
     5.4. Secure
          5.4.1. Security guide
          5.4.2. Configure firewalls and virtual networks
          5.4.3. Encryption for data at rest
          5.4.4. Encryption at rest with customer keys
          5.4.5. Require secure transfer
          5.4.6. Using the Azure CDN to access blobs with custom domains over HTTPs
          5.4.7. Immutable storage feature of Azure Blob storage (Preview)
          5.4.8. Enable secure TLS for Azure Storage client
          5.4.9. Compliance offerings
     5.5. Monitor and troubleshoot
          5.5.1. Troubleshooting tutorial
          5.5.2. Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot
          5.5.3. Metrics and logging
               5.5.3.1. Metrics in Azure Monitor
               5.5.3.2. Migrate to new metrics
               5.5.3.3. Storage Analytics
               5.5.3.4. Enable and view metrics (classic)
     5.6. Import/Export data
          5.6.1. Review requirements
          5.6.2. Import data to blobs
          5.6.3. Import data to files
          5.6.4. Export data from blobs
          5.6.5. How-to
               5.6.5.1. View drive status
               5.6.5.2. Review job status
               5.6.5.3. Repair import job
               5.6.5.4. Repair export job
          5.6.6. FAQ
          5.6.7. REST API
          5.6.8. Contact Support
          5.6.9. Archive
               5.6.9.1. Prepare drives for import (v1)
                    5.6.9.1.1. Set properties & metadata
                    5.6.9.1.2. Sample - Prepare drives for import
                    5.6.9.1.3. Quick command reference for import
               5.6.9.2. Prepare drives for import (v2)
                    5.6.9.2.1. Set properties & metadata
                    5.6.9.2.2. Sample - Prepare drives for import
                    5.6.9.2.3. Quick command reference for import
               5.6.9.3. Create import job
               5.6.9.4. Create export job
               5.6.9.5. Get job state
               5.6.9.6. Create export job
               5.6.9.7. Enumerate jobs
               5.6.9.8. Cancel & delete job
               5.6.9.9. Back up drive manifest
               5.6.9.10. Enumerate jobs
               5.6.9.11. Diagnostics & error recovery
               5.6.9.12. Commands for import jobs
               5.6.9.13. Service manifest file
               5.6.9.14. Service metadata and properties file
               5.6.9.15. Service log file
6. How to
     6.1. Create a storage account
     6.2. Develop
          6.2.1. REST
          6.2.2. C++
          6.2.3. iOS
          6.2.4. Xamarin
     6.3. Manage
          6.3.1. PowerShell for Azure Storage
          6.3.2. PowerShell for China, Government, and German clouds
          6.3.3. Azure CLI 2.0
          6.3.4. Azure CLI 1.0
          6.3.5. Manage blobs with Storage Explorer
          6.3.6. Azure Automation
     6.4. Client-side encryption
          6.4.1. .NET
          6.4.2. Java
          6.4.3. Python
     6.5. Configure connection strings
     6.6. Designing HA Apps using RA-GRS
     6.7. Encrypt and decrypt blobs using Azure Key Vault
     6.8. Set and retrieve properties and metadata
     6.9. Use the Storage Emulator
     6.10. Route events to a custom endpoint
     6.11. Recover deleted blobs
     6.12. Configure a custom domain
     6.13. Search Blob storage with Azure Search
     6.14. Host a static website
     6.15. Transfer data
          6.15.1. AzCopy on Windows
          6.15.2. AzCopy on Linux
          6.15.3. Mount Blob storage as a file system on Linux
          6.15.4. Storage migration FAQ
7. Reference
     7.1. PowerShell
     7.2. Azure CLI
     7.3. .NET
          7.3.1. Blobs, Queues, Tables, and Files
          7.3.2. Data movement
          7.3.3. Resource Manager
     7.4. Java
          7.4.1. Blobs, Queues, Tables, and Files (v7)
          7.4.2. Blob SDK (v10)
     7.5. Node.js
     7.6. Ruby
     7.7. PHP
     7.8. Python
     7.9. C++
     7.10. iOS
     7.11. Android
     7.12. REST
          7.12.1. Blobs, Queues, Tables, and Files
          7.12.2. Resource provider
          7.12.3. Import/Export
8. Resources
     8.1. Azure Roadmap
     8.2. Azure Storage client tools
     8.3. Forum
     8.4. Pricing
     8.5. Pricing calculator
     8.6. Service updates
     8.7. Stack Overflow
     8.8. Videos
     8.9. Azure Storage Explorer
          8.9.1. Storage Explorer
          8.9.2. Storage Explorer release notes
          8.9.3. Troubleshoot Storage Explorer
          8.9.4. Storage Explorer accessibility
     8.10. NuGet packages
          8.10.1. Azure Storage Client Library for .NET
          8.10.2. Azure Storage Data Movement Library
          8.10.3. Azure Configuration Manager
     8.11. Source code
          8.11.1. .NET
               8.11.1.1. Blob, queue, table, and file
               8.11.1.2. Data movement
               8.11.1.3. Resource provider
          8.11.2. Node.js
          8.11.3. Java
          8.11.4. C++
          8.11.5. PHP
          8.11.6. Python
          8.11.7. Ruby
          8.11.8. iOS

