How to connect to China Azure Storage

Configure Visual Studio to access China Azure Storage:    

1. Open Visual Studio 2012, Server Explorer. (Ensure you have installed patches for Azure, like Azure SDK)

   

2. Add new storage account

   

3. Go "Dashborad" page of storage account from portal
4. Find Access keys from dashborad

   

5. Copy the strings to VS 2012 new window "Add New Storage Account"

   

6. Back to dashborad and find the endpoints and copy to the new windows as well.

   

7. Here you go:

   

     

Finally the connection string will be like, you can also save the connection string into your cloud project configuration file:

BlobEndpoint=http://strcarson1.blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn/;

QueueEndpoint=http://strcarson1.queue.core.chinacloudapi.cn/;

TableEndpoint=http://strcarson1.table.core.chinacloudapi.cn/;

AccountName=strcarson1;

AccountKey=DJ+zmoRs4WcqPy/*obscuredstrings*/F026H2hrJw==