Contents

1. Acknowledgments

2. About the author

3. Introduction to Microsoft Azure Storage

4. Chapter 1 Azure Blob Storage

   1. Overview

   2. Key concepts

      1. Storage components

      2. Storage tiers

      3. Storage redundancy types

      4. Storage endpoints

      5. Storage encryption for at-rest data

      6. Storage data integrity

      7. Storage account walkthrough

   3. Data access authorization

      1. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)

      2. Shared Key

      3. Shared access signature (SAS)

   4. Networking

      1. Network routing

      2. Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol

      3. SSH File Transfer (SFTP) protocol

      4. Storage account firewall and virtual networks

      5. Networking endpoints

   5. Storage access tiers

      1. Early deletion fees

      2. Default access tier configuration

      3. Blob lifecycle management

      4. Storage reservations

   6. Static website hosting

   7. Data protection

      1. Soft delete for containers and blobs

      2. Blob versioning

      3. Blob change feed

      4. Point-in-time restore

      5. Data protection walkthrough

      6. Azure Backup integration

      7. Blob snapshots

   8. Disaster recovery

      1. Storage account failover

      2. Last Sync Time

   9. Best practices

5. Chapter 2 Azure Files

   1. Overview

   2. Key features

   3. Key concepts

      1. Deployment models

      2. Storage accounts

      3. File shares

      4. Storage tiers for file shares

   4. Networking considerations

      1. Network protocols

      2. Networking endpoints

      3. Network routing

      4. Encryption in transit

      5. Storage account firewall

      6. SMB Multichannel

   5. Identity and access considerations

      1. Identity and access considerations walkthrough

   6. Data redundancy

   7. Data protection

      1. Encryption for at-rest data

      2. Soft delete

      3. Share snapshots

      4. Azure Backup integration

   8. Best practices

6. Chapter 3 Azure Managed Disks

   1. Overview

   2. Key features

   3. Key concepts

      1. Disk roles

      2. Disk types

      3. Managed disk creation walkthrough

      4. Private Link integration

      5. Encryption

      6. Managed disk snapshots

      7. Managed images

      8. Performance tiering

      9. Disk redundancy

      10. Shared disks

      11. Managed disk bursting

      12. Managed disk backup

   4. Best practices

7. Chapter 4 Azure Queue Storage

   1. Overview

   2. Key features

   3. Key concepts

      1. Azure Storage account

      2. Queues and messages

   4. Networking considerations

      1. Storage firewall and virtual networks

      2. Private endpoints

      3. Requiring secure transfers

      4. Enforcing TLS versions

   5. Identity and access considerations

   6. Data redundancy

      1. Disaster recovery

      2. Storage account failover

      3. Last Sync Time

   7. Data encryption

      1. Infrastructure encryption

      2. Service-level encryption

      3. Client-side encryption

   8. Best practices

8. Chapter 5 Azure Data Box

   1. Overview

   2. Key features

   3. Key concepts

      1. Data Box components

      2. Import/export workflow

      3. Data security

      4. Data-transfer speeds

      5. Supported Azure services

      6. Supported client operating systems

      7. Availability

      8. Data resiliency

      9. Partner integrations

      10. Preserving ACLs, file attributes, and timestamps

      11. Limitations

      12. Azure Data Box walkthrough

   4. Data Box use cases

   5. Best practices

9. Chapter 6 Azure Data Share

   1. Overview

   2. Key features

   3. Key concepts

      1. Data types

      2. Data provider

      3. Data consumer

      4. Sharing models

      5. Data stores

      6. Sharing caveats

      7. Managed identities

   4. Share and receive data with Azure Data Share

      1. Set up an Azure Data Share resource to share data walkthrough

      2. Set up an Azure Data Share resource to receive data walkthrough

   5. Best practices

10. Index