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Secure Storage Access with Shared Access Signatures

You are working for Globomantics, a cloud native SaaS company. You’ve been asked to tighten access to sensitive data in Azure Storage. The security team has asked you to upload sample datasets with read-only access to demonstrate scoped, time-bound access to blobs without exposing account keys or granting broad role based access control roles to external users.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 22, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Configure a Secure Baseline for Blob storage

    Upload the provided datasets to a private blob container:

  2. Challenge

    Issue Least-Privilege, Time-Bound Credentials

    Create a shared access signature to secure access to the blobs.

  3. Challenge

    Validate and Manage Access Using Client Tools

    • Connect to the provided virtual machine using Azure Bastion and the credentials provided on the lab page.
    • Use Azure Storage Explorer to verify which operations are allowed.

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