Part 1 - Connect Azure BLOB storage with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations - (Create Storage account and container in it)

Today, I will share the list of blogs which give the understanding of how to connect azure blob storage with Dynamics 365 for finance and operations and how to perform different operations on it.

Consider one of the common scenario where to need to exchange files between different applications such file can be created by D365 for finance and operations and third party app. As we all know that D365 does not provide accessibility to local path for Dynamics Production URL so we need to rely on another source.

The best and convenient way will be to handle situation using Microsoft Azure BLOB storage as central repository to exchange files between external system.

Part 1 - Create Azure BLOB and establish connection with Dynamics 365 for finance and operations

Perquisite:

• Need Azure subscription to access Azure storage and can be used by creating a free account here .

• Create a free account on Azure portal.
• Sign into the Azure portal.

1) Go to Storage account by click home icon and click on it to open storage accounts page.

2) Create Create button.

3) Enter the information for storage account and click Review+Create button.

4) Click Create (once validation is passed) as it will deploy the storage account.

5) Go back to the storage accounts menu and check the newly created storage accounts. 

6) Click the Storage account and go the access keys. Click the show keys to view the details of keys.

Note : Key 1 and Key 2 are basically the connections strings which will be used to access this storage account.

7) Go to the container and click the Container icon to create new one.

8) Enter the name and click Create.

 

Output : Newly created container.