90 things about Azure Storage you may not know

90 things you may not know about Azure Storage

Azure Storage is a cloud-based storage solution that provides secure, scalable, and highly available storage for your data. It is a crucial component of Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, providing various storage services, including Blob Storage, File Storage, Queue Storage, Table Storage, and Archive Storage. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into Azure Storage and discuss 90 things you may not know about it.

Azure Storage Overview

First 10 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Offers a free tier with limited storage and transaction capacity	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Supports server-side encryption for data-at-rest using customer-managed keys	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Provides different tiers of storage for different use cases and cost-effectiveness	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Supports various types of data, including blobs, tables, files, and queues	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Provides a scalable and reliable platform for storing and retrieving large amounts of unstructured data	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Offers a feature called Azure Import/Export, which enables data transfer using physical media	Blob
Provides a REST API and SDKs for various programming languages	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Allows creating and managing shared access signatures (SAS) for secure access control	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Provides a feature called Azure Data Lake Storage for big data analytics workloads	Data Lake Storage
Supports cross-region replication for disaster recovery and high availability scenarios	Blob, Table, File, Queue

20 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Offers a feature called Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management for automating blob retention and deletion	Blob
Supports virtual network service endpoints for secure access from a virtual network	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Allows setting up Azure Private Link for secure access from an Azure Virtual Network	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Provides a feature called Azure Disk Encryption for encrypting virtual machine disks using customer-managed keys	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Supports soft delete for recovering deleted data within a retention period	Blob
Provides a feature called Azure StorSimple for hybrid storage and backup solutions	Blob
Offers a feature called Azure Queue Storage for reliable message queuing between applications	Queue
Supports automatic tiering between different storage tiers based on access patterns and cost-effectiveness	Blob
Allows setting up custom domain names for storage accounts	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Provides a feature called Azure Backup for backup and recovery of virtual machines, databases, and files	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Supports file shares for NFS 3.0 and SMB 3.0 protocols	File

30 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Provides a feature called Azure File Sync for synchronizing on-premises file servers with Azure Files	File
Offers a feature called Azure Archive Storage for long-term retention of infrequently accessed data	Blob
Provides a feature called Azure Premium Files for high-performance file shares	File
Allows setting up alerts and metrics for monitoring and troubleshooting	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Supports geo-redundant storage for data replication across regions	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Allows setting up lifecycle management policies for automatic data tiering and deletion	Blob, Table
Provides a feature called Azure Data Box for offline data transfer using ruggedized appliances	Blob
Allows setting up read-only access to blob containers and file shares using shared access signatures (SAS)	Blob, File
Provides a feature called Azure AD Authentication for authenticating access to storage accounts using Azure Active Directory	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Supports versioning for blobs, allowing retrieval of previous versions of objects	Blob

40 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Provides a feature called Azure Monitor for centralized monitoring and management of storage accounts	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Allows setting up firewall and virtual network rules for secure access control	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Supports append blobs for efficient and atomic appends to blobs	Blob
Provides a feature called Azure Blob Storage inventory for tracking blob metadata and properties	Blob
Allows setting up bandwidth throttling for limiting data transfer rates	Blob, Table, File
Supports object replication within a region for high availability scenarios	Blob
Provides a feature called Azure AD Domain Services for joining storage accounts to an Azure AD domain	Blob, Table, File, Queue
Allows setting up access tiers for hot, cool, and archive data	Blob
Supports page blobs for efficient random read and write access to data, which makes them ideal for storing VHD files and providing persistent disks for Azure Virtual Machines	Blob
Provides a feature called Azure File Sync cloud tiering for optimizing storage usage on file servers	File

50 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Setting up blob versioning	Blob Storage
Blob tiering	Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage immutable storage	Blob Storage
Soft delete for blob containers and file shares	Blob Storage
Managed disks for virtual machines	Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage object replication	Blob Storage
Custom metadata for blobs and files	Blob Storage
Block blobs	Blob Storage
Azure File Sync file locking	File Storage
Setting up access policies for blob containers and file shares	Blob Storage, File Storage

60 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Parallel data transfer	All
Change feed	Azure Blob Storage
Geo-disaster recovery	All
Snapshots	All
Backup Center	All
Blob leasing	Azure Blob Storage
Blob versioning (append blobs)	Azure Blob Storage
Static website hosting	Azure Blob Storage
Access tiers for individual blobs	Azure Blob Storage
Blob properties for metadata and caching	Azure Blob Storage

70 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Azure Blob Storage soft delete	Blob Storage
Shared access policies	Blob Storage and File Storage
Page blob snapshots	Blob Storage
Azure Disk Encryption	Blob Storage and Managed Disks
Blob-level tiering	Blob Storage
Client-side encryption	Blob Storage
Azure Storage Explorer	Blob Storage
Blob versioning for block blobs	Blob Storage
Blob properties	Blob Storage
Azure Import/Export Service	Blob Storage

80 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
Setting up access tiers for individual files	File Storage
File properties for specifying file metadata and content encoding	File Storage
Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management for automating blob deletion and tiering	Blob Storage
Setting up file share snapshot policies	File Storage
File lease for exclusive write access to a file	File Storage
Azure Data Box Gateway for accessing Azure Storage from on-premises file servers	File Storage
File-level tiering for optimizing storage usage and cost	File Storage
Client-side encryption for data-in-transit using HTTPS	File Storage and Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage event grid for triggering events based on blob storage activities	Blob Storage
Setting up file auditing for tracking file share activity	File Storage

90 things about Azure Storage

Azure Storage Feature	Azure Storage Type
File shares for SMB and NFS access	File Storage
Azure Blob Storage metadata indexing for searching blobs using metadata	Blob Storage
Setting up file share quota for limiting file share usage	File Storage
File share properties for specifying file share metadata and caching options	File Storage
Azure Blob Storage blob indexing for searching blobs using content	Blob Storage
Setting up file share snapshots for recovering deleted or modified files within a retention period	File Storage
File lease for exclusive write access to a file share	File Storage
Azure File Sync cloud endpoint for syncing file servers to Azure file shares	File Storage
Setting up file share level tiering for optimizing storage usage and cost	File Storage

Azure Storage is a cloud-based storage solution offered by Microsoft Azure that provides various features for storing and managing data in the cloud. These features include blob storage, file storage, and disk storage, as well as other capabilities such as tiering, replication, versioning, and encryption.

By using Azure Storage, businesses can scale up or down their storage requirements as needed, and only pay for what they use. They can also take advantage of features such as geo-replication and disaster recovery, as well as integrate with other Azure services such as Virtual Machines, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Functions.

Overall, Azure Storage offers a flexible and scalable storage solution that can meet the needs of a wide range of applications and workloads.

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