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For more information about the specific permissions Storage Explorer requires, see the Azure Storage Explorer troubleshooting guide.

To connect to another account, select Add an account The Connect to Azure Storage dialog opens. In the Select Resource panel, select Subscription.

In the Select Azure Environment panel, select an Azure environment to sign in to. You can sign in to global Azure, a national cloud or an Azure Stack instance. Then select Next. Select the Azure subscriptions that you want to work with, and then select Apply. Storage Explorer lets you connect to individual resources, such as an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 container, using various authentication methods.

Some authentication methods are only supported for certain resource types. Storage Explorer can also connect to a local storage emulator using the emulator's configured ports.

To connect to an individual resource, select the Connect button in the left-hand toolbar. Then follow the instructions for the resource type you want to connect to. The node will appear under a group node matching its type.

If Storage Explorer couldn't add your connection, or if you can't access your data after successfully adding the connection, see the Azure Storage Explorer troubleshooting guide. The following sections describe the different authentication methods you can use to connect to individual resources.

Azure AD is the preferred option if you have data layer access to your resource but no management layer access. You can find your account keys in the Azure portal. A SAS connection string looks like this:. Storage Explorer can connect to an Azure Storage emulator. Currently, there are two supported emulators:. If you want to use a different name for your connection, or if your emulator isn't running on the default ports:.

Enter a display name for your connection and the port number for each emulated service you want to use. If you don't want to use to a service, leave the corresponding port blank. Select Next. Add a new access policy - Select Add. Once generated, the Access Policies dialog will display the newly added access policy with default settings. Edit an access policy - Make any desired edits, and select Save.

Remove an access policy - Select Remove next to the access policy you wish to remove. Once you've created a file share, you can upload a file to that file share, download a file to your local computer, open a file on your local computer, and much more.

On the main pane's toolbar, select Upload , and then Upload Files from the drop-down menu. In the Upload files dialog, select the ellipsis … button on the right side of the Files text box to select the file s you wish to upload. On the main pane's toolbar, select Upload , and then Upload Folder from the drop-down menu. In the Upload folder dialog, select the ellipsis … button on the right side of the Folder text box to select the folder whose contents you wish to upload.

Optionally, specify a target folder into which the selected folder's contents will be uploaded. In the Specify where to save the downloaded file dialog, specify the location where you want the file downloaded, and the name you wish to give it.

The file will be downloaded and opened using the application associated with the file's underlying file type. In the left pane, navigate to another file share, and double-click it to view it in the main pane. View the latest Storage Explorer release notes and videos. Learn how to create applications using Azure blobs, tables, queues, and files. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? If you want to use a different name for your connection, or if your emulator isn't running on the default ports, follow these steps:. Start your emulator. Enter the command AzureStorageEmulator. Choose a display name for your connection and enter the ports your emulator is listening on for each service type.

Attach to a Local Emulator suggests the default port values for most emulators. Files port is blank, because neither of the official emulators currently support the Files service.

If the emulator you're using does support Files, you can enter the port to use. Review the Connection Summary and make sure all the information is correct. To connect, follow these steps:. For information about how to retrieve the connection string, see Manage an Azure Cosmos account. You can access a resource that's not in your subscription.

You need someone who has access to that resource to give you the resource URI. This example uses Data Lake Storage Gen1. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is now available. Right-click the storage account you want share, and then select Get Shared Access Signature. In Shared Access Signature , specify the time frame and permissions you want for the account, and then select Create. Copy either the Connection string or the raw Query string to your clipboard.

You can get a shared access signature at the service level. For more information, see Get the SAS for a blob container. As you enter text in the search box, Storage Explorer displays all resources that match the search value you've entered up to that point. This example shows a search for endpoints :. To speed up your search, use Account Management to deselect any subscriptions that don't contain the item you're searching for.

You can also right-click a node and select Search From Here to start searching from a specific node. Download If your download is not starting, click here. Thank you for downloading Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer for Mac from our software portal The download is provided as is, with no modifications or changes made on our side. Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer antivirus report This download is virus-free. NET Framework 4.

For supported distributions, see the snapd installation page. You can connect Storage Explorer to your system's password manager by running the following command: Storage Explorer is also available as a.

Connect to a storage account or service Storage Explorer provides several ways to connect to storage accounts. In general you can either: Sign in to Azure Note To fully access resources after you sign in, Storage Explorer requires both management Azure Resource Manager and data layer permissions.

If you have permissions only at the data layer, use this option to add a blob container or an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Blob storage container. Use a connection string. Use this option if you have a connection string to a storage account.

Storage Explorer supports both key and shared access signature connection strings. Use a shared access signature URI. If you have a shared access signature URI to a blob container, file share, queue, or table, use it to attach to the resource.