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Azure Storage Services including Blob Storage, File Shares, Queue Storage, Table Storage, and Data Lake. Answers questions about storage access tiers (hot, cool, cold, archive), when to use each tier, and tier comparison. Provides object storage, SMB file shares, async messaging, NoSQL key-value, and big data analytics. Includes lifecycle management. USE FOR: blob storage, file shares, queue storage, table storage, data lake, upload files, download blobs, storage accounts, access tiers, storage tiers, hot cool cold archive, storage tier comparison, when to use storage tiers, lifecycle management, Azure Storage concepts. DO NOT USE FOR: SQL databases, Cosmos DB (use azure-prepare), messaging with Event Hubs or Service Bus (use azure-messaging).

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SKILL.md (original)

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Azure Storage Services

Services

ServiceUse WhenMCP ToolsCLI
Blob StorageObjects, files, backups, static contentazure__storageaz storage blob
File SharesSMB file shares, lift-and-shift-az storage file
Queue StorageAsync messaging, task queues-az storage queue
Table StorageNoSQL key-value (consider Cosmos DB)-az storage table
Data LakeBig data analytics, hierarchical namespace-az storage fs

MCP Server (Preferred)

When Azure MCP is enabled:

  • azure__storage with command storage_account_list - List storage accounts
  • azure__storage with command storage_container_list - List containers in account
  • azure__storage with command storage_blob_list - List blobs in container
  • azure__storage with command storage_blob_get - Download blob content
  • azure__storage with command storage_blob_put - Upload blob content

If Azure MCP is not enabled: In Copilot CLI or Claude Code, ask the user to run /mcp and enable Azure MCP; in other hosts, ask the user to enable Azure MCP through the host's MCP configuration.

CLI Fallback

# List storage accounts
az storage account list --output table

# List containers
az storage container list --account-name ACCOUNT --output table

# List blobs
az storage blob list --account-name ACCOUNT --container-name CONTAINER --output table

# Download blob
az storage blob download --account-name ACCOUNT --container-name CONTAINER --name BLOB --file LOCAL_PATH

# Upload blob
az storage blob upload --account-name ACCOUNT --container-name CONTAINER --name BLOB --file LOCAL_PATH

Storage Account Tiers

TierUse CasePerformance
StandardGeneral purpose, backupMilliseconds
PremiumDatabases, high IOPSSub-millisecond

Blob Access Tiers

TierAccess FrequencyCost
HotFrequentHigher storage, lower access
CoolInfrequent (30+ days)Lower storage, higher access
ColdRare (90+ days)Lower still
ArchiveRarely (180+ days)Lowest storage, rehydration required

Redundancy Options

TypeDurabilityUse Case
LRS11 ninesDev/test, recreatable data
ZRS12 ninesRegional high availability
GRS16 ninesDisaster recovery
GZRS16 ninesBest durability

Service Details

For deep documentation on specific services:

SDK Quick References

For building applications with Azure Storage SDKs, see the condensed guides:

For full package listing across all languages, see SDK Usage Guide.

Azure SDKs

For building applications that interact with Azure Storage programmatically, Azure provides SDK packages in multiple languages (.NET, Java, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust). See SDK Usage Guide for package names, installation commands, and quick start examples.

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