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Azure Storage

Azure Storage - Statistics Canada Users

Data can be uploaded to the platform via the Azure Portal or the Azure Storage Explorer application. Once data uploaded to an external Blob storage account, it is automatically ingested into an internal Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) account. Once data is in the data lake, users have their choice of tools for transformation and integration. They can use Web based tools such as Databricks and Data Factory to do their transformations or they can use desktop tools on a virtual machine (VM) to tansform & analyse the data. Cleansed and transformed data can be placed into different folders (containing higher quality / processed datasets) or loaded into a database. Users can once again connect to this data with the tools they would like to use, either from their VMs or other platform services such as Databricks and Data Factory.

Using your Azure Virtual Desktop, you can have access to your cloud storage accounts.

Azure Storage Explorer

  1. If you don't have the Azure Storage Explorer installed in the Azure Virtual Desktop, you can request it in the Service Request Management Portal (SRM) Statistics Canada Users Only. Select the following:
  2. Request Type: "Desktop Support"
  3. Topic: "Virtual Desktop (AVD, VDI)"
  4. Sub-topic: "Azure Virtual Desktop (Create, Modify)"

  5. Description: "I would like to request an Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure Storage Explorer installed"

  6. On your Azure Virtual Desktop, you will be able to access your storage account using Azure Storage Explorer

Azure Portal

  1. Navigate to the Storage Account from the Azure Portal.

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  1. Select your subscription, then navigate the storage account.

storage accounts

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1. I get the following error message when accessing my storage accounts.

storage accounts Please make sure you are accessing the storage account from your AVD and not the government device.

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