Cloud storage
We are all aware of SQL Server (if not, do not worry). Azure SQL is just SQL Server deployed on Azure. We will not be discussing Azure SQL in this section as we will be using Azure SQL in the next chapter and hence will be discussing it at length then. We will check out the storage accounts. Storage accounts can store hundreds of terabytes (roughly speaking 1 Terabyte = 1,000 Gigabytes) of data. We will discuss how to use Azure storage as a place to keep uploaded files for our web application and how we can enable users to download files from storage by creating and handing out what's known as a shared access signature (SAS). So, lets get started.
In the Azure portal, click on New and select Storage and then click Storage account ...
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