Learn about Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer
Microsoft defines Azure Storage Explorer as a standalone app that makes it easy to work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
What are the prerequisites?
For Windows
The following versions of Windows support Storage Explorer:
- Windows 10 (recommended)
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- For all versions of Windows, Storage Explorer requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 at a minimum.
For macOS
The following versions of macOS support Storage Explorer:
- macOS 10.12 Sierra and later versions
For Linux
Since storage explorer is available in the Snap Store for most common distributions of Linux. Therefore, we recommend the Snap Store for this installation. The Storage Explorer snap installs all of its dependencies and updates when new versions are published to the Snap Store.
How to Connect to a storage account or service?
We shall now discuss the two methods to connect to storage account or service –
- Sign in to Azure to access your subscriptions and their resources
- Attach a specific Storage or CosmosDB resource
Steps to Sign in to Azure
- In Storage Explorer, select View > Account Management or select the Manage Accounts button.
- ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT now displays all the Azure accounts you’ve signed in to. To connect to another account, select Add an account.
- In Connect to Azure Storage, select an Azure cloud from Azure environment to sign in to a national cloud or an Azure Stack. After you choose your environment, select Next.
- After you successfully sign in with an Azure account, the account and the Azure subscriptions associated with that account appear under ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT. Select All subscriptions to toggle your selection between all or none of the listed Azure subscriptions. Select the Azure subscriptions that you want to work with, and then select Apply.
- EXPLORER displays the storage accounts associated with the selected Azure subscriptions.
Steps to Add a resource via Azure AD
- Select the Connect symbol to open Connect to Azure Storage.
- In case you have not already done so, use the Add an Azure Account option to sign in to the Azure account that has access to the resource. After you sign in, return to Connect to Azure Storage.
- Select Add a resource via Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), and then select Next.
- Select an Azure account and tenant. These values must have access to the Storage resource you want to attach to. Select Next.
- Choose the resource type you want to attach. Enter the information needed to connect.
- The information you enter on this page depends on what type of resource you’re adding. Make sure to choose the correct type of resource. After you’ve entered the required information, select Next.
- Review the Connection Summary to make sure all the information is correct. If it is, select Connect. Otherwise, select Back to return to the previous pages to fix any incorrect information.
Reference: Microsoft Documentation