Merge pull request #217402 from normesta/normesta-reg-updates-10

Updates for NFS and SFTP

Author: Court72

articles/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-introduction.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Introduction to Blob (object) storage
+title: Introduction to Blob (object) Storage
 titleSuffix: Azure Storage
 description: Use Azure Blob Storage to store massive amounts of unstructured object data, such as text or binary data. Azure Blob Storage is highly scalable and available.
 services: storage
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ ms.custom: engagement-fy23
 
 [!INCLUDE [storage-blob-concepts-include](../../../includes/storage-blob-concepts-include.md)]
 
-## Blob storage resources
+## Blob Storage resources
 
-Blob storage offers three types of resources:
+Blob Storage offers three types of resources:
 
 - The **storage account**
 - A **container** in the storage account
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The following diagram shows the relationship between these resources.
 
 A storage account provides a unique namespace in Azure for your data. Every object that you store in Azure Storage has an address that includes your unique account name. The combination of the account name and the Blob Storage endpoint forms the base address for the objects in your storage account.
 
-For example, if your storage account is named *mystorageaccount*, then the default endpoint for Blob storage is:
+For example, if your storage account is named *mystorageaccount*, then the default endpoint for Blob Storage is:
 
 ```
 http://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net
@@ -98,18 +98,18 @@ Follow these rules when naming a blob:
 
 For more information about naming blobs, see [Naming and Referencing Containers, Blobs, and Metadata](/rest/api/storageservices/Naming-and-Referencing-Containers--Blobs--and-Metadata).
 
-## Move data to Blob storage
+## Move data to Blob Storage
 
-A number of solutions exist for migrating existing data to Blob storage:
+A number of solutions exist for migrating existing data to Blob Storage:
 
-- **AzCopy** is an easy-to-use command-line tool for Windows and Linux that copies data to and from Blob storage, across containers, or across storage accounts. For more information about AzCopy, see [Transfer data with the AzCopy v10](../common/storage-use-azcopy-v10.md).
+- **AzCopy** is an easy-to-use command-line tool for Windows and Linux that copies data to and from Blob Storage, across containers, or across storage accounts. For more information about AzCopy, see [Transfer data with the AzCopy v10](../common/storage-use-azcopy-v10.md).
 - The **Azure Storage Data Movement library** is a .NET library for moving data between Azure Storage services. The AzCopy utility is built with the Data Movement library. For more information, see the [reference documentation](/dotnet/api/microsoft.azure.storage.datamovement) for the Data Movement library.
-- **Azure Data Factory** supports copying data to and from Blob storage by using the account key, a shared access signature, a service principal, or managed identities for Azure resources. For more information, see [Copy data to or from Azure Blob Storage by using Azure Data Factory](../../data-factory/connector-azure-blob-storage.md?toc=%2fazure%2fstorage%2fblobs%2ftoc.json).
+- **Azure Data Factory** supports copying data to and from Blob Storage by using the account key, a shared access signature, a service principal, or managed identities for Azure resources. For more information, see [Copy data to or from Azure Blob Storage by using Azure Data Factory](../../data-factory/connector-azure-blob-storage.md?toc=%2fazure%2fstorage%2fblobs%2ftoc.json).
 - **Blobfuse** is a virtual file system driver for Azure Blob Storage. You can use BlobFuse to access your existing block blob data in your Storage account through the Linux file system. For more information, see [What is BlobFuse? - BlobFuse2 (preview)](blobfuse2-what-is.md).
-- **Azure Data Box** service is available to transfer on-premises data to Blob storage when large datasets or network constraints make uploading data over the wire unrealistic. Depending on your data size, you can request [Azure Data Box Disk](../../databox/data-box-disk-overview.md), [Azure Data Box](../../databox/data-box-overview.md), or [Azure Data Box Heavy](../../databox/data-box-heavy-overview.md) devices from Microsoft. You can then copy your data to those devices and ship them back to Microsoft to be uploaded into Blob storage.
-- The **Azure Import/Export service** provides a way to import or export large amounts of data to and from your storage account using hard drives that you provide. For more information, see [Use the Microsoft Azure Import/Export service to transfer data to Blob storage](../../import-export/storage-import-export-service.md).
