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Problem

I have a number of items on my Azure storage account. Is there any easy way bywhich we can manage the contents of my Azure storage account without having to usethe Azure portal? Is there any kind of tool that can be used for this purpose?

Solution

This tip assumes that you already have resources in your Azure environment andyou are familiar with using the Azure storage account. Thistip covers a brief introduction on the Azure storage account. If you are newto Azure, you can subscribe to a trial accounthere whichwill give you access to Azure services for an year and a credit of $200 USD. In thistip, we will learn about the use of the Azure storage explorer for managing resourceson your storage account.

What is an Azure storage account?

In simple terms, an Azure storage account is used for storing objects. There aredifferent kinds of storage options available within Azure which will meet all ofyour storage requirements. Refer to thistip, which has information on how you can create storage accounts in Azure.In this tip, we will use the Azure blob storage option for demo purposes. Blob storagebasically refers to unstructured data like images, audio files, video files, etc.

How can we use the Azure storage account in SQL Server?

There are a number of ways by which you can use the Azure storage account inSQL Server. Refer to one of the tips in thislink where you can see how the on-premises database backups can be performeddirectly on to the Azure storage using database maintenance plans. Another use isfor the purpose of migration. You can refer to thistip where you can see an example of migration of a large on-premises databaseto Azure using the Azure storage container. If you are using standard processesfor copying large backup files from on-premises to Azure you may not be able meetthe SLAs. But by using Azure storage for this purpose you can save a lot of timeon the copy process.

Why should we use the storage explorer?

When you are managing a small number of files within the storage account, itis quite easy to manage. But imagine, if you have to administer a huge number ofapplications that use the storage account, then it gets quite hard to manage orreview information using the Azure portal. In the previous section, where you alsoread about the multiple uses of Azure storage especially for performing databasebackups or copying database backup files, it would get quite cumbersome to managehuge number of files. Moreover, the Azure storage explorer is a free tool with easyto use features and is supported across multiple operating systems - Windows, Linux,Mac.

Download the Azure Storage Explorer

You can download the Azure storage explorer from thislink.

On the home page, you will see this screen, select on the required 'OperatingSystem' and click on the option to 'Download Storage Explorer free'.

Go through the prompts to download the required software and accept the licenseterms and click on the 'Install' option.

Azure Storage Explorer launched

Once the installation is complete, open the Azure Storage explorer app. You willsee this window where you can connect to your Azure storage.

Click on the option to 'Add an account'. You will see this screen with the options,select 'Next'. There are multiple ways to connect using the Azure storage explorer.In this demo, we will use the default option by using the Azure account.

Under the Azure environment, you will see these options.

After you click on 'Next', you will see this screen to sign in to your Azureaccount.

Enter the details of your Azure account and click on 'Next'. Once done, you willbe able to view details of your subscription on the Azure storage explorer.

Check contents of your storage account in the Azure Storage Explorer

Now, that you can view your subscription details in the Azure storage explorer,you can check out the contents of your storage account by clicking on the optionon the left. Here, you can view the details of the storage accounts in your subscription.

In the screenshot, you can see a container named 'moh' which I had created earlier.Once you click on it, you can view the contents of the container.

If you see the top menu, you will see several other options for managing thecontents in the storage explorer.

In this demo, I just created one sample storage account using a blob container.But in a real production configuration, you will be dealing with multiple storageaccounts dealing with various types of storage services like blobs, files, tables,queues.

Try out few options that are available in the Azure storage explorer - Uploadoption

In this demo, we will try out few options that are available in the storage explorer.First, let us try the 'Upload' option. When you click on the 'Upload' option, youwill see this screen.

Here, you can see the option to either 'Upload Folder' or 'Upload Files'. Letus try uploading a folder. Once you click on the 'Upload Folder' option, selectthe folder you wish to upload.

Once you select the folder, you will see this screen next where you can reviewand click on the 'Upload' option.

Once done, you will see that the entire folder is uploaded. All in one click.

When you check your Azure portal, you will see the new uploaded folder in yourstorage container. Make sure to click on the 'Refresh' option first.

You can make sure that all the files in that folder are uploaded correctly bychecking on either the Azure portal or on the Azure storage explorer.

Compare the upload option in the Azure portal

Now that you performed an upload using the Azure storage explorer, try out asimilar upload operation using the Azure portal. Go to your storage container inthe Azure portal and click on the upload option.

On clicking the information icon near the 'Files' option, you can see this pop-up.

Using the portal, you can upload multiple files at once. However, you don’tsee any option to upload a complete folder using the Azure portal. This way, youcan see a benefit of using the Azure storage explorer for performing file uploads.

Try out the new folder option using the Azure storage explorer

In this section, we will try creating a new folder using the storage explorer.Click on the option 'New Folder' as shown.

On the pop-up message, you can see that the folder doesn’t get createdas long as it is empty. Give a suitable name and click on OK. Once done, you canview the new folder that was created.

When you go back to the Azure portal, you will notice that this 'NewSampleFolder'does not appear in the storage container even after you click on refresh.

As mentioned previously, the folder doesn’t get created as long as it isempty. Once you drag or copy few files into the new folder you will be able to viewit. Just upload few files into the folder by using the 'Upload' button. Once done,you will be able to view the new folder that you created when you refresh the Azureportal.

Here, you can see the 'NewSampleFolder' that is appearing on the storage container.

Try out the Copy URL option using the Azure storage explorer

In this section, let us try out the copy URL option. I just navigated to oneof the folders containing images. Click on the option to 'Select All' images andthen click on the 'Copy URL' option.

In just one go, you can copy all of the URLs for the individual images. Oncecopied, paste the contents on to notepad. You can see all of this done in a fewsimple steps.

When you copy one of theURLs, and try it on the browser, you will see it works. I had set the publicaccess level for my container to anonymous read access; hence the image can be viewed.Output is below.

Compare the Copy URL option on the Azure portal

Just go to your storage container on the Azure portal to get the URLs for thefiles in the storage folder. In the screenshot, you will see that there is no suchoption where you can copy the URLs for all the files in a specific storage folder.

On the Azure portal, you would need to click on the individual file that youneed the URL for. For example, if you want the URL for the fathersday.JPG just clickon the ellipsis option on the right-hand side. Once done, on the pop-up option clickon the 'Blob Properties' option.

You will see this screen in the blob properties for the image.

Here, you can click on the option to copy the URL as shown.

So, from the Azure portal you can see there is no easy way to perform this operationfor a huge number of files. Using Azure storage explorer, you could perform theoperation to Copy URLs for all the files in a folder in just two clicks.

Next Steps

• In this tip, you learned about the use of Azure storage
• In this tip, you learned about the use of a free tool known as the Azurestorage explorer
• You saw how easy it is to use the Azure storage explorer
• You also saw a comparison of performing similar operations using the Azureportal
• From the demo, you saw how time-consuming Azure portal would become if youhave to manage huge number of objects
• Try downloading theAzure storage explorer and explore the options available as shown in thistip
• Refer other articles available onMSSQLTips related to Azure

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