Microsoft Azure Storage Team Blog
Introducing Zone Redundant Storage
We are pleased to introduce Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) as an additional redundancy option for...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 08/01/2014
(Cross-Post) Migrating Data to Microsoft Azure Files
About Microsoft Azure Files Microsoft Azure Files is a cloud based storage service that exposes...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 07/24/2014
Microsoft Azure Storage Client Module for Node.js v. 0.2.0
The Microsoft Azure Storage team is pleased to announce the CTP release of our first dedicated...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/26/2014
Persisting connections to Microsoft Azure Files
We recently blogged about our preview release of Azure Storage Files here. The post contained...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 05/26/2014
Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library and Tooling Updates @ TechEd 2014
Continuing our recent updates from TechEd, we are pleased to announce a number of updates and...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 05/15/2014
What’s new for Microsoft Azure Storage at TechEd 2014
At TechEd, we introduced a number of exciting changes in addition to release of a new service which...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 05/13/2014
Announcing Microsoft Azure Import/Export Service GA
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Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 05/12/2014
Introducing Microsoft Azure File Service
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Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 05/12/2014
Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator 3.1 with RA-GRS
We are pleased to announce the release of the Azure Storage Emulator 3.1, with support for Read...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 05/08/2014
Microsoft Azure Storage @ BUILD 2014
We were pleased to give an update on Azure Storage at the Microsoft Build conference this year,...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 04/08/2014
AzCopy – Support for Read Access Geo-Redundant account
We are glad to announce that AzCopy new version V2.3 has been released at aka.ms/AzCopy.This new...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 04/06/2014
Windows Azure Storage Explorers
Please refer to our latest documentation to learn more about Azure Storage Explorers. Microsoft...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 03/11/2014
Windows Azure Storage: Introducing CORS
We recently released CORS(Cross Origin Resource Sharing) for Windows Azure Storage. CORS is...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 02/03/2014
Windows Azure Storage Emulator 2.2.1 Preview Release with support for “2013-08-15” version
We are excited to announce the release of a preview update to the Windows Azure Storage Emulator...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 01/26/2014
Windows Azure Storage Client Library for C++ Preview
We are excited to announce the availability of our new Windows Azure Storage Client Library for C++....
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 12/19/2013
Windows Azure Storage Client Library for Java v. 0.5.0
We are pleased to announce an updated release of the Windows Azure Storage Client for Java. This...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 12/19/2013
Windows Azure Storage Redundancy Options and Read Access Geo Redundant Storage
Read Access Geo Redundant Storage(RA-GRS) is no longer in preview and is Generally Available. We are...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 12/11/2013
Windows Azure Tables: Introducing JSON
Windows Azure Storage team is excited to announce the release of JSON support for Windows Azure...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 12/05/2013
Windows Azure Storage Release - Introducing CORS, JSON, Minute Metrics, and More
We are excited to announce the availability of a new storage version 2013-08-15 that provides...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 11/27/2013
Windows Azure Storage Known Issues (November 2013) [Resolved]
Updated [12/10/13] : The issues detailed in this blog have been resolved via updates to the service...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 11/23/2013
Windows Azure Tables Breaking Changes (November 2013)
In preparation for adding JSON support to Windows Azure Tables, we are pushing an update that...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 11/23/2013
Announcing Windows Azure Import/Export Service Preview
Windows Azure Storage team is excited to announce the preview of Windows Azure Import/Export service...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 10/31/2013
AzCopy – Transfer data with re-startable mode and SAS Token
Recently, we released a new version of AzCopy with a set of new features. You can always download...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 09/07/2013
Announcing Storage Client Library 2.1 RTM & CTP for Windows Phone
We are pleased to announce that the storage client for .NET 2.1 has RTM’d. This release includes...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 09/06/2013
.NET Clients encountering Port Exhaustion after installing KB2750149 or KB2805227 [Updated]
Updated [12/10/13] : This blog was updated to reflect the availability of .NET 4.5.1 A recent update...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 08/07/2013
Introducing Storage Client Library 2.1 RC for .NET and Windows Phone 8
