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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Connection Properties

Use a Microsoft Azure SQL Blob Storage connection to access a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage.

The order of the connection properties might vary depending on the tool where you view them.

You can create and manage a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connection in the Administrator tool

or the Developer tool

. The following table describes the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connection properties:

Property	Description
Name	Name of the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connection.
ID	String that the Data Integration Service uses to identify the connection. The ID is not case sensitive. It must be 255 characters or less and must be unique in the domain. You cannot change this property after you create the connection. Default value is the connection name.
Description	Description of the connection.
Location	The domain where you want to create the connection.
Type	Type of connection. Select Azure Blob Storage.

The

Connection Details

tab contains the connection attributes of the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connection. The following table describes the connection attributes:

Property	Description
Account Name	Name of the Microsoft Azure Storage account.
Authorization Type	Authorization type. You can select any of the following authorization mechanisms: Shared Key Authorization Shared Access Signatures
Account Key	Microsoft Azure Storage access key. Applies when you select shared key authorization.
SAS Token	SAS URI with SAS token that you generate on Microsoft Azure portal for your account. Applies when you select shared access signature authorization type. You must provide a valid SAS URI with a valid SAS token.
Container Name	The root container or sub-folders with the absolute path. To import complex files, specify only the root container.
Endpoint Suffix	Type of Microsoft Azure end-points. You can select any of the following end-points: core.windows.net : Default core.usgovcloudapi.net : To select the US government Microsoft Azure end-points core.chinacloudapi.cn : Not applicable