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Microsoft Azure Storage Accounts

You can create a credentials record for an account that you plan to use to connect to Microsoft Azure Blob storage.

The following types of storage accounts are supported.

Storage account type

Supported services

Supported performance tiers

Supported access tiers

General-purpose V2

Blob (block blobs only)

Standard

Cool, Hot

General-purpose V1

BlobStorage

BlockBlobStorage

Blob (block blobs only)

Premium

N/A

For more information about the types of storage accounts in Azure, see Microsoft Docs.

To create a record for a Microsoft Azure storage account:

  1. From the main menu, select Manage Cloud Credentials.
  2. Click Add > Microsoft Azure storage account.
  3. In the Account field, enter the storage account name.
  4. In the Shared key field, enter the storage account shared key. To view the entered key, click and hold the eye icon on the right of the field.
  5. In the Description field, enter an optional description for the credentials record.

Microsoft Azure Storage Accounts Tip:

If you do not have a Microsoft Azure storage account, you can create it in the Azure portal, as described in the Azure Storage Documentation.

Microsoft Azure Storage Accounts 

Related Topics

Object Storage Repository