Azure Storage Security

Azure Storage Security Overview Azure Storage provides robust security capabilities that allow developers to build secure applications. Key areas include: 1. Encryption At rest: All data is automatically encrypted using Storage Service Encryption (SSE) with 256-bit AES. Customer-managed keys: You can optionally use Azure Key Vault to manage your own encryption keys for more control. […]

Azure Blob Storage Pricing

Azure Blob Storage Pricing Considerations Performance Tiers Blob storage has tiers: Hot, Cool, and Archive. Cost per GB decreases as the tier gets cooler. Data Access Costs Reading data from Cool or Archive tiers incurs a per-GB access charge. Transaction Costs Every read/write operation incurs a per-transaction fee, increasing for cooler tiers. Geo-Replication Data Transfer […]

Azure Blob Storage

Azure Blob Storage – Overview Azure Blob Storage is a cloud service for storing unstructured data as objects called blobs. It can store any type of text or binary data, such as documents, images, videos, and application installers. Blob Storage is also known as object storage. Common Use Cases Serving images or documents directly to […]

Accessing Azure Storage

Accessing Azure Storage Every object stored in Azure Storage has a unique URL. The storage account name forms the subdomain of the URL, and the service-specific domain forms the endpoint. Default Service Endpoints If your storage account is named mystorageaccount, the default endpoints are: Blob (Container) service http://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net Table service http://mystorageaccount.table.core.windows.net Queue service http://mystorageaccount.queue.core.windows.net File […]

Azure Storage Accounts

Azure Storage Accounts – Overview What is Azure Storage? Azure Storage is Microsoft’s cloud storage solution designed for modern data storage scenarios. It provides highly scalable, secure, and durable services for storing and accessing data from anywhere in the world. Azure Storage supports: Object storage File systems Messaging services NoSQL data stores It is widely […]

Traffic manager in Azure

Azure Traffic Manager Microsoft Azure Traffic Manager enables you to control how user traffic is distributed to application endpoints hosted across multiple datacenters worldwide. It helps improve availability, performance, and resilience by intelligently directing users to the most appropriate service endpoint. How Azure Traffic Manager Works Azure Traffic Manager operates at the DNS level: It […]