Azure (Blob Storage and Data Lake) Location

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• CSV
• MS Excel
• JSON
• ParquetFile
• Qlik QVX
• Tableau HYPER
• XML

Prerequisites:

• existing Azure Storage Account
• existing Azure Storage Container

Only Block Blobs with Access tier "Hot" or "Cool" are supported. New blobs will default to "Hot" access tier. Other limitations related to Azure Block Storage, and particularly to Block Blobs, can be found here.

MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) is not supported.

The Resource parameter in OAuthToken with AzureBlobStorage location must be https://storage.azure.com

In addition, for the registered AzureBlobStorage app, API permissions have to be assigned. To do this, open your registered application, go to the "API permissions" section, and click on Add a permission. Then select "Azure Storage". The permission for AzureBlobStorage / Data Lake is user_impersonation.

Updated January 30, 2026