+- **Azure Data Box** service is available to transfer on-premises data to Blob Storage when large datasets or network constraints make uploading data over the wire unrealistic. Depending on your data size, you can request [Azure Data Box Disk](../../databox/data-box-disk-overview.md), [Azure Data Box](../../databox/data-box-overview.md), or [Azure Data Box Heavy](../../databox/data-box-heavy-overview.md) devices from Microsoft. You can then copy your data to those devices and ship them back to Microsoft to be uploaded into Blob Storage.
+- The **Azure Import/Export service** provides a way to import or export large amounts of data to and from your storage account using hard drives that you provide. For more information, see [Use the Microsoft Azure Import/Export service to transfer data to Blob Storage](../../import-export/storage-import-export-service.md).
 
 ## Next steps
 
 - [Create a storage account](../common/storage-account-create.md?toc=%2fazure%2fstorage%2fblobs%2ftoc.json)
-- [Scalability and performance targets for Blob storage](scalability-targets.md)
+- [Scalability and performance targets for Blob Storage](scalability-targets.md)

articles/storage/common/storage-introduction.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: tamram
 
 ms.service: storage
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 09/29/2022
+ms.date: 11/07/2022
 ms.author: tamram
 ms.subservice: common
 ms.custom: ignite-2022
@@ -57,25 +57,27 @@ The following table compares Files, Blobs, Disks, Queues, Tables, and Azure NetA
 | **Azure Files** |Offers fully managed cloud file shares that you can access from anywhere via the industry standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.<br><br>You can mount Azure file shares from cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, Linux, and macOS. | You want to "lift and shift" an application to the cloud that already uses the native file system APIs to share data between it and other applications running in Azure.<br/><br/>You want to replace or supplement on-premises file servers or NAS devices.<br><br> You want to store development and debugging tools that need to be accessed from many virtual machines. |
 | **Azure Blobs** | Allows unstructured data to be stored and accessed at a massive scale in block blobs.<br/><br/>Also supports [Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2](../blobs/data-lake-storage-introduction.md) for enterprise big data analytics solutions. | You want your application to support streaming and random access scenarios.<br/><br/>You want to be able to access application data from anywhere.<br/><br/>You want to build an enterprise data lake on Azure and perform big data analytics. |
 | **Azure Disks** | Allows data to be persistently stored and accessed from an attached virtual hard disk. | You want to "lift and shift" applications that use native file system APIs to read and write data to persistent disks.<br/><br/>You want to store data that is not required to be accessed from outside the virtual machine to which the disk is attached. |
-| **Azure Queues** | Allows for asynchronous message queueing between application components. | You want to decouple application components and use asynchronous messaging to communicate between them.<br><br>For guidance around when to use Queue storage versus Service Bus queues, see [Storage queues and Service Bus queues - compared and contrasted](../../service-bus-messaging/service-bus-azure-and-service-bus-queues-compared-contrasted.md). |
-| **Azure Tables** | Allows you to store structured NoSQL data in the cloud, providing a key/attribute store with a schemaless design. | You want to store flexible datasets like user data for web applications, address books, device information, or other types of metadata your service requires. <br/><br/>For guidance around when to use Table storage versus Azure Cosmos DB for Table, see [Developing with Azure Cosmos DB for Table and Azure Table storage](../../cosmos-db/table-support.md). |
+| **Azure Queues** | Allows for asynchronous message queueing between application components. | You want to decouple application components and use asynchronous messaging to communicate between them.<br><br>For guidance around when to use Queue Storage versus Service Bus queues, see [Storage queues and Service Bus queues - compared and contrasted](../../service-bus-messaging/service-bus-azure-and-service-bus-queues-compared-contrasted.md). |
+| **Azure Tables** | Allows you to store structured NoSQL data in the cloud, providing a key/attribute store with a schemaless design. | You want to store flexible datasets like user data for web applications, address books, device information, or other types of metadata your service requires. <br/><br/>For guidance around when to use Table Storage versus Azure Cosmos DB for Table, see [Developing with Azure Cosmos DB for Table and Azure Table Storage](../../cosmos-db/table-support.md). |
