Azure Cloud Storage Explorer

I have a big plan to move all my blog websites to the cloud – to Azure. By personal choice, I prefer Microsoft Azure because I have been working mostly with Microsoft programming language like C# in .NET frameworks.

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Azure Data Explorer is a fully-managed big data analytics cloud platform and data-exploration service, developed by Microsoft, that ingests structured, semi-structured (like JSON) and unstructured data (like free-text). The service then stores this data and answers analytic ad hoc queries on it with seconds of latency. It is a full text indexing and retrieval database, including time series.

Steps to Moving My Blogs to Microsoft Azure

For many, it can be very overwhelming getting started with the cloud. Aside from the fact that there are many huge public cloud providers available, choosing a cloud provider also requires some knowledge.

Check out my top 6 favorite Azure Services.

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For example learning the basics of what cloud services are there available and how any of these modern services can help solve some of the existing technical problems. Perhaps finding out how these technologies fulfill some business requirements in organizations. Adobe reader full download mac.

The public cloud provider like Microsoft Azure offers many great services – cloud solutions from IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS, Serverless to container services. So, there a lot to choose from and each service serves its purpose! Of course, the choice of service or combination of cloud services really depend on what it is you want to build or technical problems you want to solve.

For my case, I decided to start improving and moving stuff to Azure, not just for better management, logging and analytics but also for many great technical reasons.

Currently, I do not have much extra free time these days to dedicate and to do this personal migration to cloud project full time but I started to make use of the Azure services that I can implement in my existing blogs.

For example using Azure CDN or Azure Content Delivery Network for caching images on this website to speed it up. I am also deciding to write my own CMS in Blazor or is it easier to use the .NET based CMS like Umbraco CMS. And maybe use Azure Functions for other tasks like emails etc. A big plan, a big personal project and we will see when it’s completely done, I am also in the process of moving some blog files especially images into Azure Storage BLOB containers in Azure for better storage management.

Why I want to move to the Cloud and Migrate to Azure?

Moving to the cloud are both a necessity and a challenge in our digitalization today, but it is not easy for many. It is a huge challenge for many organizations today. Who doesn’t want to go in àjour with our fast-paced modern technologies these days? I’ve had an experience working on a “migration to cloud” project that didn’t make to production because of a lot of practical reasons. Why? It is another story and lesson-learned tech talk to share!

As for me, administrating and running my website blogs in CMS (Content Management System) for the past several years (since 2010) makes it easier for content administration.

Jonah’s Fun Fact: Did you know that I’ve created by own CMS from scratch in PHP programming language? This was back then when I was learning programming in PHP.

Check out this YouTube of John Savill, Overview of Migrating to Azure – which is think is very useful and explains why it is worth considering.

Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer

So you learned about why I am motivated to learn my way as I move up to the cloud, what is this Azure Storage Explorer?

Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app that makes things easier for us Azure users. Especially to users who are using Azure Storage data. The Azure Storage Explorer can be installed and used on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

With this tool, users have the benefits of managing their storage like Azure Blobs, queues, tables, files, data in Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Data Lake Storage. Prevent adobe reader from opening download mac.

Users can also access virtual machine disks and manage Azure Resource Manager or classic storage accounts. Even the ability to configure cross-origin resource sharing rules.

Benefits of Managing Azure Storage with Azure Storage Explorer

Storage accounts management for Azure subscriptions, Azure Stack, and government cloud

Robust Security for data access using cross-origin resource sharing and shared access signature

Work offline, online or on-premises

Great modern and user-interface to manage all your cloud data storage

Getting Started and Learning Resources

To get started with this great storage tool, you need to download it from Microsoft website depending on the type of operating system you have.

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Learn more at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-storage-explorer/

About Author:Jonah Andersson is a Filipina-Swedish Software Developer who codes fullstack system development in C# .NET/NET Core. She currently works as a Software Developer Consultant atForefront Consultingin Sweden. Jonah is passionate about learning, developing and sharing knowledge about Microsoft Azure cloud technologies. A woman who code advocating gender equality in the tech industry through mentorship and by being role model. She also lovescreative technical writing her experience.

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Overview

Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app that makes it easy to work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

In this article, you'll learn several ways of connecting to and managing your Azure storage accounts.

