Securing Storage

In the previous chapters, you explored the concept of a storage account, the different options available to you in a storage account, the configuration and management of them, the different tiers available, as well as their associated purposes. You also explored interaction with them and the different types of storage on storage accounts, such as Azure Files. In this chapter, you are going to learn about how to configure network access to storage accounts, how to work with authentication and authorization on storage accounts, and how to copy data. This chapter focuses on one of the most common concepts when it comes to Azure, that is securing storage on the Azure platform. The focus here will be on implementing and managing storage security, such as generating Shared Access Signature (SAS) tokens, managing access keys, configuring Azure Active Directory (AD) / Entra ID integration, and configuring access to Azure Files.

In this chapter, you are going to cover the...