Introduction

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Azure Storage provides a comprehensive set of security capabilities that work together to enable developers to build secure applications.

In this module, your company is storing sensitive data in Azure Storage, including personal information. The data is used internally and by external application developers. You're responsible for ensuring the data is secure for all users. You're tasked with providing configuration solutions to grant secure access to the information.

Learning objectives

In this module, you learn how to:

  • Configure a shared access signature, including the uniform resource identifier (URI) and SAS parameters.
  • Configure Azure Storage encryption.
  • Implement customer-managed keys.
  • Recommend opportunities to improve Azure Storage security.

Skills measured

The content in the module helps you prepare for Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator. The module concepts are covered in:

Implement and manage storage (15–20%)

  • Secure storage
    • Generate shared access signature (SAS) tokens.
    • Manage access keys.
    • Configure stored access policies.

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with navigating the Azure portal.