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Azure PowerShell Reference - Storage

This section provides detailed reference information for Azure PowerShell cmdlets used to manage Azure Storage services. Azure Storage is Microsoft's cloud storage solution for modern data storage scenarios. It includes Blob storage, File storage, Queue storage, and Table storage.

Storage Cmdlets

Explore the various cmdlets available for managing different aspects of Azure Storage:

Blob Storage

• Get-AzBlobContainer
• New-AzBlobContainer
• Remove-AzBlobContainer
• Set-AzBlobContainerAcl
• Get-AzBlob
• New-AzBlob
• Remove-AzBlob
• Get-AzBlobProperties
• Set-AzBlobProperties
• New-AzBlobBatchUpload

File Storage

• Get-AzFileShare
• New-AzFileShare
• Remove-AzFileShare
• Get-AzFileDirectory
• New-AzFileDirectory
• Remove-AzFileDirectory
• Get-AzFile
• New-AzFile
• Remove-AzFile

Queue Storage

• Get-AzQueueMessage
• New-AzQueueMessage
• Remove-AzQueueMessage
• Get-AzQueue
• New-AzQueue
• Remove-AzQueue

Table Storage

• Get-AzTable
• New-AzTable
• Remove-AzTable
• Get-AzTableEntity
• New-AzTableEntity
• Remove-AzTableEntity

Storage Account Management

• Get-AzStorageAccount
• New-AzStorageAccount
• Remove-AzStorageAccount
• Set-AzStorageAccount
• Get-AzStorageAccountKey
• New-AzStorageAccountKey
• Get-AzStorageAccountSku

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Get-AzBlobContainer

SYNOPSIS

Gets a blob container.

SYNTAX

Get-AzBlobContainer [-Container] <String> [-BlobBaseUri] <String> [-Force] [-Omit] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>]

DESCRIPTION

The Get-AzBlobContainer cmdlet gets a blob container from Azure Storage.

PARAMETERS

Name	Type	Description
-Container	String	Specifies the name of the blob container.
-BlobBaseUri	String	Specifies the base URI for the blob endpoint.
-Force	SwitchParameter	Specifies that the operation should be forced.
-Omit	SwitchParameter	Specifies that the operation should omit certain data.

EXAMPLE

Get-AzBlobContainer -Container "mycontainer" -BlobBaseUri "https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net"

New-AzBlobContainer

SYNOPSIS

Creates a blob container.

SYNTAX

New-AzBlobContainer [-Container] <String> [-BlobBaseUri] <String> [-Permission <PublicAccessType>] [-Force] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>]

DESCRIPTION

The New-AzBlobContainer cmdlet creates a new blob container in Azure Storage.

PARAMETERS

Name	Type	Description
-Container	String	Specifies the name of the new blob container.
-BlobBaseUri	String	Specifies the base URI for the blob endpoint.
-Permission	PublicAccessType	Specifies the public access level for the container. Possible values are 'Off', 'Blob', 'Container'.
-Force	SwitchParameter	Specifies that the operation should be forced.

EXAMPLE

New-AzBlobContainer -Container "newcontainer" -BlobBaseUri "https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net" -Permission "Blob"

Remove-AzBlobContainer

SYNOPSIS

Deletes a blob container.

SYNTAX

Remove-AzBlobContainer [-Container] <String> [-BlobBaseUri] <String> [-Force] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>]

DESCRIPTION

The Remove-AzBlobContainer cmdlet deletes a blob container from Azure Storage.

PARAMETERS

Name	Type	Description
-Container	String	Specifies the name of the blob container to delete.
-BlobBaseUri	String	Specifies the base URI for the blob endpoint.
-Force	SwitchParameter	Specifies that the operation should be forced without prompting.

EXAMPLE

Remove-AzBlobContainer -Container "mycontainer" -BlobBaseUri "https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net" -Force

Set-AzBlobContainerAcl

SYNOPSIS

Sets the access control list (ACL) for a blob container.

SYNTAX

Set-AzBlobContainerAcl [-Container] <String> [-BlobBaseUri] <String> [-Permission <PublicAccessType>] [-Force] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>]

DESCRIPTION

The Set-AzBlobContainerAcl cmdlet sets the public access permissions for a blob container.

PARAMETERS

Name	Type	Description
-Container	String	Specifies the name of the blob container for which to set the ACL.
-BlobBaseUri	String	Specifies the base URI for the blob endpoint.
-Permission	PublicAccessType	Specifies the public access level for the container. Possible values are 'Off', 'Blob', 'Container'.
-Force	SwitchParameter	Specifies that the operation should be forced.

EXAMPLE

Set-AzBlobContainerAcl -Container "mycontainer" -BlobBaseUri "https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net" -Permission "Container"