Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
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Recover deleted blobs
Hello, I have accidentally deleted storage account + blobs - versioning or soft delete was not enabled, unfortunately. Troubleshooting process indicates that I can still recover the data within 6 days (or 3 for premium accounts). How can I do that? …
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2026-11-03T18:32:48.84+00:00
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Alexandru Vuta
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2026-11-03T21:47:11.81+00:00
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MICHAEL STEVANUS TANOTO
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Restrict Azure Storage Account Access to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS Only
Hello Team, I have a requirement to secure an Azure Storage Account by allowing access only from a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS environment. Scenario: We have an Azure Storage Account that is being accessed by a Business Central SaaS…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-11-03T08:44:53.4633333+00:00
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Rohan Sagvekar - IT
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2026-11-03T08:46:01.18+00:00
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I need to recover soft deleted container past 30 days
Is there any way to do that? I made mistake and deleted it and havent checked it for 30 days. Now its 32th day I wanted to undelete it. Unfortunately I dont see my container in the list to undelete.
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-11-02T15:37:27.6566667+00:00
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Jakub Ozga
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2026-11-02T16:48:01.16+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
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Lifecycle management version.delete in a container with version-level immutability: is this behaviour supported
We use version-level immutability (version-level WORM enabled on the container) together with a lifecycle management rule, and the behaviour we see contradicts the documentation. We'd like to confirm it is intended and supported before relying on it in…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-30T20:44:18.8466667+00:00
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Nick Bowen
0
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2026-11-01T07:58:52.25+00:00
Vinodh247-1375
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Are lifecycle management Delete operations free for ~1 billion blobs in Cool/Cold tiers?
I have a StorageV2 (Standard_LRS) account with ~1.05 billion small log blobs (~22.8 TB): Cool: ~576M blobs, ~1.4 TB Cold: ~470M blobs, ~21.4 TB A previous lifecycle rule (tierToCold after 30 days) cost us ~$8,000 in Cold write operations (Set Blob…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-28T10:28:29.15+00:00
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Meshkat Mohammadi
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2026-10-30T16:49:40.58+00:00
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SHOUMIK CHAKRAVARTY
1,375
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Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge 1.4.4
Hi, Is Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge 1.4.4 still supported for production security fixes? I am referring to dockerhub image repo Currently I use below version in containerized form on an edge kubernetes environment deployed using helm charts. But…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-27T16:15:21.18+00:00
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Aishwarya Singh
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2026-10-29T07:58:27.6333333+00:00
Aishwarya Singh
0
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Unexpected increase of networking costs in Azure BLOB storage
I've had pretty consistent costs of storage and networking costs in Azure BLOB over the last 12 months or so, but last month our bill was about 4x what it usually is. I tried submitted a ticket to Azure support and was told that this is because we are…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2025-03-11T19:40:57.4166667+00:00
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Mike Skitzis
5
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2026-10-29T06:45:08.8766667+00:00
Rodrigo Orzari
0
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2 answers
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Azure Blob Storage immutability policy: Lock policy confirmation not working in Spanish UI
While working with Azure Blob Storage immutability policies in an official Microsoft certification exam lab, I encountered an issue when attempting to lock an existing time-based retention policy. With the Azure Portal interface configured in Spanish,…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-26T17:18:37.08+00:00
Adrián Martínez Martín
20
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-26T18:35:27.67+00:00
Jose Benjamin Solis Nolasco
12,941
Reputation points
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Blob Storage: Upgrade from v1 ZRS to v2 LRS — Facing SKU validation errors
Problem description I am attempting to upgrade two Blob Storage accounts from General Purpose v1 (GPv1) with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) to General Purpose v2 (GPv2) with Locally Redundant Storage (LRS). However, both the Azure Portal and Azure CLI…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-12T17:19:48.8266667+00:00
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Cory Seaman
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2026-10-23T18:54:52.93+00:00
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Harshavardhan Sriramula
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Defender for Storage: Missing On-Upload Verdicts for Benign Small BlockBlob Uploads — Investigation Needed
Problem description I am experiencing an issue where small benign BlockBlob uploads to Azure Blob Storage are not producing the expected on-upload malware scan verdicts in Defender for Storage. Specifically, the uploaded files do not show the clean…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-07T21:48:12.6866667+00:00
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ZimElectric-5201
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2026-10-23T18:53:35.4266667+00:00
Harshavardhan Sriramula
0
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Is there no way to automatically archive blobs that are in the Cool storage tier without having to move them?