Prerequisites

The following versions of Windows support Storage Explorer:

Windows 10 (recommended)
Windows 8
Windows 7

For all versions of Windows, Storage Explorer requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 at a minimum.

The following versions of macOS support Storage Explorer:

macOS 10.12 Sierra and later versions

Storage Explorer is available in the Snap Store for most common distributions of Linux. We recommend Snap Store for this installation. The Storage Explorer snap installs all of its dependencies and updates when new versions are published to the Snap Store.

For supported distributions, see the snapd installation page.

Storage Explorer requires the use of a password manager. You might have to connect to a password manager manually. You can connect Storage Explorer to your system's password manager by running the following command:

Storage Explorer is also available as a .tar.gz download. If you use the .tar.gz, you must install dependencies manually. The following distributions of Linux support .tar.gz installation:

Ubuntu 20.04 x64
Ubuntu 18.04 x64
Ubuntu 16.04 x64

The .tar.gz installation might work on other distributions, but only these listed ones are officially supported.

For more help installing Storage Explorer on Linux, see Linux dependencies in the Azure Storage Explorer troubleshooting guide.

Download and install

To download and install Storage Explorer, see Azure Storage Explorer.

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Connect to a storage account or service

Storage Explorer provides several ways to connect to Azure resources:

Sign in to Azure

Note

To fully access resources after you sign in, Storage Explorer requires both management (Azure Resource Manager) and data layer permissions. This means that you need Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) permissions to access your storage account, the containers in the account, and the data in the containers. If you have permissions only at the data layer, consider choosing the Sign in using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) option when attaching to a resource. For more information about the specific permissions Storage Explorer requires, see the Azure Storage Explorer troubleshooting guide.

In Storage Explorer, select View > Account Management or select the Manage Accounts button.
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT now displays all the Azure accounts you're signed in to. To connect to another account, select Add an account...
The Connect to Azure Storage dialog opens. In the Select Resource panel, select Subscription.
In the Select Azure Environment panel, select an Azure environment to sign in to. You can sign in to global Azure, a national cloud or an Azure Stack instance. Then select Next.
Tip
For more information about Azure Stack, see Connect Storage Explorer to an Azure Stack subscription or storage account.
Storage Explorer will open a webpage for you to sign in.
After you successfully sign in with an Azure account, the account and the Azure subscriptions associated with that account appear under ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT. Select the Azure subscriptions that you want to work with, and then select Apply.
EXPLORER displays the storage accounts associated with the selected Azure subscriptions.

Attach to an individual resource

Storage Explorer lets you connect to individual resources, such as an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 container, using various authentication methods. Some authentication methods are only supported for certain resource types.

Resource type	Azure AD	Account Name and Key	Shared Access Signature (SAS)	Public (anonymous)
Storage accounts	Yes	Yes	Yes (connection string or URL)	No
Blob containers	Yes	No	Yes (URL)	Yes
Gen2 containers	Yes	No	Yes (URL)	Yes
Gen2 directories	Yes	No	Yes (URL)	Yes
File shares	No	No	Yes (URL)	No
Queues	Yes	No	Yes (URL)	No
Tables	No	No	Yes (URL)	No

Storage Explorer can also connect to a local storage emulator using the emulator's configured ports.

To connect to an individual resource, select the Connect button in the left-hand toolbar. Then follow the instructions for the resource type you want to connect to.

When a connection to a storage account is successfully added, a new tree node will appear under Local & Attached > Storage Accounts.

For other resource types, a new node is added under Local & Attached > Storage Accounts > (Attached Containers). The node will appear under a group node matching its type. For example, a new connection to an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 container will appear under Blob Containers.

If Storage Explorer couldn't add your connection, or if you can't access your data after successfully adding the connection, see the Azure Storage Explorer troubleshooting guide.

The following sections describe the different authentication methods you can use to connect to individual resources.

Azure AD

Storage Explorer can use your Azure account to connect to the following resource types:

Blob containers
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 containers
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 directories
Queues

Azure AD is the preferred option if you have data layer access to your resource but no management layer access.

