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Connecting securely to Microsoft Azure Storage with SFTP
With WinSCP you can easily upload and manage files on your Microsoft Azure Storage account contained with SFTP protocol.
Before Starting
Before starting you should have WinSCP installed.
Enabling SFTP access to the container
- SFTP access to supported by storage accounts with hierarchical namespaces enabled (aka Azure Data Lake Gen2 storage accounts). Existing Blob service accounts need to be upgraded.
- To enable SFTP access for exiting hierarchical storage accounts, in storage account view, go to Settings > SFTP and click Enable SFTP.
- When creating new storage account, on Advanced page, check Enable hierarchical namespace and Enable SFTP.
Further reading
- Guide to uploading files to SFTP/FTPS server;
- Guide to automating operations (including upload).