Summary

This chapter has explored the different configuration options of Azure Storage, including when to choose which. Designing applications for storage involves thinking about many other aspects of your data – from the speed at which you need to read and write to cost and availability – all of which we have looked at.

We've also delved into how to secure access to our storage at the network level, with identities and encryption. Finally, we learned the different options for manipulating and managing data in our storage accounts, from the user-friendly GUI of Azure Storage Explorer to the more manual methods of AzCopy. We also saw how they all use Storage REST APIs under the hood.

In the next chapter, we will consider the various options that are available for migrating workloads into Azure, including VMs.