Web Pages

Content	Type
Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model	Ebook
Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer	Website
Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure	Ebook
Protecting Data in Microsoft Azure	Whitepaper

Online Training Content

Date	Title
11/16/2017	Understanding and Using Azure Storage Understanding the storage capabilities in Azure can ensure an optimal infrastructure deployment and that you're using the right type of service while minimizing how much your organization spends. This course, Understanding and Using Azure Storage, is the vehicle to get you there. First, you'll get an introduction to storage fundamentals and a...
11/16/2017	Planning and Designing Microsoft Azure Storage Solutions Understanding the storage capabilities in Azure can ensure an optimal infrastructure deployment and that you're using the right type of service while minimizing how much your organization spends. This course, Understanding and Using Azure Storage, is the vehicle to get you there. First, you'll get an introduction to storage fundamentals and a...
2/25/2017	Microsoft Azure for IT Pros Content Series: Storage If you’re an IT Pro interested in Microsoft Azure Storage, be sure to join MVP Corey Hynes for the fifth in a series of Azure for IT Pros courses. Learn what Azure Storage is, how we think about it, and how we plan it—whether running virtual machines, storing data, or supporting different applications. Explore the basics of how Azure Storage works,...
1/16/2017	Azure Developer Workshop (Storage, Cognitive, ML, Stream Analytics, Containers, and Docker) Looking for a practical, hands-on introduction to Microsoft Azure for developers? This is your course! Watch expert hosts Susan Ibach, of Microsoft, and Jeff Prosise, from Wintellect, and get the details you need on Azure Storage, Azure Stream Analytics, Cognitive Services, Machine Learning, containers, Docker, and much more. Get an introduction to...
2/16/2016	Data Storage and Processing in the Cloud Demystified If you’d like insight into data storage and processing in the cloud, be sure to check out this helpful cloud training course. Get a look at the Microsoft storage strategy, starting with on-premises storage and the company's investments in server storage. Explore hybrid cloud storage, and then dive i
3/7/2015	Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Storage and Data Continuing your journey to the cloud with the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals series? Join the ever-popular Bob Tabor of LearnVisualStudio.net, in the third installment, as he explores cloud storage and data, specifically the various ways you can store structured, semi-structured, and schema-free data
2/13/2014	Windows Azure Storage - Design and Implementation Jump Start See the broad capabilities of Windows Azure, some storage design patterns and best practice techniques, and then a variety of tips and tricks so you can get started today.Instructor \| Andrew Edwards – Microsoft Principal SDE; Jai Haridas – Microsoft Principal Development Manager
2/13/2014	Windows Azure Storage - Design and Implementation Jump Start See the broad capabilities of Windows Azure, some storage design patterns and best practice techniques, and then a variety of tips and tricks so you can get started today.

