Understanding Shared Access Signature and Access Policy in Azure Storage


Introduction

You may want to provide access to the files from your Azure storage account container, there are a couple of ways to do it. You can share the access key but it may not be the best option because this is something you want to keep secret. Azure Active Directory Authentication is another option but it may not be available always to the client. In this article, we will discuss providing limited access to the Azure storage accounts resources by using shared access signatures (SAS) and Access Policy.

Shared Access Signature

A shared access signature (SAS) provides a URI