We have over 78TB of Blobs that were for a project that is now completed. This 78TB contains hundreds of millions of blobs. We now want to archive these blobs. Is there no way to do this automatically without having to move blobs to another storage…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-22T19:07:15.23+00:00
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JohnSebastian-3934
606
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edited an answer
2026-10-23T14:52:38.0566667+00:00
Alex Burlachenko
26,695
Reputation points MVP
Volunteer Moderator
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Unable to Access PDF Content in Data Cloud Data Explorer Using Azure Blob Storage and UDLO
Subject: Unable to Access PDF Content in Data Cloud Data Explorer Using Azure Blob Storage and UDLO Product: Salesforce Data Cloud Issue Type: Unstructured Data Ingestion / Search Index / Retriever Configuration Description We are implementing an…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-23T10:59:15.8766667+00:00
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Rutuja Gurule
0
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answered
2026-10-23T11:00:55.3066667+00:00
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1 answer
Blob Storage: Configuring Immutable Backups with TrueNas and Azure — Managing Time-Based Retention
I am attempting to configure Azure Blob Storage as the destination for SQL backup files written by TrueNAS Cloud Sync, with the goal of keeping these backups undeletable for 60 days. I tried using a time-based retention and that works for incremental SQL…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-20T13:36:56.48+00:00
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AnthonyLiwen-4936
20
Reputation points
commented
2026-10-20T21:24:29.6233333+00:00
Hemant Bharadwaj
340
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
What are Blob Name normalization rules in Azure Blob operations
Recently, I encountered an undocumented Put Blob API behavior when creating blob names containing . and .. path segments - it feels like they had filesystem-like semantics and the final path would not contain them. Although the documentation tells that…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-02T13:57:06.46+00:00
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John Doe
0
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answered
2026-10-19T04:14:58.0666667+00:00
Hassan Nazeer
0
Reputation points
2 answers
Azure Storage Action: can't use parenthesis or exclamation mark on blob name match predicate
I try to modify any file where the name matches the pattern "((DEL!(???)))". I can't save the action when this condition is set, I receive validation errors. I tried escaping the characters without success. It seems that a lot of special…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-06-16T13:55:42.33+00:00
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Thomas Bolon
1
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2026-10-15T17:09:50.64+00:00
Thomas Bolon
1
Reputation point
1 answer
Synapse Note Book running failure Issue!!
Hi All, We have created tables in Synapse, such as EMP and DEPT. We are trying to load data from ADLS into the Synapse tables through a Synapse notebook. Inside the notebook, we are using a JDBC URL to connect to the Synapse Warehouse tables and write…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-15T15:46:14.4133333+00:00
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Ashok Kumar Bollineni
46
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-15T15:47:04.2366667+00:00
AI answer
2 answers
Urgent Data Recovery Request: Automated GPv1 Migration Data Loss
My storage account was automatically migrated from GPv1 to GPv2 by [email protected] under Service Health Advisory Tracking ID: On Request over the last 24 hours. Following the migration, critical media files have gone missing from my blob…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-14T21:17:55.4133333+00:00
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Sean Owen
0
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answered
2026-10-15T07:26:26.76+00:00
kagiyama yutaka
5,655
Reputation points
1 answer
Best practices for backing up Azure Blob data to Amazon S3 and restoring it back to Azure Storage?
Hi, We are designing a multi‑cloud backup and restore strategy where our primary backups live in Azure Blob Storage, and we periodically replicate them to Amazon S3 for DR / long‑term retention. We also need to be able to restore data from S3 back into…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-09-15T13:08:51.6033333+00:00
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Rohitkumar M Mistry
0
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edited an answer
2026-10-15T01:39:16.8666667+00:00
victorolet
11
Reputation points MVP
1 answer
How do I remove/delete our Azure account?
We keep getting notifications about upgrading our Microsoft Azure, however, we don't use this anymore, and I can't see anywhere in our account that would let me upgrade, or remove. Migrate your general-purpose v1 (GPv1) storage account to a…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-13T15:54:05.47+00:00
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Independent Printing
0
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answered
2026-10-13T15:54:50.9666667+00:00
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Blob Storage: Recovering Data After Accidental Deletion in East US Region
Problem description I am seeking assistance with recovering data from two Azure Blob Storage containers in the East US region. The containers are still present but are empty, and I believe the data was deleted between 2026-05-14 and 2026-05-26. My goal…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,441 questions
asked
2026-10-01T10:23:51.8866667+00:00
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HamzaMsiah-1096
0
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commented
2026-10-13T12:01:28.61+00:00
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Praveen Kumar Gudipudi
2,295
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