 | **Azure NetApp Files** | Offers a fully managed, highly available, enterprise-grade NAS service that can handle the most demanding, high-performance, low-latency workloads requiring advanced data management capabilities. | You have a difficult-to-migrate workload such as POSIX-compliant Linux and Windows applications, SAP HANA, databases, high-performance compute (HPC) infrastructure and apps, and enterprise web applications. <br></br> You require support for multiple file-storage protocols in a single service, including NFSv3, NFSv4.1, and SMB3.1.x, enables a wide range of application lift-and-shift scenarios, with no need for code changes. |
 
-## Blob storage
+## Blob Storage
 
-Azure Blob storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data, such as text or binary data.
+Azure Blob Storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob Storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data, such as text or binary data.
 
-Blob storage is ideal for:
+Blob Storage is ideal for:
 
 - Serving images or documents directly to a browser.
 - Storing files for distributed access.
 - Streaming video and audio.
 - Storing data for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and archiving.
 - Storing data for analysis by an on-premises or Azure-hosted service.
 
-Objects in Blob storage can be accessed from anywhere in the world via HTTP or HTTPS. Users or client applications can access blobs via URLs, the [Azure Storage REST API](/rest/api/storageservices/blob-service-rest-api), [Azure PowerShell](/powershell/module/azure.storage), [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/storage), or an Azure Storage client library. The storage client libraries are available for multiple languages, including [.NET](/dotnet/api/overview/azure/storage), [Java](/java/api/overview/azure/storage), [Node.js](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-node), [Python](https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/), [PHP](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-php/), and [Ruby](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-ruby).
+Objects in Blob Storage can be accessed from anywhere in the world via HTTP or HTTPS. Users or client applications can access blobs via URLs, the [Azure Storage REST API](/rest/api/storageservices/blob-service-rest-api), [Azure PowerShell](/powershell/module/azure.storage), [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/storage), or an Azure Storage client library. The storage client libraries are available for multiple languages, including [.NET](/dotnet/api/overview/azure/storage), [Java](/java/api/overview/azure/storage), [Node.js](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-node), [Python](https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/), [PHP](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-php/), and [Ruby](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-ruby). 
 
-For more information about Blob storage, see [Introduction to Blob storage](../blobs/storage-blobs-introduction.md).
+Clients can also securely connect to Blob Storage by using SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and mount Blob Storage containers by using the Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol. 
+
+For more information about Blob Storage, see [Introduction to Blob Storage](../blobs/storage-blobs-introduction.md).
 
 ## Azure Files
 
@@ -95,21 +97,21 @@ For more information about Azure Files, see [Introduction to Azure Files](../fil
 
 Some SMB features are not applicable to the cloud. For more information, see [Features not supported by the Azure File service](/rest/api/storageservices/features-not-supported-by-the-azure-file-service).
 
-## Queue storage
+## Queue Storage
 
 The Azure Queue service is used to store and retrieve messages. Queue messages can be up to 64 KB in size, and a queue can contain millions of messages. Queues are generally used to store lists of messages to be processed asynchronously.
 
 For example, say you want your customers to be able to upload pictures, and you want to create thumbnails for each picture. You could have your customer wait for you to create the thumbnails while uploading the pictures. An alternative would be to use a queue. When the customer finishes their upload, write a message to the queue. Then have an Azure Function retrieve the message from the queue and create the thumbnails. Each of the parts of this processing can be scaled separately, giving you more control when tuning it for your usage.
 
 For more information about Azure Queues, see [Introduction to Queues](../queues/storage-queues-introduction.md).
 
-## Table storage
+## Table Storage
 
