Microsoft Azure Object Storage Primary Use Case
I worked in Azure Cloud mostly on the Databricks side, with SQL Server or Synapse Analytics, or streaming analytics. It's a blob storage solution. We use the storage account, either the blob storage or the ADLS Gen 2.
Microsoft Azure Object Storage is used to install big datasets in the cloud at a reasonable price.
View full review »We have implemented the solution for some of our customers as a static file storage platform. One of our customers has a website, and they have to save some of the images the users are sending to the website. Another customer uses the product for backup purposes. They have a first backup on their on-premises software. After that, they copy the backup data to Azure Object Storage.
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Microsoft Azure Object Storage
March 2024
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We use Microsoft Azure Object Storage for our data streams and logs. We bring all our live data streams and store them in Microsoft Azure Object Storage. When the files are added to the folder, the Lambda series will kick in, and then we will run and train the models with new data and publish the results. The outputs will be written to Snowflake.
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Sachin Shukre
Sr Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
We use it basically for binary or any text data that needs to be there. Or if we want to solve something like data redundancy problems.
And some image processing. We have also done some image processing in one of the POCs. So that's one of the use cases for us.
View full review »We use Microsoft Azure Object Storage for file sharing.
View full review »Azure Object Storage is basically for storing files - if you want to process certain files. It's useful for if you want to keep images or some documents. I use it for that purpose as well.
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reviewer1513167
Team Lead , Enterprise Computing Platforms at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
We use Microsoft Azure Object Storage for backups, archiving, and SFTP storage.
View full review »The storage account is one of the primary components in all implementations, including cloud implementations. It is a common resource in Azure.
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Sagi Venkata Subramanya Varma
Support Analyst at Solicitude It Services LLP
The solution can be used to share files and folders.
View full review »We use the product for all kinds of images and static data.
View full review »Microsoft Azure Object Storage is integrated into the applications that we provide our customers. Job dockets, regulatory documents, licenses, and insurance-related are the most common types of documents that our application users store in their storage containers.
Apart from that, the job docket probably moves from one person to another and only authorized users can have access to view or download using a secure URL with a token and the shared access signature. This comes with an important feature that allows us to limit the time the users have access to the files on the storage.
Another aspect we have is for internal purposes, like having database backups over specific timelines. Internal application docket messages between the web and mobile application users including attachments that can be retained or archived for several years. All of this works under a multi-tenant structure.
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AndyChen3
Works at Lab2021
Perhaps some customers wish to share information such as DPN or other materials about the company. However, we are uncertain about reaching every worldwide employee in every country or office. Therefore, this solution allows to download or access information like product details or new prices.
View full review »We use the product for storage, documentation, and reporting.
View full review »For us, there was a specific use case where we were trying to collect some of the information and this was a project related to IoT information collection. That is where we used Object Storage. There was bot storage used as well. We were trying to collect some information from smart meters. That smart meter solution that we developed for the customer required both Object Storage as well as Block Storage.
View full review »My job title is DevOps Cloud Infra, Cloud Engineer. I am an expert in Microsoft Azure Cloud and telecom.
Inside the storage account, we use Blob Storage, mostly to store VM data, discs, and logs. We also use FileShare as an additional disc.
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reviewer1870944
Information Technology & Cloud Systems Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Our use case is related to a data lake. It is just a file collection.
I am using its latest version. It is in the cloud through a private company.
View full review »Our company is a managed service provider and we recommend the solution to customers.
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Sai Bojja
Solution Architect at Infosys
We use this solution to store images and Excel files.
There are a couple of different use cases. One is a cheaper form of storage and also robust protection of data. We also use it for its immutability. If you have enough copies, then it will always be available.
View full review »It's a platform we're currently adapting for various scenarios like development, deployment, and security needs for new solutions.
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Venu Vijayagiri
Cloud solution architect at Ernst & Young
Our primary use case for the solution is data storage and on-premises backups to the cloud.
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reviewer2245338
Principal Solutions Architect at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
I use Microsoft Azure Object Storage for various purposes in my projects. It is versatile enough to support our production platform, allowing us to store and manage unstructured data efficiently. It serves as a reliable backend for our databases and provides storage for Kubernetes containers.
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reviewer1690575
Director - Prudential Supervision at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
It's primarily used by our data science team. They use it to augment any of the works that they probably cannot do very well in KNIME.
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reviewer2223561
Senior Engineering Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Microsoft Azure Object Storage is being used for Big Data Processes.
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SyedIbrahim
Information Technology Project Manager at a logistics company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Previously, all of our mail processes and mail access were on-premises and we were facing problems with storage, licenses, and maintenance. Once we moved to Office 365 Microsoft Azure Object Storage, all of the headaches were reduced.
We are using the latest version with Office 365.
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Vasu S
CTO at Media Link Concepts
We are currently evaluating this product. We have been able to explore certain things and are testing it. We are system integrators and we are not using it for our purposes but rather, for our clients. They have different applications, environments, and products, and we are looking to see if this is suitable.
Our clients want to use this for safely storing their data, and they would like high performance. At the same time, cost is an important factor for them. One of the things that they are storing is digital video.
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reviewer1383426
Principal Enterprise Architect at a construction company with 201-500 employees
We use the Azure Object Storage for our IoT use case. We have thousands of vendors using our machines and they are sending machine performance data to Azure. We then use this data for analytics and product management.
We use it both in our development and production environments.
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AshuSingh
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I used the solution for email and messaging.
View full review »Microsoft Azure Object Storage is used for storing pictures and sound from many projects I am involved in.
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reviewer1867368
Manager-Platform Team / Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
We are using Microsoft Azure Object Storage for storing customer content. Our applications are running on Kubernetes, and the content is stored on the Microsoft Azure Object Storage. For example, we are using the queues for email. We have a couple of web jobs that are running that pick up the object from the queues. Additionally, we are using it for the files.
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ZHI YUAN LEE
Owner at Might Resources Sdn Bhd
I use Object Storage as an object storage backup.
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Oleg Bondarchuk
Solutions architect at Listat
We are a software development company and one of our products provides a secure email service for our clients. We deploy our products on Azure using a subscription-based model for our clients. The Azure Object Storage is one of the storage technologies that we use, depending on the requirements and what is needed.
For our secure email product, we store some of the encrypted data using this solution. It is done by installing an agent on the user's device, be it Android or otherwise, and the encryption is done on the server-side. Once encrypted, the data is transferred to Object Storage.
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reviewer982619
Architect at a recreational facilities/services company with 1-10 employees
We use this solution ourselves. We're in the public sector and use it within our organization. The solution is primarily used for block storage.
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reviewer964752
Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We are accessing remote accounting software by using this cloud. We are also using it for cloud backup and disaster recovery.
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ZHI YUAN LEE
Owner at Might Resources Sdn Bhd
I use Microsoft Azure Object Storage for backups. Specifically, we use it for longterm backup retention.
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reviewer1250166
Senior Software Developer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
I use this tool to develop Blob storage and deploy it on Azure. We are working in the educational domain and this solution is used in campus management.
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reviewer1055211
Practice Lead - Storage and Backup at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We provide consultancy and we manage the service for our clients with different company sizes. We use this solution to keep backups of their data and for what we call cold storage.
There are some cases where we use it for general-purpose files.
Our architects are using it, mostly. We primarily use the solution for Docker containers that we host our Jira and Confluence on. We use the solution for storage, including File, Table, and Block. We have about 20 terabytes of storage. We also do some reporting.
Buyer's Guide
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March 2024
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