Searching Blob Documents with the Azure Search Service
One of the core services in the Microsoft Azure cloud platform is the Storage Service, which includes Blobs, Queues, and Table storage. Blobs are great for anything you would use a file system for, such as avatars, data files, XML/JSON files, ...and documents . But until recently, documents in blob storage had one big shortcoming: they weren't searchable. That is no longer the case. In this post, we'll examine how to search documents in blob storage using the Azure Search Service. Azure Blob Basics Let's quickly cover the basic of Azure blobs: Storage Accounts . To work with storage, you need to allocate a storage account in the Azure Management Portal. A storage account can be used for any or all of the following: blob storage, queue storage, table storage. We're focusing on blob storage in this article. To access a storage account you need its name and a key. Containers . In your storage account, you can create one or more named containers . A container ...