Connect Storage Explorer Using SAS Token

Introduction

 
This article will help you learn how to connect Storage Explorer with the help of a SAS Token.
 
Before reading this article, please go through some important articles mentioned below,

Azure Storage

 
Azure Storage is one of the cloud computing PaaS (Platform as a Service) services provided by the Microsoft Azure team. It provides cloud storage that is highly available, secure, durable, scalable, and redundant. It is massively scalable and elastic. It can store and process hundreds of terabytes of data or you can store the small amounts of data required for a small business website.
 
Here, we will see about Storage Explorer.
 

About Storage Explorer

 
Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app that makes it easy to work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It allows you to efficiently connect and manage your Azure storage service accounts and resources across subscriptions.You can create, delete, view, and edit resources in Azure Storage, Azure Cosmos DB, and Data Lake Storage.
 
Azure Storage Explorer is a useful GUI tool for inspecting the data in your Azure cloud storage projects including the logs of your cloud-hosted applications. You can easily connect to your subscription and manipulate your tables, blobs, queues, and files.
 

Connect Storage Explorer with SAS Token

 
Prerequisites
  • Microsoft Azure Account.
Follow the below steps to create an Azure Storage Account.
 
Step 1
 
Log in here. Please go through the article mentioned below for creating a Storage account.
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
  • Upload the blob
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Step 2
 
Click herevhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/storage-explorer/ to Download and Install Storage Explorer. Please go through the article mentioned below for creating a Storage Explorer.
 
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Step 3
 
After installing Storage Explorer, we have to connect your storage account. Now, we are going to see how we can connect our Storage Explorer with SAS URI. You can create SAS URI in Storage Account level as well as individual services. Click on Add Account
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Step 4
 
Now, choose Connection string or shared Access Signature.
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Step 5
 
Now, we can see two options are there. First, we can connect through Connection String. Second, we can connect through SAS URI. Here, just choose URI option. To take connection string or SAS URI we must go to Azure portal then open our storage account and click on Shared Access Signature. There you can customize your settings.
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Once we customize our settings, then Scroll down and hit Generate SAS and Connection String.
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Now, we can get the Connection String and SAS URL
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Step 6
 
First, connect our storage explorer with Connection String, then copy the connection string and paste it on Storage Explorer. Then hit  Next.
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Step 7
 
Or, if we want to connect through SAS URL, then Copy SAS URL from Portal and Paste it on Storage Explorer and hit Next
 
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Step 8
 
Now, we can get this Connection Summary and hit Connect.
 
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Step 9
 
Now, click on Apply
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 
Output
 
Now, we can successfully connect our storage account with SAS.
 
Connect Storage Explorer using SAS Token
 

Summary

 
I hope you understood how we can connect Storage Explorer with SAS URL. Stay tuned for more articles on Storage Explorer.