Securing Your Data with Azure Storage: Understanding the three Access Levels for Containers and Blobs

Azure Storage is a cloud-based storage service offered by Microsoft, which provides secure and scalable storage solutions for various types of data. One of the key features of Azure Storage is the ability to control access to its containers and blobs through different access levels. In this blog post, we will discuss the different access levels in containers in Azure Storage in simple terms.

Access levels in Azure Storage: Azure Storage provides three access levels for containers and blobs. These access levels are as follows:

Private (no anonymous access):

This access level restricts the container or blob to authorized users who have valid credentials, such as an account name and access key or a SAS token. Anonymous access is not allowed.

Blob:

This access level allows anonymous read access to the contents of the container or blob, but write and delete operations still require valid credentials. This access level is useful for scenarios where you want to share public data, such as images or videos, without requiring users…