Sign in to at least one Azure account using the steps described above.
In the Select Resource panel of the Connect to Azure Storage dialog, select Blob container, ADLS Gen2 container, or Queue.
Select Sign in using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and select Next.
Select an Azure account and tenant. The account and tenant must have access to the Storage resource you want to attach to. Select Next.
Enter a display name for your connection and the URL of the resource. Select Next.
Review your connection information in the Summary panel. If the connection information is correct, select Connect.

Account name and key

Storage Explorer can connect to a storage account using the storage account's name and key.

You can find your account keys in the Azure portal. Open your storage account page and select Settings > Access keys.

In the Select Resource panel of the Connect to Azure Storage dialog, select Storage account.
Select Account name and key and select Next.
Enter a display name for your connection, the name of the account, and one of the account keys. Select the appropriate Azure environment. Select Next.
Review your connection information in the Summary panel. If the connection information is correct, select Connect.

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Shared access signature (SAS) connection string

Storage Explorer can connect to a storage account using a connection string with a Shared Access Signature (SAS). A SAS connection string looks like this:

In the Select Resource panel of the Connect to Azure Storage dialog, select Storage account.
Select Shared access signature (SAS) and select Next.
Enter a display name for your connection and the SAS connection string for the storage account. Select Next.
Review your connection information in the Summary panel. If the connection information is correct, select Connect.

Shared access signature (SAS) URL

Storage Explorer can connect to the following resource types using a SAS URI:

Blob container
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 container or directory
File share
Queue
Table

A SAS URI looks like this:

In the Select Resource panel of the Connect to Azure Storage dialog, select the resource you want to connect to.
Select Shared access signature (SAS) and select Next.
Enter a display name for your connection and the SAS URI for the resource. Select Next.
Review your connection information in the Summary panel. If the connection information is correct, select Connect.

Local storage emulator

Storage Explorer can connect to an Azure Storage emulator. Currently, there are two supported emulators:

Azure Storage Emulator (Windows only)
Azurite (Windows, macOS, or Linux)

If your emulator is listening on the default ports, you can use the Local & Attached > Storage Accounts > Emulator - Default Ports node to access your emulator.

If you want to use a different name for your connection, or if your emulator isn't running on the default ports:

Start your emulator.
Important
Storage Explorer doesn't automatically start your emulator. You must start it manually.
In the Select Resource panel of the Connect to Azure Storage dialog, select Local storage emulator.
Enter a display name for your connection and the port number for each emulated service you want to use. If you don't want to use to a service, leave the corresponding port blank. Select Next.
Review your connection information in the Summary panel. If the connection information is correct, select Connect.

Connect to Azure Cosmos DB

Storage Explorer also supports connecting to Azure Cosmos DB resources.

Connect to an Azure Cosmos DB account by using a connection string

Instead of managing Azure Cosmos DB accounts through an Azure subscription, you can connect to Azure Cosmos DB by using a connection string. To connect, follow these steps:

Under EXPLORER, expand Local & Attached, right-click Cosmos DB Accounts, and select Connect to Azure Cosmos DB.
Select the Azure Cosmos DB API, enter your Connection String data, and then select OK to connect the Azure Cosmos DB account. For information about how to retrieve the connection string, see Manage an Azure Cosmos account.

Connect to Azure Data Lake Store by URI

You can access a resource that's not in your subscription. You need someone who has access to that resource to give you the resource URI. After you sign in, connect to Data Lake Store by using the URI. To connect, follow these steps:

Under EXPLORER, expand Local & Attached.
Right-click Data Lake Storage Gen1, and select Connect to Data Lake Storage Gen1.
Enter the URI, and then select OK. Your Data Lake Store appears under Data Lake Storage.

This example uses Data Lake Storage Gen1. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is now available. For more information, see What is Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1.

Generate a shared access signature in Storage Explorer

Account level shared access signature

Right-click the storage account you want share, and then select Get Shared Access Signature.
In Shared Access Signature, specify the time frame and permissions you want for the account, and then select Create.
Copy either the Connection string or the raw Query string to your clipboard.

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Service level shared access signature

You can get a shared access signature at the service level. For more information, see Get the SAS for a blob container.

Search for storage accounts

To find a storage resource, you can search in the EXPLORER pane.

As you enter text in the search box, Storage Explorer displays all resources that match the search value you've entered up to that point. This example shows a search for endpoints: