Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
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Azure Storage Action: can't use parenthesis or exclamation mark on blob name match predicate
I try to modify any file where the name matches the pattern "((DEL!(???)))". I can't save the action when this condition is set, I receive validation errors. I tried escaping the characters without success. It seems that a lot of special…
Azure Blob Storage
asked 2026-06-16T13:55:42.33+00:00
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Thomas Bolon
1
Reputation point
commented 2026-07-15T17:36:54.8433333+00:00
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Snehitha Muduganti
0
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
Recover files deleted from blob storage when soft deletes are not enabled
We had a process that accidentally deleted many files from blob storage earlier this morning. How can we recover these files?
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-03T15:22:09.3166667+00:00
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Tim Hendriksen
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-07-15T10:17:25.85+00:00
Christos Panagiotidis
801
Reputation points
1 answer
Question about SFTP - SSH config on Logic App
Currently I have created a Logic App - Standard with trigger point When a file is added or modified (SFTP - SSH) which connect to my SFTP azure blob storage, when set the Public network access scope of the blob storage to Enable to all networks, the…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-07-14T11:09:05.8266667+00:00
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Nguyen Gia Huy (Hugo)
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-07-14T11:09:25.6233333+00:00
AI answer
1 answer
Campañas de PH
We are currently tracking several active phishing campaigns hosted on Azure infrastructure. These malicious sites are actively suplanting various financial companies to steal user credentials. We have already reported these incidents via the MSRC…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-07-08T18:44:45.0066667+00:00
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Alfonso Martinez Bernal
5
Reputation points
commented 2026-07-14T08:45:44.46+00:00
Alfonso Martinez Bernal
5
Reputation points
2 answers
Azure Storage Diagnostic Settings logs to Event Hub - Expected latency
Hi everyone, I'm using Diagnostic Settings on an Azure Storage Account to send storage resource logs to an Azure Event Hub. I'm monitoring events related to Azure File Share creation. The setup works correctly and events are delivered to Event Hub, but…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-07-13T16:20:32.2466667+00:00
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TazM-0771
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-07-14T08:15:31.6233333+00:00
Christos Panagiotidis
801
Reputation points
4 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Failed to delete container due to ImmutabilityPolicy
Why I could not delete the countainer despite 730 days have been past ? Failed to delete 1 out of 1 blobs or directories: d=20240625: This operation is not permitted as the blob is immutable due to a policy. RequestId:8f4ece4a-e01e-000b-23b8-038f80000000…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-24T09:02:08.49+00:00
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Amir Yahav
40
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2026-07-08T15:12:37.98+00:00
Amir Yahav
40
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
GoAnywhere MFT to Azure Blob SFTP – IpAuthorizationError when connecting to SFTP BLOB
We are facing an issue while connecting GoAnywhere MFT to Azure Blob Storage SFTP. Environment Company 1 GoAnywhere MFT hosted in Azure Tenant 1 Azure Region: East US 2 Company 2 Azure Blob Storage with SFTP enabled hosted in Azure Tenant 2 Azure…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-29T05:52:26.5633333+00:00
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Pooja Parmar
0
Reputation points
commented 2026-07-08T11:01:30.9233333+00:00
Alex Burlachenko
24,545
Reputation points MVP
Volunteer Moderator
2 answers
Does Azure Storage's same-region IP-firewall bypass also apply across tenants? (App Service in Tenant A, Storage in Tenant B, same region)
Setup: Tenant A (mine): a Linux App Service in Israel Central, VNet-integrated behind a NAT gateway, so it has a single static outbound public IP. Tenant B (a partner's, separate tenant and subscription): a Storage account (Blob) in the same region,…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-07-05T09:31:33.8466667+00:00
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Oded Loewenstein
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-07-06T03:18:03.3066667+00:00
kagiyama yutaka
4,175
Reputation points
1 answer
Getting Sporadic "Folder does not exist" errors trying to write to Azure Blob
We use Azure blob storage extensively in our system. One of our engineers has raised an issue he's seen with the storage. He is getting inconsistent errors like this: ID,Handled,Sent From,Time Stamp,Type,Error Message ID,Document Name,Original Document…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-25T12:54:38.29+00:00
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Brent White
0
Reputation points
commented 2026-07-05T08:39:21.51+00:00
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Praveen Kumar Gudipudi
2,295
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
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We couldn't find option to migrate to GPV2 for "Blockblobstorage" Kind for a premium account
Hello Team, Please let us know how to migrate "Blockblobstorage" Kind premium account to GPV2. Please provide steps.Thank you!
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-07-01T10:10:06.38+00:00
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Eswar Reddy Devarinti (Consultant)
20
Reputation points
commented 2026-07-02T05:31:04.71+00:00
Eswar Reddy Devarinti (Consultant)
20
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
The Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024, after that will it still work with php code ?
The Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024, after that will it still work with php source code as we don't want to go with alternate or direct api call Is my existing code will work after decommissioning of Azure Storage…
Azure Storage
Azure Storage
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,876 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2024-01-02T09:24:01.85+00:00
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shalini
20
Reputation points
answered 2026-06-30T16:03:11.11+00:00
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Brecht Vermeersch
0
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Need an example for generating SAS token for Blob storage in PHP with REST API
Hi there, I have a PHP (Laravel) + React.js (with Intertia) app that I'm building that needs to use Azure Blob Storage for image uploading and serving images. I've successfully built an uploader on the frontend that relies on a SAS token. My intent was…
Azure Storage
Azure Storage
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,876 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2024-01-03T12:40:13.9133333+00:00
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Luca Marchal
20
Reputation points
answered 2026-06-30T16:02:13.82+00:00
Brecht Vermeersch
0
Reputation points
2 answers
Blob Storage tiers - immutable storage
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/training/modules/design-data-storage-solution-for-non-relational-data/5-design-for-azure-blob-storage This Microsoft Learn article includes two mentions of "Hot, Cool, and Archive access tiers" with regards to…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-05-18T09:14:57.7766667+00:00
Chris Heys
5
Reputation points
commented 2026-06-26T12:16:18.4033333+00:00
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Vallepu Venkateswarlu
10,270
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Storage account stucked, cannot be deleted
Hi, I have a Storage Account that is stucked in creation mode. I would like it to be deleted by the Microsoft back end team. Thank you!
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-16T13:34:42.2266667+00:00
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Eric Patenaude
20
Reputation points
accepted 2026-06-23T10:37:44.3533333+00:00
Eric Patenaude
20
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Blob metric showing intermittent gaps since mid-May 2026
For one of my storage accounts in Japan East region, the Blob Capacity and Blob Count metrics (metric namespace: Blob, aggregation: Avg, time grain: 1 hour / PT1H) started showing intermittent missing data points in mid-May 2026. Until around May 13 they…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-05-27T11:20:27.62+00:00
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Ryota Shimizu
25
Reputation points
accepted 2026-06-23T00:40:44.2366667+00:00
Ryota Shimizu
25
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure Storage Account stuck in the creating state
Hi, I created a storage account using a self-hosted agent in an Azure DevOps pipeline. Unfortunately the job failed, but it seems that the agent (stateful) kept trying to create the agent afterwards. Now I cannot delete the Storage Account to…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-15T23:55:00.5466667+00:00
Eric Patenaude
20
Reputation points
commented 2026-06-16T00:54:06.0266667+00:00
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Ravi Varma Mudduluru
12,455
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Azure Storage - Life Cycle Management Rules are not working
Hi We created a rule to achieve parquet files from blob storage but it's not working as expected, even after 48 hours we don't see any change on the targeted folders / files. Changed the settings from lastmodified to lastaccessed but still not working.…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-05-19T22:54:32.2833333+00:00
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Murty Addanki
20
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
accepted 2026-06-15T19:21:11.1566667+00:00
Murty Addanki
20
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
How to resolve the error "Network request failed - Unable to access the storage endpoint" when accessing the container of a storage account?
在访问存储账户的容器时，用本地电脑出现这个报错。但是换另一台电脑，却没有这个问题。 关闭防火墙、CORS权限是全部时，都无法解决，请求帮助解答 Translating the question to English: This error occurs when accessing a container under a storage account on the local computer. However, the problem does not occur on another…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2025-11-13T06:38:11.5666667+00:00
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wanjiacheng
20
Reputation points
commented 2026-06-15T13:17:45.9066667+00:00
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Nelligan, Ethan
0
Reputation points
2 answers
Storage Account Protected From Deletion After Enabling Immutable Storage With Versioning
Storage Account: myblobstorage1234567890 Subscription ID: cxxxxxxcc84a3 Issue: Storage account cannot be deleted after enabling Immutable Storage with Versioning. Evidence collected: immutableStorageWithVersioning.enabled =…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-14T17:44:05.2066667+00:00
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Akash Biradar
0
Reputation points
answered 2026-06-15T10:50:18.21+00:00
Vallepu Venkateswarlu
10,270
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
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Are there any changes to Legacy General Purpose v1 Blob URLs or code that posts new files?
I've been getting warnings about migrating to the new GPv2 platform for quite some time, but I'm confused about the fundamental things we need to do beyond either pushing it over now or waiting for it to be automatically migrated in…
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,404 questions
asked 2026-06-12T10:25:48.59+00:00
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Joe Crescenzi
20
Reputation points
accepted 2026-06-12T10:30:39.56+00:00
Joe Crescenzi
20
Reputation points