Storage access policies – Securing Storage
A storage access policy provides an additional layer of control over SAS by introducing policies for managing the SAS token. SAS tokens can now be configured for a start and…
Category: Storage access policies
Types of SAS – Securing Storage
There are three types of SAS supported by Azure Storage: • User-delegated SAS: This is aSAS token that is secured by AD credentials. • Account SAS: An account SAS is…
Managing access keys – Securing Storage
In this demonstration, we will explore how to view access keys as well as how to renew them: Figure 7.12 – Show keys Figure 7.13 – Copying an access key…
Network routing from storage accounts – Securing Storage
The default network routing preference option chosen for storage accounts and most Azure services will be for the Microsoft network. This is ahigh-performance, low-latency global connection to all services within…
Private endpoints – Securing Storage
Private endpoints provide a mechanism for Azure Storage accounts to have a private interface for a storage account and can be used to eliminate public access. They provide enhanced security…
Configuring Azure Files and Azure Blob storage – Understanding and Managing Storage
In the following section, we will work through an example of how we can create file shares and blob storage on a storage account. Creating an Azure file share In…
Exporting from an Azure job – Understanding and Managing Storage
There are two other files created as well—an .xml file and a drive-manifest.xml file. You need these files later for creating an import/export job. The disk is now ready to…
Creating a storage account – Understanding and Managing Storage
For this demonstration, we will first proceed with creating a storage account using the portal and then provide the equivalent PowerShell code to create this using the Az module. Proceed…
PowerShell scripts – Understanding and Managing Storage
Please ensure that the Az module is installed, as per the Technical requirements section at the beginning of the chapter. The following script will create a new storage account (change…
Standard disk storage – Understanding and Managing Storage
Standard disk storage offers a hard disk drive (HDD) to store data on, and it is the most cost-effective storage tier that you can choose. It can only use LRS…