How to Generate an Azure SAS Token
Azure SAS Token is used during Azure Blob Storage destination connection setup.
Important
SAS Token expiry date directly affects the destination you’ve connected.
You need to generate a new SAS Token after the current one expires and update your destination connection settings.
Follow the steps below to generate SAS Token for your Azure Blob Storage:
- Log in to your Azure account.
- Go to your Azure Blob Storage dashboard.
- Click the Shared access signature link under the Security + networking section in the side menu.
- Enable permissions listed in the table below. Learn more about each permission here.
| Setting | Permission |
|---|---|
| Allowed services | Blob |
| File | |
| Queue | |
| Table | |
| Allowed resource types | Service |
| Object | |
| Allowed permissions | Write |
| Update | |
| Read | |
| Delete | |
| Blob versioning permissions | Enable deletion of versions |
| Allowed blob index permissions | Read/Write |
| Filter |
Note: You can also set start and expiry date/time.
- Click on the Generate SAS and connection string button.
- After the token is generated, it will appear in the SAS token section on the same page.

- Copy the SAS token and use it to connect your data to Azure Blob Storage.
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