Chapter 3. Getting Storage with Blobs in Azure
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Managing the Azure Storage service
- Connecting to the Azure Storage service
- Connecting to the storage emulator
- Managing access control for containers and blobs
- Creating a shared access signature for a container or blob
- Using a container-level access policy
- Setting properties and metadata for a blob
- Using blob directories
- Creating and using a blob snapshot
- Creating and using the root container for blobs
- Uploading blocks to a block blob
- Uploading a VHD into a page blob
- Downloading a blob asynchronously
- Using retry policies with blob operations
- Leasing a blob and implementing distributed locks
- Using the Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)
