How to link Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Stack Hub

Overview

In this article, you will learn how to link Azure Stack Hub subscriptions to the Azure Storage Explorer. Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone application that allows you to easily work with Azure Stack Hub storage data on Windows, macOS and Linux. With this application, you can easily download and upload objects to Azure Stack Hub, which makes tasks such as downloading and uploading data disks to VMs very easy.

If you need to install Azure Storage Explorer, please click here and install it.

Microsoft documentation

Installation and setup

  1. Download and install Storage Explorer.

    Storage Explorer installation guide - Step 1

  2. From the Edit menu, select Target Azure Stack Hub APIs then restart Storage Explorer.

    Storage Explorer installation guide - Step 2

  3. Once re-launched navigate to accounts.

    Storage Explorer installation guide - Step 3

  4. Select Add an account...

    Storage Explorer installation guide - Step 4

  5. Select Add an Azure Account > Azure, then click Next.

    Storage Explorer installation guide - Step 5

  6. Sign in with your Azure Stack Hub credentials when prompted.

    Storage Explorer installation guide - Step 6

  7. Click Apply.

    Storage Explorer installation guide - Step 7

Now that you've linked Storage Explorer to Azure Stack Hub, you can access all of your storage accounts.

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