Access to high security leveled Azure Storage in Teams Apps

Worked with shared access signatures (SAS) disabled with bot added

Bicep change

Add SAS setting to make sure the SAS is disabled

resource storage 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01' = {
  name: storageName
  kind: 'StorageV2'
  location: location
  sku: {
    name: storageSKU
  }
  properties: {
    allowSharedKeyAccess: false // this line makes the SAS disabled.
  }
}

reuse the bot managed identity

Use you bot's identity to authorized between Azure Function App/App Service and Azure Storage.

// The managed identity that use to connect between bot and Azure Function
resource identity 'Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities@2023-01-31' = {
  location: location
  name: identityName
}

// Grant Blob Data Contributor role to this managed identity
// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles
var StorageBlobDataContributorRole = 'ba92f5b4-2d11-453d-a403-e96b0029c9fe'

resource storageRoleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid('resourceBaseName-${uniqueString('StorageRoleAssignment')}')
  scope: storage
  properties: {
    principalId: identity.properties.principalId
    principalType: 'ServicePrincipal'
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', StorageBlobDataContributorRole)
  }
}

resource functionApp 'Microsoft.Web/sites@2021-02-01' = {
  kind: 'functionapp'
  location: location
  name: functionAppName
  properties: {
    serverFarmId: serverfarm.id
    httpsOnly: true
    siteConfig: {
      alwaysOn: true
      appSettings: [
        // add the storage's name to the environment variable
        {
          name: 'STORAGE_NAME'
          value: storageName
        }
        // managed identity id should be also add to the environment varibale
        {
          name: 'MANAGED_IDENTITY_ID'
          value: identity.properties.clientId
        }
      ]
      ftpsState: 'FtpsOnly'
    }
  }
  // function app also need this managed identity to connect with bot
  identity: {
    type: 'UserAssigned'
    userAssignedIdentities: {
      '${identity.id}': {}
    }
  }
}

Code changes

Code change is based on this docs

const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential({ managedIdentityClientId: process.env["MANAGED_IDENTITY_ID"] });
const blobServiceClient = new BlobServiceClient(`https://${process.env["STORAGE_NAME"]}.blob.core.windows.net`, credential);
const containerClient = blobServiceClient.getContainerClient("YOUR_BLOB_CONTAINER_NAME");

// test read
const contentBuffer = await containerClient.getBlockBlobClient("YOUR_FILE_NAME").downloadToBuffer();
console.log(content.toString());

// test write
const test = Buffer.from("TEST CONTENT");
const write  = containerClient.getBlockBlobClient("TEST_WRITE_FILE_NAME");
await write.upload(test, test.length);

Worked with shared access signatures (SAS) disabled without bot

Bicep change

Use managed identity to connect between Function/App Service and Azure Storage

resource functionApp 'Microsoft.Web/sites@2021-02-01' = {
  kind: 'functionapp'
  location: location
  name: functionAppName
  properties: {
    serverFarmId: serverfarm.id
    httpsOnly: true
    siteConfig: {
      alwaysOn: true
      appSettings: [
        // add the storage's name to the environment variable
        {
          name: 'STORAGE_NAME'
          value: storageName
        }
      ]
      ftpsState: 'FtpsOnly'
    }
  }
  // use the system assigned identity in function or app service
  identity: {
    type: 'SystemAssigned'
  }
}

resource storage 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01' = {
  name: storageName
  kind: 'StorageV2'
  location: location
  sku: {
    name: storageSKU
  }
  properties: {
    // disable SAS
    allowSharedKeyAccess: false
  }
}

// Grant Blob Data Contributor role to this managed identity
// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles
var StorageBlobDataContributorRole = 'ba92f5b4-2d11-453d-a403-e96b0029c9fe'

resource storageRoleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid('resourceBaseName-${uniqueString('StorageRoleAssignment')}')
  scope: storage
  properties: {
    principalId: functionApp.identity.principalId
    principalType: 'ServicePrincipal'
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', StorageBlobDataContributorRole)
  }
}

Code change

In this solution, we use system assigned identity, so we just use the DefaultAzureCredential to get our identity.

const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
const blobServiceClient = new BlobServiceClient(`https://${process.env["STORAGE_NAME"]}.blob.core.windows.net`, credential);
const containerClient = blobServiceClient.getContainerClient("YOUR_BLOB_CONTAINER_NAME");

// test read
const contentBuffer = await containerClient.getBlockBlobClient("YOUR_FILE_NAME").downloadToBuffer();
console.log(content.toString());

// test write
const test = Buffer.from("TEST CONTENT");
const write  = containerClient.getBlockBlobClient("TEST_WRITE_FILE_NAME");
await write.upload(test, test.length);

Worked with ACL enabled (Disable public access)

When public access disabled, we need create a Vnet to connect between Azure Function/App Service to Azure Storage. This change will only be implemented by the Bicep.

// Define a Network Security Group
resource networkSecurityGroup 'Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups@2023-11-01' = {
  name: '${resourceBaseName}-NSG'
  location: location
  properties: {
    securityRules: []
  }
}

// Define a Virtual Network
resource vnet 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks@2023-11-01' = {
  name: '${resourceBaseName}-VNet'
  location: location
  properties: {
    addressSpace: {
      addressPrefixes: ['10.0.0.0/16']
    }
    subnets: [
      {
        name: 'default'
        properties: {
          addressPrefix: '10.0.10.0/24'
          networkSecurityGroup: {
            id: networkSecurityGroup.id
          }
          serviceEndpoints: [
            {
              service: 'Microsoft.Storage'
              locations: ['*']
            }
          ]
          delegations: [
            {
              name: 'delegation'
              properties: {
                serviceName: 'Microsoft.Web/serverfarms'
              }
              type: 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/delegations'
            }
          ]
          privateEndpointNetworkPolicies: 'Disabled'
          privateLinkServiceNetworkPolicies: 'Disabled'
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

resource storage 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01' = {
  name: storageName
  kind: 'StorageV2'
  location: location
  sku: {
    name: storageSKU
  }
  properties: {
    allowBlobPublicAccess: false
    networkAcls: {
      bypass: 'AzureServices'
      // deny public access
      defaultAction: 'Deny'
      // add to the vnet
      virtualNetworkRules: [
        {
          id: vnet.properties.subnets[0].id
          action: 'Allow'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

resource functionApp 'Microsoft.Web/sites@2021-02-01' = {
  kind: 'functionapp'
  location: location
  name: functionAppName
  properties: {
    serverFarmId: serverfarm.id
    httpsOnly: true
    // just add this line to add function to the vnet
    virtualNetworkSubnetId: vnet.properties.subnets[0].id
  }
}

Reference

• Access Azure Storage from a web app using managed identities