Securing Azure Storage
Securing Azure Storage starts with an overview outlining the various authentication and authorization methods available to access Azure storage resources. We then look at each method, examining its benefits and disadvantages. Setting up access to storage resources using account keys and the various shared access signature variants demonstrates the practical implications and use cases of each access method. The lesson ends with a look at implementing Azure files as a mapped drive within an Azure virtual machine.
Learning Objectives
- Overview of Azure account storage authentication and access
- Create an account key rotation policy
- See how to integrate storage account keys with Azure Key Vault
- Implement Shared Access Signatures
- Map a virtual machine drive to an Azure file share
Intended Audience
- Students working towards the AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies exam
- Those wanting to learn how to secure an Azure storage account
Prerequisites
- Be familiar with Active Directory concepts such as managed identities and role-based access control, Azure Key Vault, and the basics of Azure storage resources
Hallam is a software architect with over 20 years experience across a wide range of industries. He began his software career as a Delphi/Interbase disciple but changed his allegiance to Microsoft with its deep and broad ecosystem. While Hallam has designed and crafted custom software utilizing web, mobile and desktop technologies, good quality reliable data is the key to a successful solution. The challenge of quickly turning data into useful information for digestion by humans and machines has led Hallam to specialize in database design and process automation. Showing customers how leverage new technology to change and improve their business processes is one of the key drivers keeping Hallam coming back to the keyboard.