Blob Service Concepts

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You can use the REST API for the Blob service to upload, manage, organize, and delete text and binary data.

In This Section

Naming and Referencing Containers, Blobs, and Metadata

HTTP Operations on Blob Service Resources

Working with the Root Container

Enumerating Blob Resources

Setting Timeouts for Blob Service Operations

Setting and Retrieving Properties and Metadata for Blob Resources

Specifying Conditional Headers for Blob Service Operations

Specifying the Range Header for Blob Service Operations

Deciding when to use Azure Blobs, Azure Files, or Azure Data Disks

Using Blob Service Operations with Azure Premium Storage

See Also

Blob Service REST API

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