Azure Classroom Series – 21/Mar/2020

Access to Storage Accounts

• AAD Users by using IAM (RBAC)
• Access to Anyone using
  • Access Keys
  • Shared Access Signature
• For every blob stored in Storage account we have a URI. URI’s might not be public, but private URI can be shared with others
  • Access Keys (Careful) => Full Access
  • Shared Access Signature => Granular for a certain period of time

Static Website using Azure Storage Accounts

• Refer Here

• Experminent:

  • Create a storage account
  • Create a container in blob and some files
  • Create read only access shared access signature

Encryption

• Encryption at Transit => uploading/accessing the data => Enabled by default (https)
• Encryption at Rest: => When the blobs are stored in Azure => Using AES algorithms in the Azure key Vault.
• Refer Here for encrypting the data at rest
• Experiment:
  • Create storage keys for encryption
  • To Create a Key vault Refer Here
  • Storage Account Encryption Refer Here

Queue Storage Implemenation from Code

• Refer Here

Blob Storage Impementation from Code

• Refer Here

Azure Site Recovery

• Can be used to take backups and replications
• For storage
  • Backup can be taken for Azure file share and Azure Disk Storage (indirectly) via VM Backup
  • Replication can happen only to Disk Storage (Indirectly via VM)
• Azure has new proposed approach which is in preview Refer Here