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azure-storage

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…

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Installation

$ npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-storage
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Summary

  • Unified access to Azure blob storage, file shares, queues, tables, and data lake services.
  • Supports five storage service types: Blob Storage for objects and backups, File Shares for SMB access, Queue Storage for async messaging, Table Storage for NoSQL key-value data, and Data Lake for big data analytics MCP server tools enable listing storage accounts, containers, and blobs, plus downloading and uploading blob content directly Configurable access tiers (hot, cool, cold, archive) and redundancy options (LRS, ZRS, GRS, GZRS) for cost and durability optimization CLI fallback available via az storage commands when MCP is not enabled; SDK references provided for Python, TypeScript, Java, Rust, and Go

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Analyzed Apr 27, 2026

This skill provides comprehensive documentation and best practices for interacting with Azure Storage services. It focuses on using official Microsoft-maintained SDKs and promotes secure authentication methods like Managed Identity and RBAC. No security concerns were identified.

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Analyzed Apr 27, 2026

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  • license 1
  • maintenance 1
  • quality 0.9
  • supply chain 1
  • vulnerability 1

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Analyzed Apr 27, 2026

  • license 1
  • maintenance 1
  • quality 0.9
  • supply chain 1
  • vulnerability 1

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Repository health

Stars 1.5K
License MIT
Default branch main
Open issues 9
Last push Sep 10, 2026
Status Active

Skill metadata

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Version1.2.1
LicenseMIT
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author
Microsoft
version
1.2.1

Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 4,898 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 774 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. SKILL.md last updated on GitHub
  3. First recorded snapshot · 568,400 installs

Videos

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SKILL.md

Azure Storage Services

Services

Service Use When MCP Tools CLI
Blob Storage Objects, files, backups, static content azure__storage az storage blob
File Shares SMB file shares, lift-and-shift - az storage file
Queue Storage Async messaging, task queues - az storage queue
Table Storage NoSQL key-value (consider Cosmos DB) - az storage table
Data Lake Big data analytics, hierarchical namespace - az storage fs

MCP Server (Preferred)

When Azure MCP is enabled:

  • azure__storage with command storageaccountlist - List storage accounts
  • azure__storage with command storagecontainerlist - List containers in account
  • azure__storage with command storagebloblist - List blobs in container
  • azure__storage with command storageblobget - Download blob content
  • azure__storage with command storageblobput - Upload blob content

If Azure MCP is not enabled: Run /azure:setup or enable via /mcp.

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

Tier Use Case Performance
Standard General purpose, backup Milliseconds
Premium Databases, high IOPS Sub-millisecond

Blob Access Tiers

Tier Access Frequency Cost
Hot Frequent Higher storage, lower access
Cool Infrequent (30+ days) Lower storage, higher access
Cold Rare (90+ days) Lower still
Archive Rarely (180+ days) Lowest storage, rehydration required

Redundancy Options

Type Durability Use Case
LRS 11 nines Dev/test, recreatable data
ZRS 12 nines Regional high availability
GRS 16 nines Disaster recovery
GZRS 16 nines Best durability

Service Details

For deep documentation on specific services:

SDK Quick References

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

  • Blob Storage: [Python](references/sdk/azure-storage-blob-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-storage-blob-ts.md) | [Java](references/sdk/azure-storage-blob-java.md) | [Rust](references/sdk/azure-storage-blob-rust.md)
  • Queue Storage: [Python](references/sdk/azure-storage-queue-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-storage-queue-ts.md)
  • File Shares: [Python](references/sdk/azure-storage-file-share-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-storage-file-share-ts.md)
  • Data Lake: [Python](references/sdk/azure-storage-file-datalake-py.md)
  • Tables: [Python](references/sdk/azure-data-tables-py.md) | [Java](references/sdk/azure-data-tables-java.md)

For full package listing across all languages, see [SDK Usage Guide](references/sdk-usage.md).

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](references/sdk-usage.md) for package names, installation commands, and quick start examples.