Azure Blob Storage Part 9: Shared Access Signatures
In this article, Robin Shahan talks about security and how to control access to containers and blobs using shared access signatures (SAS) and stored access policies.
2015-03-27
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Azure Blob Storage Part 8: Blob Leases
In this article, Robin Shahan explains what Blob Leases are and how to use them, including code samples for calling the different methods available for managing Blob Leases.
2015-03-20
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Azure Blob Storage Part 7: Snapshots
Robin Shahan introduces the concepts of snapshots in relation to Azure blob storage. She explains what they're for and how to take them, promote them, and delete them.
2015-03-12
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Azure Blob Storage Part 6: Blob Properties, Metadata, etc.
After finding it difficult to find seriously useful information on Azure blob storage written after Storage Client Library 1.7 (and we’re on 4.something now), Robin Shahan decided to try and fill that gap with this article.
2015-03-06
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