We are pleased to announce the public availability of 2.1 Release Candidate (RC) build for the...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 07/11/2013
Windows Azure Storage BUILD Talk - What’s Coming, Best Practices and Internals
At Microsoft’s Build conference we spoke about Windows Azure Storage internals, best practices and a...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/28/2013
AzCopy – Using Cross Account Copy Blob
You can always download latest version from aka.ms/AzCopy. New features have been added in this...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 03/31/2013
Updated: Known Issues for Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 for .NET and Windows Runtime
The client issues detailed in this blog have been resolved in version 2.0.4 or earlier, and you can...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 12/09/2012
AzCopy – Uploading/Downloading files for Windows Azure Blobs
One of the frequent requests we receive is for a simple way to upload or download files between...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 12/03/2012
Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 Tables Deep Dive
This blog post serves as an overview to the recently released Windows Azure Storage Client for .Net...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 11/06/2012
Windows Azure Storage Client Library for Windows Runtime
We are excited to be releasing two libraries for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 as Community...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 11/05/2012
(Cross-Post) Windows Azure’s Flat Network Storage and 2012 Scalability Targets
Update April 2014 – All storage accounts have been upgraded to Gen 2 hardware as of April 2014, so...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 11/04/2012
Known Issues for Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 for .NET and Windows Runtime
An updated Know Issues Blog Post can be found by clicking on this link The client issues...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 11/01/2012
Windows Azure Storage Emulator 1.8
In our continuous endeavor to enrich the development experience, we are extremely pleased to...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 10/30/2012
Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 Breaking Changes & Migration Guide
The recently released Windows Azure Storage Client Library for .Net includes many new features,...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 10/29/2012
Introducing Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 for .NET and Windows Runtime
Today we are releasing version 2.0 of the Windows Azure Storage Client Library. This is our largest...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 10/29/2012
Windows Azure Storage – 4 Trillion Objects and Counting
Windows Azure Storage has had an amazing year of growth. We have over 4 trillion objects stored,...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 07/19/2012
Exploring Windows Azure Drives, Disks, and Images
With the preview of Windows Azure Virtual Machines, we have two new special types of blobs stored in...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/27/2012
USENIX Best Paper Award: Erasure Coding in Windows Azure Storage
We just published a paper describing how we Erasure Code data in Windows Azure Storage that won a...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/13/2012
TechEd 2012: New Windows Azure Storage Features, Improved Manageability, and Lower Prices
We are very excited to release multiple improvements to Windows Azure Storage. These include price...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/12/2012
Introducing Asynchronous Cross-Account Copy Blob
We are excited to introduce some changes to the Copy Blob API with 2012-02-12 version that allows...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/12/2012
Introducing Table SAS (Shared Access Signature), Queue SAS and update to Blob SAS
For an overview of Shared Access Signatures please refer to the following documentations. We’re...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/12/2012
New Blob Lease Features: Infinite Leases, Smaller Lease Times, and More
We are excited to introduce some new features with the Lease Blob API with the 2012-02-12 version of...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/12/2012
New Storage Features on the Windows Azure Portal
We are excited to announce several new storage features available on the Windows Azure Portal. With...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/08/2012
10x Price Reduction for Windows Azure Storage Transactions
We heard you loud and clear that you want cheaper transaction costs for Windows Azure Blobs, Tables,...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 06/07/2012
Character Encoding Issues Related to Copy Blob API
This blog applies to the 2011-08-18 storage version or earlier of the Copy Blob API and the Windows...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 05/28/2012
CloudDrive: Possible Data Loss when calling Create() or CreateIfNotExist() on existing drives
Windows Azure Drive is in Preview, and we recently identified a timing bug in the CloudDrive Client...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 04/26/2012
CloudDrive::Mount() API takes a long time when the drive has millions of files
Windows Azure Drive is in Preview, and we have identified an issue with the CloudDrive::Mount() API...
Author: Windows Azure Storage Date: 04/26/2012