Tools

Tool	Description	Author
Managing Blobs within an AzureRm Storage Account	Download all the Blobs from AzureRm Storage account for a specific date. You need to enter the date in "dd-mm-yyyy" format.The script is build on a Taxonomy.Storage account ->Contains Storage container -> Blob( Page Blob and Block Blob)	Clavin Fernandes
Azure Speed Tests	Webpage for testing various Azure services including Azure Storage, CDN, etc.
Azure Speed Test	Tool for testing latency of Blob Storage access. Results are shown for all Azure datacenters with a message indicating the nearest datacenter from user's current location.	Two10degrees
CloudXplorer	A rich UI client for browsing Azure Blobs & Files.	ClumsyLeaf
Cloud Combine	Cloud Combine is IDE for cloud services that works in a way you expect. It supports Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS and Google Cloud as well as golden classics such as FTP.	Gapotchenko
Azure Management Studio	One tool to manage your Microsoft Azure cloud storage, diagnostics data and application workflows.	Cerebrata
Azure Feature Pack for Integration Services (SSIS)	SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Feature Pack for Azure for SQL Server 2016 is an extension that provides the following components for SSIS to connect to Azure, transfer data between Azure and on-premises data sources, and process data stored in Azure.	Microsoft
Azure Explorer	A free storage tool for Microsoft Azure Storage. Among other features, it lets you manage all your Microsoft Azure blobs in one place, reliably upload and download blobs with a responsive UI, transfer blobs between your storage accounts, easily search and filter your blobs.	Red Gate Software Ltd.
Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer	Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer (Preview) is a standalone app from Microsoft that allows you to easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, OSX and Linux.	Microsoft
AzCopy	AzCopy is a Windows command-line utility designed for copying data to and from Microsoft Azure Blob, File, and Table storage using simple commands with optimal performance. You can copy data from one object to another within your storage account, or between storage accounts.	Microsoft
AdlCopy	Tool zum Kopieren von Daten zwischen Azure Blob Storage und Azure Data Lake Store	Microsoft

Videos

Date	Title	Length
5/6/2018	Leverage Azure Blob Storage to build storage intensive cloud native applications With the addition of the Blob Fuse Adapter, Blob Storage AAD Integration, and existing SDK support for Java, Python, NodeJS, etc. cloud native application development has never been easier. In this session we’ll explore the tools,...	1:33:22
5/6/2018	Azure Storage – Foundation for Building Secure, Scalable Cloud Applications A durable, scalable and secure data infrastructure is a key piece of building, scaling and securing your existing applications. Azure Storage services provide the data substrate to migrate legacy applications as well as build new...	1:33:22
11/13/2017	Cloud Tech 10 - 13th November 2017 - Grafana, Linux FUSE Adapter, Azure Stack and more! CloudTechTV Like keeping up with Azure but struggling to find enough time? Then this is the video for you! I'm Mark Whitby, a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft UK. Each week, I cover what's happening with Microsoft Azure in just 10 minutes,...	0:06:15
10/11/2017	Design big data applications using Azure Storage Azure Blob Storage is the exa-scale object storage service for Azure. In this talk, we cover the increasingly important use cases of big data applications including Hadoop, HPC, and IoT data. Blob Storage is central to building your...	1:00:53
10/11/2017	Resilient, cost effective backup and disaster recovery with Azure Blob Storage Integrated solutions combining industry leading backup and DR products with Azure Storage are a very reliable, flexible, and cost effective way to meet your company's BCDR needs. In this session, we present backup and DR solution...	1:27:49
10/11/2017	Azure Blob Storage: Scalable, efficient storage for PBs of unstructured data Azure Blob Storage is the exa-scale object storage service for Microsoft Azure. In this session, we cover new services and features including the brand new Archival Storage tier, dramatically larger storage accounts, throughput and...	1:19:09
10/11/2017	Best of both worlds: The benefits of cloud object storage with compatibility to on-premises storage Organizations want to leverage the scale and cost efficiency of cloud object storage. At the same time, file protocols like NFS/SMB play a key role in assuring application compatibility. In this session we present solutions integrated...	1:08:42
10/1/2017	Azure Blob Storage: Scalable, efficient storage for PBs of unstructured data YT: Ignite Azure Blob Storage is the exa-scale object storage service for Microsoft Azure. In this session, we cover new services and features including the brand new Archival Storage tier, dramatically larger storage accounts, throughput and...	1:23:59
9/30/2017	Getting peak performance from your SQL Data Warehouse column store YT: Ignite In this session, learn the workings of the Column Store engine that powers the analytic queries in SQL Data Warehouse. Learn how you can maximize your query performance by loading into the column store optimally. The session also...	1:15:23
9/28/2017	Resilient, cost effective backup and disaster recovery with Azure Blob Storage YT: Ignite Integrated solutions combining industry leading backup and DR products with Azure Storage are a very reliable, flexible, and cost effective way to meet your company's BCDR needs. In this session, we present backup and DR solution...	1:14:37

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