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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage V3 connection properties

When you set up a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage V3 connection, configure the connection properties.
The following table describes the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage V3 connection properties:
Property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Type
The Microsoft Azure Blob Storage V3 connection type.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run the tasks.
Specify a Secure Agent, Hosted Agent, or serverless runtime environment.
Account Name
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage account name.
Authentication Type
Authentication type to access the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage account.
Select one of the following options:
  • - Shared Key Authentication. Uses the account key to connect to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage.
  • - Shared Access Signature. Uses the SAS token to connect to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. Use the SAS token to grant access to the resources in the storage account or container for a specific time range without sharing the account key.
Account Key
Applies to shared key authentication.
The account key for the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage account.
SAS Token
Applies to shared access signature.
The shared access signature token generated in the Azure portal.
Container Name
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage container name.
Endpoint Suffix
Type of Microsoft Azure endpoints.
Select one of the following options:
  • - core.windows.net. Connects to Azure endpoints.
  • - core.usgovcloudapi.net. Connects to Azure Government endpoints.
  • - core.chinacloudapi.cn. Not applicable.
Default is core.windows.net.