In Connect(); // 2015 while watching Scott Hanselman’s Keynote on “The Microsoft Cloud Platform for Developers” I noticed a new tool called “Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer“.
It’s a new tool that provides a file explorer for your Azure Blob Storage accounts, enabling you to easily work with your assets and containers from Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.
Features currently available in this Preview version
- Mac OS X and Windows versions
- Sign in to view your Storage Accounts – use your Org Account, Microsoft Account, 2FA, etc
- Add Storage Accounts by account name and key
- Local development storage (Windows-only)
- ARM and Classic resource support
- Create and delete blobs, queues, or tables
- Search for specific blobs, queues, or tables
- Explore the contents of blob containers
- View and navigate through directories
- Upload, download, and delete blobs and folders
- Generate SAS keys
- Manage and create Stored Access Policies
- Search for blobs by prefix
- Drag ‘n drop files to upload or download
Source code is also available in GitHub