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Quickstart: Use Azure Storage Explorer to
create a blob
Article + 12/20/2022
In this quickstart, you lear how to use Azure Storage Explorer _ to create a container and
a blob. Next, you learn how to download the blob to your local computer, and how to view
all of the blobs in a container. You also learn how to create a snapshot of a blob, manage
container access policies, and create a shared access signature
Prerequisites
To access Azure Storage, you'll need an Azure subscription. If you don't already have a
subscription, create a free account _ before you begin
All access to Azure Storage takes place through a storage account. For this quickstart,
create a storage account using the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, or Azure CLI. For help
creating a storage account, see Create a storage account.
This quickstart requires that you install Azure Storage Explorer. To install Azure Storage
Explorer for Windows, Macintosh, or Linux, see Azure Storage Explorer
Log in to Storage Explorer
On first launch, the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer - Connect to Azure Storage dialog is
shown, Several resource options are displayed to which you can connect:
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* Local storage emulator
In the Select Resource panel, select Subscription.
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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 Open Explorer.
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After Storage Explorer finishes connecting, it displays the Explorer tab. This view gives you
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To create a container, expand the storage account you created in the proceeding step.
Select Blob Containers, right-click and select Create Blob Container. Enter the name for
your blob container. See the Create a container section for a list of rules and restrictions on
naming blob containers. When complete, press Enter to create the blob container. Once
the blob container has been successfully created, it is displayed under the Blob Containers
folder for the selected storage account.
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Blob storage supports block blobs, append blobs, and page blobs. VHD files used to back
laaS VMs are page blobs. Append blobs are used for logging, such as when you want to
write to a file and then keep adding more information. Most files stored in Blob storage are
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Choose the files or folder to upload. Select the blob type. Acceptable choices are Append,
Page, or Block blob.
If uploading a .vhd or .vhdx file, choose Upload .vhd/.vhdx files as page blobs
(recommended).
In the Upload to folder (optional) field either a folder name to store the files or folders in a
folder under the container. If no folder is chosen, the files are uploaded directly under the
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View blobs in a container
In the Azure Storage Explorer application, select a container under a storage account. The
main pane shows a list of the blobs in the selected container.
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Download blobs
To download blobs using Azure Storage Explorer, with a blob selected, select Download
from the ribbon. A file dialog opens and provides you the ability to enter a file name. Select
Save to start the download of a blob to the local location.
Manage snapshots
Azure Storage Explorer provides the capability to take and manage snapshots of your
blobs. To take a snapshot of a blob, right-click the blob and select Create Snapshot. To
view snapshots for a blob, right-click the blob and select Manage history and Manage
Snapshots. A list of the snapshots for the blob are shown in the current tab.
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Generate a shared access signature
You can use Storage Explorer to generate a shared access signatures (SAS). Right-click a
storage account, container, or blob and choose Get Shared Access Signature... Choose the
start and expiry time, and permissions for the SAS URL and select Create. Storage Explorer
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When you create a SAS for a storage account, Storage Explorer generates an account SAS.
For more information about the account SAS, see Create an account SAS.
When you create a SAS for a container or blob, Storage Explorer generates a service SAS.
For more information about the service SAS, see Create a service SAS.
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When you create a SAS with Storage Explorer, the SAS is always assigned with the
storage account key. Storage Explorer does not currently support creating a user
delegation SAS, which is a SAS that is signed with Microsoft Entra credentials.
Next steps
In this quickstart, you leamed how to transfer files between a local disk and Azure Blob
storage using Azure Storage Explorer. To learn more about working with Blob storage,
continue to the Blob storage overview.
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