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Overview of Folders in Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage is a popular and powerful object storage service provided by Microsoft Azure. It offers a wide range of features, including the ability to create and manage data in containers called "folders." In this content audit, we will evaluate the quality of...
How to change the Tiering of Azure Blobs
If you are an Azure Cloud Storage user, you will know that Azure offers three different storage tiers for storing data: hot, cool, and archive tiers. These Azure Storage tiers offer different levels of performance and cost efficiency. In this post, we'll show you how...
Azure Blob Storage vs Azure File Storage
Are you confused about which Azure Storage Service to use, for mapping a drive, or just dumping large amounts of data in to? This post goes indepth in to the differences between Azure Blob Storage and Azure File Services. Azure Blob Storage vs Azure File Storage:...
How to create an Azure storage account
In today's digital world, data storage has become an essential aspect of businesses of all sizes. As data continues to grow exponentially, the need for reliable, scalable, and cost-effective storage solutions has become more critical than ever. Microsoft Azure is a...
Achieving PCI DSS Compliance in the Cloud
Achieving PCI DSS Compliance for Your Cloud Operations If you store, process, or transmit cardholder data or sensitive information, you must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) set by major credit card companies. These security...
How Cloud Technology Can Help Your Business
How Cloud Technology Can Help Your Business Between 2019 and 2020, more Australian businesses have turned to cloud computing technologies. A recent survey from the Australian Bureau of Statistics found that businesses using paid cloud computing — IT services used over...
How to search for an Azure Blob
How do you search for an Azure Blob, Storage Account or even a Container? While Azure provides massive storage capabilities, often users and IT Departments alike use Azure Storage for dumping large amounts of files to remove reliance on on-premise storage devices....
How to find duplicate BLOBs in your Azure Storage Accounts
Reduce your Azure Storage Costs Azure Storage is like an all you can eat buffet, except the more you eat, the more you pay! This has provided organisations an almost limitless supply of storage, and as we all know, the more that’s available, the more we’ll use. Azure...
How to see all your Azure VM Snapshots
Snapshot an Azure VM Snapshots in Azure is a nice feature that allows you to take a read-only, “point in time” snapshot of a Virtual Machine’s disk. You can take a snapshot of a VM’s OS or data disk. You can use this snapshot to revert the VM to a point in time before...
How to get the size of all your Azure Storage Accounts
Are you using Azure Blob Storage for storing your data? Do you want to keep track of how much Azure Storage you are consuming, the number of Blobs per storage account, the number of containers, and the Azure Blob Storage capacity used? If so, you need a reliable...