In my last article, we discussed Azure storage types. Here, we will discuss Azure Storage Explorer.
What Is Azure Storage Explorer
It is an excellent Microsoft tool that will improve your Azure storage development experience.
This application helps you connect your Azure storage account with any device. It supports operating systems like Windows, Linux, Mac OS, etc. A free tool from Microsoft to manage your Azure resources.
Benefits
- Easy to use with very simple and user-friendly UI.
- You can connect easily and can access multiple storage accounts.
- We can easily deal with storage management, which increases productivity.
- You can work with connecting to the cloud as well as offline.
- Multiple platform support like Windows, Linux,macOS, etc.
Azure Storage Explorer Online
If you don’t want to download and install the Azure Storage Explorer tool, you can also use Azure Storage Explorer web version. To access it, follow the below steps.
- Navigate to Azure Storage Explorer Online.
- You must log in with your Azure account and Azure Key or shared access signature. You can also directly log in with your storage account name and the access key.
Note: You can find your account keys in the Azure portal. Open your storage account page, select Settings, and select Access keys.
3. Once you log in with any of the storage account names and keys, you can see all the options below. As I explained in the above section, you can use them based on your requirements.
How to download and install Azure Storage Explorer?
To set this up, we need to download and install it. To do that, follow the instructions below. Let’s download the Azure Storage Explorer first.
- First, you must get the Azure Storage Explorer download option from the Microsoft official site. (Click on the link).
- Select the operating system and then click on the Download Now button.
- You will get a StorageExplorer.exe file. Run the exe.
4. Click on the Finish button to complete the installation
5. To access this, search for it in the start menu and click on it to open it.
6. Click on the Add an Account link.
7. On the Connect to Azure Storage window, You will find multiple options like those below
- Add a resource via Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
- Use a connection string
- Use a shared access signature(SAS) URI
- Use a storage account name and key
- Attach to a local emulator
8. You can select any of the above options to log in or directly click on the Next button without selecting any of the options. It will then ask you to enter your Azure credentials.
9. After clicking the Next button, you will be prompted to enter your Microsoft Azure credentials. Enter your credentials to log in.
10. Once you log in, Choose the subscription you want to work for the storage account and click the Apply button to save the changes.
11. Now, you can see all the storage accounts and other details under the same subscription.
Blob Container
You can do the following operations using this.
- Create Blob Container
- Configure CORS Settings
- Configure Soft Delete Policy
- Query, Import, Export, Add, Edit, Delete, etc
