What is Azure Blob Storage?

Azure Microsoft's cloud-based object storage solution is called Azure Blob Storage. This storage is mostly used for efficiently storing large volumes of unstructured data, i.e. data that doesn't follow a certain model or description such as text or binary data. Blob Storage is useful for delivering files or graphics directly to a browser, storing documents for shared access, video and audio streaming, updating log files, and archiving information for analysis by a service located on-site or on Azure.