You can use shared key authentication to connect to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage or Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 to stage files using the account name and account key.

Obtaining credentials for shared key authentication

You can use shared key authentication to connect to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage or Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 to stage files using the account name and account key.

To obtain the account name and account key, perform the following steps:
  • Log in to the Azure portal.
  • Open the storage account.
  • Under 
    Security + Networking
    , click 
    Access keys
    .
  • Click 
    Show keys
     and note the storage account name and account key.