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Last updated: 2026-01-29
These products are designed to store, retrieve and manage data. They can handle various types of data such as files, images, videos, etc.
graph TB
A[Azure Storage Platform]
B[Azure Blobs]
C[Azure Files]
D[Azure Elastic SAN]
E[Azure Queues]
F[Azure Tables]
G[Azure managed Disks]
H[Azure Container Storage ]
I[Includes support for big data analytics through Data Lake Storage Gen2]
A --> B
A --> C
A --> D
A --> E
A --> F
A --> G
A --> H
B --> I
| Product | Description | Use Cases | Related Products (tendency used with) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Disk Storage | High-performance, durable block storage for business-critical applications 1. | Used for structured data 1. | Works with VMs and applications 1. |
| Azure Blob Storage | Massively scalable and secure object storage for cloud-native workloads, archives, data lakes, high-performance computing, and machine learning 2. | Used for unstructured data 2. Ideal for backing up or archiving data, hosting and streaming of multimedia content, big data analytics, caching and content delivery for websites 3. | Can be integrated with Azure Machine Learning and Azure Content Delivery Network 3. |
| Azure Data Lake Storage | Massively scalable and secure data lake for your high-performance analytics workloads 4. | Used for big data analytics 4. Ideal for storing massive amounts of data in any format for analytic workloads 5. | Built on Azure Blob Storage 4. |
| Azure Files | Simple, secure, and serverless enterprise-grade cloud file shares 6. | Used for file sharing, home directories, databases, high-performance computing 6. Ideal for shared file storage for collaboration across a geographically dispersed area, lift-and-shift to the cloud of applications that use native APIs and SMB, replacing or supplementing on-prem file servers 3. | Can be cached on Windows servers with Azure File Sync for fast access 6. |
| Azure Elastic SAN | A cloud-native Storage Area Network (SAN) service built on Azure 15. | Used for general purpose databases, streaming and messaging services, CD/CI environments, and other tier 1/tier 2 workloads 15. | Works with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solutions, and Azure Kubernetes Service 16. |
| Azure Container Storage | Manage persistent storage volumes for stateful container applications 17. | Used for running high scale stateful workloads on containers 17. Ideal for running business-critical, enterprise-grade applications on Kubernetes in the cloud 18. | Works with Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure VMware Solution 17. |
| Microsoft OneDrive | A personal cloud storage service from Microsoft that allows users to store files and personal data like Windows settings or BitLocker recovery keys in the cloud. | Used for personal data storage. | Works with Microsoft products. |
| Azure NetApp Files | Enterprise-grade Azure file shares, powered by NetApp 7. | Used for file sharing, home directories, databases, high-performance computing 8. Ideal for running high scale stateful workloads on containers 7. | Works with multiple types of compute resources such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solutions, and Azure Kubernetes Service 8. |
| Azure File Sync | Hybrid cloud file shares for caching your on-premises data 9. | Used for file sharing, home directories, databases, high-performance computing 8. Ideal for improving server recovery times and giving employees the ability to work without interruptions 10. | SMB Azure file shares can be cached on Windows servers 9. |
| Azure Stack Edge | Cloud storage gateway to transfer data efficiently and easily between the cloud and the edge 11. | Used for machine learning at the edge, edge and IoT solutions, network data transfer from edge to cloud 12. | Works with Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Batch, and Azure Machine Learning 11. |
| Azure Data Box | Appliances and solutions for transferring data into and out of Azure quickly and cost-effectively 13. | Used for onetime migration, initial bulk transfer, periodic uploads 14. | Works with Azure Storage 13. |
Refresh Date: 2026-04-07