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EvilTwin-5378 asked JosephChestnutt-4463 commented

How do I list blob versions as newest to oldest order in the Portal overview?

This sounds like a silly question but I just can't figure it out:
I have a Storage Container with Blob files. I have versioning enabled. When I click on a blob and then select Versions, it lists OLDEST first! and the only way to get to the newest is to keep clicking "Load More" over and over for what ends up being an insanity-inducing number of times for some blobs with a long history of changes.

At the top of this version list, the "headers" are NOT clickable, like you would expect them to be in a "normal" website or application. (Leave it to Microsoft to leave out simple functionality like changing the order of the list?)

How the heck to I see the list with MOST RECENT version first?

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shivapatpi-MSFT answered EvilTwin-5378 commented

Hello @EvilTwin-5378 ,
Thanks for your query !
Alternatively , You can use Azure Storage Explorer to view blob versions order by Last Modified . You can download the tool from here https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/storage-explorer/


How to see Blob Versions using Azure Storage Explorer:
1) Browse to the storage account
2) Go to the container
3) Right click on the specific Blob
4) Select Manage History
5) Select Manage Versions
6) Use the Column "Last Modified"


Hope that helps .

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Thanks. Quick follow-up question: When I select a blob Version in the web portal of Azure, it offers the option "Make Current Version". In the Storage Explorer app for Windows, there is no such option. There is "Promote version". Is this the same thing?

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shivapatpi-MSFT answered JosephChestnutt-4463 commented

Hello @EvilTwin-5378 ,
Both seems to be the same , here is the official Microsoft documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-explorer-blob-versioning#promote-blob-version

Kindly let us know if you have additional questions.

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Shivapatpii, can you tell me if the promote-blob-version operation be done in CPP code? I can't find any functions to do this in azure-storage-cpp V 7.5.0
Thanks Joe Chestnutt

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