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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

Create a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connection to read from or write to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage.

Feature snapshot

Operation	Support
Read	Yes
Write	Yes

Before you begin

Before you configure the connection properties, you'll need to get information from your Azure account.

The following video shows you how to get information from your Azure account:

Connection properties

The following table describes the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage 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.
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.

Read properties

The following table describes the advanced source properties that you can configure in the Python code to read from Microsoft Azure Blob Storage:

Property	Description
Number of concurrent connections to Blob Store	The number of concurrent connections to Blob Store to upload files. Default is 4.
Source Type	Select the type of source from which you want to read data. You can select the following source types: - File - Directory Default is File.
Blob Name Override	Overrides the default file name.
Blob Container Override	Overrides the default container name. When you read data from a directory and override the Blob container, ensure that files in the Blob container that you override with are not empty. When you generate the SAS token at the container-level, the default container name and the container name that you specify for the container override must be the same.
Compression Format	Decompresses data when you read data from Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. You can decompress the data in the following formats: - None. Select None to decompress deflate and snappy file formats. - Gzip - Bzip2 - Lzo Default is None.

Write properties

The following table describes the advanced target properties that you can configure in the Python code to write to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage:

Property	Description
Number of concurrent connections to Blob Store	The number of concurrent connections to Blob Store to upload files. Default is 4.
Source Type	Select the type of source from which you want to read data. You can select the following source types: - File - Directory Default is File.
Blob Name Override	Overrides the default file name.
Blob Container Override	Overrides the default container name. When you read data from a directory and override the Blob container, ensure that files in the Blob container that you override with are not empty. When you generate the SAS token at the container-level, the default container name and the container name that you specify for the container override must be the same.
Compression Format	Decompresses data when you read data from Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. You can decompress the data in the following formats: - None. Select None to decompress deflate and snappy file formats. - Gzip - Bzip2 - Lzo Default is None.