-Azure Table storage is now part of Azure Cosmos DB. To see Azure Table storage documentation, see the [Azure Table storage overview](../tables/table-storage-overview.md). In addition to the existing Azure Table storage service, there is a new Azure Cosmos DB for Table offering that provides throughput-optimized tables, global distribution, and automatic secondary indexes. To learn more and try out the new premium experience, see [Azure Cosmos DB for Table](../../cosmos-db/table-introduction.md).
+Azure Table Storage is now part of Azure Cosmos DB. To see Azure Table Storage documentation, see the [Azure Table Storage overview](../tables/table-storage-overview.md). In addition to the existing Azure Table Storage service, there is a new Azure Cosmos DB for Table offering that provides throughput-optimized tables, global distribution, and automatic secondary indexes. To learn more and try out the new premium experience, see [Azure Cosmos DB for Table](../../cosmos-db/table-introduction.md).
 
-For more information about Table storage, see [Overview of Azure Table storage](../tables/table-storage-overview.md).
+For more information about Table Storage, see [Overview of Azure Table Storage](../tables/table-storage-overview.md).
 
-## Disk storage
+## Disk Storage
 
 An Azure managed disk is a virtual hard disk (VHD). You can think of it like a physical disk in an on-premises server but, virtualized. Azure-managed disks are stored as page blobs, which are a random IO storage object in Azure. We call a managed disk 'managed' because it is an abstraction over page blobs, blob containers, and Azure storage accounts. With managed disks, all you have to do is provision the disk, and Azure takes care of the rest.
 

includes/storage-blob-concepts-include.md

@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ services: storage
 author: tamram
 ms.service: storage
 ms.topic: "include"
-ms.date: 01/19/2021
+ms.date: 11/07/2022
 ms.author: tamram
 ms.custom: "include file"
 ---
 
-Azure Blob storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data. Unstructured data is data that doesn't adhere to a particular data model or definition, such as text or binary data.
+Azure Blob Storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob Storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data. Unstructured data is data that doesn't adhere to a particular data model or definition, such as text or binary data.
 
-## About Blob storage
+## About Blob Storage
 
-Blob storage is designed for:
+Blob Storage is designed for:
 
 * Serving images or documents directly to a browser.
 * Storing files for distributed access.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Blob storage is designed for:
 * Storing data for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and archiving.
 * Storing data for analysis by an on-premises or Azure-hosted service.
 
-Users or client applications can access objects in Blob storage via HTTP/HTTPS, from anywhere in the world. Objects in Blob storage are accessible via the [Azure Storage REST API](/rest/api/storageservices/blob-service-rest-api), [Azure PowerShell](/powershell/module/az.storage), [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/storage), or an Azure Storage client library. Client libraries are available for different languages, including:
+Users or client applications can access objects in Blob Storage via HTTP/HTTPS, from anywhere in the world. Objects in Blob Storage are accessible via the [Azure Storage REST API](/rest/api/storageservices/blob-service-rest-api), [Azure PowerShell](/powershell/module/az.storage), [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/storage), or an Azure Storage client library. Client libraries are available for different languages, including:
 
 * [.NET](/dotnet/api/overview/azure/storage)
 * [Java](/java/api/overview/azure/storage)
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ Users or client applications can access objects in Blob storage via HTTP/HTTPS,
 * [PHP](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-php/)
 * [Ruby](https://azure.github.io/azure-storage-ruby)
 
+Clients can also securely connect to Blob Storage by using SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and mount Blob Storage containers by using the Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol. 
+
 ## About Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
 
-Blob storage supports Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Microsoft's enterprise big data analytics solution for the cloud. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 offers a hierarchical file system as well as the advantages of Blob storage, including:
+Blob Storage supports Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Microsoft's enterprise big data analytics solution for the cloud. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 offers a hierarchical file system as well as the advantages of Blob Storage, including:
 
 * Low-cost, tiered storage
 * High availability