Azure : Storage Explorer Preview

Introduction

Another build announcement was the “Storage Explorer Preview”… ( http://storageexplorer.com/ )

• Main Features
  • Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows versions
  • Sign in to view your Storage Accounts – use your Org Account, Microsoft Account, 2FA, etc
  • Connect to Storage Accounts using:
    • Account name and Key
    • Custom endpoints (including Azure China)
    • SAS URI for Storage Accounts
  • ARM and Classic Storage support
  • Generate SAS keys for blobs, blob containers, queues, or tables
  • Connect to blob containers, queues, or tables with Shared Access Signatures (SAS) key
  • Manage Stored Access Policies for blob containers, queues, and tables
  • Local development storage with Storage Emulator (Windows-only)
  • Create and delete blob containers, queues, or tables
  • Search for specific blobs, queues, or tables
• Blobs
  • View blobs and navigate through directories
  • Upload, download, and delete blobs and folders
  • Open and view the contents text and picture blobs
  • View and edit blob properties and metadata
  • Search for blobs by prefix
  • Drag ‘n drop files to upload
• Tables
  • View and query entities with ODATA
  • Insert prewritten queries with “Add Query” button
  • Add, edit, delete entities
• Queues
  • Peek most recent 32 messages
  • Add, dequeue, view messages
  • Clear queue

 

Look & Feel

 

Compared too… Visual Studio

It looks very similar to the Visual Studio implementation. Though I can imagine that the codebases are shared between the both.

So depending on your need… You may want to use one or the other.

 

TL;DR

• Project Deco got an upgrade and went to “preview”.
• You are able to manipulate your storage accounts a bit more in-depth without delving into code.