# Azure Blob

Steps to connect your Azure Blob storage to SimpleBackups

## How to Connect your Azure Blob Storage to SimpleBackups

### 1. Create your Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

- Sign in to your [Microsoft Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
- Under **Azure services**, choose **Storage Accounts**. Your storage account list will be displayed. Choose the storage account you want to connect with.

![Azure Blob screenshot 1](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/www-notion-so/389acf966806d7b5c7f7.png)

- On the left menu, under **Blob Service**, choose **Containers**

![Azure Blob screenshot 2](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/www-notion-so/ee75ecaf7bf7a6cf8912.png)

- Click **\+ Container** to add a Container. Input the name you want for the container and click the **Create** button
- Your container has been created.

### Information You'll Need In Step 3

- **Container Name**
- **Storage Endpoint**, in this case is **core.windows.net**

### 2. Get your Storage Access Keys

In order to give access to your newly created storage, you'll need to provide credentials to SimpleBackups.

- On the left menu, under **Settings**, choose Access Keys.

![Azure Blob screenshot 3](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/www-notion-so/b12fc9c4a80e1e97b2a2.png)

- Please use the **Key** value under **key1** as your access key.

### Information You'll Need In Step 3

- **Access Key**
- **Storage Account Name**

### 3. Connect your Bucket to SimpleBackups

- Log into SimpleBackups and head to the [connect your storage](https://my.simplebackups.com/storage/create) page
- In the storage provider list select **"Azure Blob Storage"**, and fill in the form with the information from step 1 and step 2

![Azure Blob screenshot 4](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/www-notion-so/e0b96863dab59f1dc3cb.png)

You'll have to input :

- **Account Name**: Account Name described in (step 2)
- **Access Key**: Secret Key described in (step 2)
- **Container**: Container name described in (step 1)
- **Ending Suffix**: your storage endpoint described in (step 1)
- Give your storage a **name** (usually we like to use the storage name) and click on "Save new storage".