In this post, I will be exploring the Azure Files Storage Services to manage files by using the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol. The most relevant part of the use of this service is that you can attach it to a virtual disk on your Windows machine to deal with files as it were an external disk.

This post is a quick guide to start dealing with Azure BLOB Storage Services. I will create a simple .Net Console Application to upload and download a simple file within BLOB Storage Services. Before going ahead, I highly recommend take a look to How to create an Azure Storage Account. It is not complex but mandatory before interacting with BLOB Storage Services.