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Azure Storage tools for the Azure MCP Server

The Azure MCP Server lets you manage Azure Storage resources, including storage accounts, containers, tables, and blobs with natural language prompts. You don't need to remember specific command syntax.

Azure Storage is Microsoft's cloud storage solution for modern data storage scenarios. Azure Storage offers highly available, massively scalable, durable, and secure storage for various data objects in the cloud.

Note

Tool parameters: The Azure MCP Server tools define parameters for data they need to complete tasks. Some of these parameters are specific to each tool and are documented below. Other parameters are global and shared by all tools. For more information, see Tool parameters.

Account: Create

Create a new Azure Storage account.

Example prompts include:

  • Create account: "Create a storage account named 'mystorageaccount' in resource group 'my-resource-group' in location 'eastus'."
  • New storage: "Set up a new storage account called 'datastore2025' in resource group 'my-resource-group' in region 'westus2'."
  • Specify SKU and kind: "Create a storage account 'mydata' in resource group 'my-resource-group' in location 'eastus' with Standard_GRS."
  • Secure storage: "Create a storage account 'securestore' in resource group 'my-resource-group' in location 'centralus' with HTTPS only."
  • Enable Data Lake: "Set up a storage account 'datalakeacct' in resource group 'my-resource-group' in location 'westeurope' with hierarchical namespace enabled."
Parameter Required or optional Description
Resource group Required The name of the Azure resource group. This is a logical container for Azure resources.
Account Required The name of the Azure Storage account to create. Must be globally unique, 3-24 characters, lowercase letters, and numbers only.
Location Required The Azure region where the storage account will be created (for example, eastus, westus2).
SKU Optional The storage account SKU. Valid values: Standard_LRS, Standard_GRS, Standard_RAGRS, Standard_ZRS, Premium_LRS, Premium_ZRS, Standard_GZRS, Standard_RAGZRS.
Access tier Optional The default access tier for blob storage. Valid values: Hot, Cool.
Enable hierarchical namespace Optional Whether to enable hierarchical namespace (Data Lake Storage Gen2) for the storage account.

Tool annotation hints:

Destructive: ✅ | Idempotent: ❌ | Open World: ❌ | Read Only: ❌ | Secret: ❌ | Local Required: ❌

Account: Get details

Retrieves detailed information about Azure Storage accounts, including account name, location, SKU, kind, hierarchical namespace status, HTTPS-only settings, and blob public access configuration. If a specific account name isn't provided, the command will return details for all accounts in a subscription.

Example prompts include:

  • Get account details: "Show me details for the storage account 'mystorageaccount'."
  • Account info: "Get information about my 'datastore2025' storage account."
  • View account configuration: "What are the settings for storage account 'mydata'?"
  • Check account properties: "Check the properties of 'securestore' storage account."
  • Account metadata: "Show metadata for my storage account 'datalakeacct'."
Parameter Required or optional Description
Account Optional The name of the Azure Storage account. This name is unique to Azure (for example, 'mystorageaccount').

Tool annotation hints:

Destructive: ❌ | Idempotent: ✅ | Open World: ❌ | Read Only: ✅ | Secret: ❌ | Local Required: ❌

Container: Create container

Create a blob container with optional blob public access.

Example prompts include:

  • Create private container: "Create a private container named 'mycontainer' in storage account 'mystorageaccount'."
  • New private blob container: "Make a new private blob container called 'images' in storage account 'mydata'."
  • Add private container: "Add a private container named 'archive' to storage account 'contosostore'."
  • Set up private container: "Set up a private blob container named 'logs' in storage account 'prodstore'."
  • Create private container (simple): "Create a private blob container called 'images' in storage account 'mystorageaccount'."
  • Create private container (explicit access): "Create a blob container named 'logs' in storage account 'mydata' with access level 'private'."
Parameter Required or optional Description
Account Required The name of the Azure Storage account. This is the unique name you chose for your storage account (for example, 'mystorageaccount').
Container Required The name of the container to access within the storage account.

Tool annotation hints:

Destructive: ✅ | Idempotent: ❌ | Open World: ❌ | Read Only: ❌ | Secret: ❌ | Local Required: ❌

Container: Get container details

Use this tool to list all blob containers in the storage account or show details for a specific Storage container. Displays container properties including access policies, lease status, and metadata. If no container specified, shows all containers in the storage account.

Example prompts include:

  • Container details: "Show me details about the 'documents' container in my 'mystorageaccount' storage account."
  • Container info: "Get properties of container 'images' in storage account 'media_files'."
  • Container properties: "What are the settings for my 'backups' container?"
  • Container status: "Check access policy for 'user_data' container."
Parameter Required or optional Description
Account Required The name of the Azure Storage account.
Container Optional The name of the container to access.

Tool annotation hints:

Destructive: ❌ | Idempotent: ✅ | Open World: ❌ | Read Only: ✅ | Secret: ❌ | Local Required: ❌

Blob: Get blob details

Use this tool to list the blobs in a container or get details for a specific blob. Shows blob properties including metadata, size, last modification time, and content properties. If no blob specified, lists all blobs present in the container.

Example prompts include:

  • Get blob details: "Show me details for 'file.txt' in container 'documents' in storage account 'mystorageaccount'."
  • Blob properties: "Get properties of blob 'image1.png' in container 'photos' in storage account 'mediafiles'."
  • Blob metadata: "What is the metadata for 'backup.zip' in 'backups' container in 'mydata' storage account?"
Parameter Required or optional Description
Account Required The name of the Azure Storage account. This name is unique across Azure (for example, 'mystorageaccount').
Container Required The name of the container to access within the storage account.
Blob Optional The name of the blob to access within the container. This name includes the full path within the container (for example, file.txt or folder/file.txt).

Tool annotation hints:

Destructive: ❌ | Idempotent: ✅ | Open World: ❌ | Read Only: ✅ | Secret: ❌ | Local Required: ❌

Blob: Upload

Uploads a local file to a blob in Azure Storage with the option to overwrite if the blob if it already exists.

Example prompts include:

  • Upload file to blob: "Upload local file 'report.pdf' to blob 'documents/report.pdf' in container 'documents' in storage account 'mystorageaccount'."
  • Upload and overwrite blob: "Upload local file 'data.csv' to blob 'archive/data.csv' in container 'archive' in storage account 'mydata', overwriting if it exists."
  • Overwrite blob with file: "Overwrite blob 'images/photo.jpg' in container 'images' in storage account 'mediafiles' with local file 'C:\photos\photo.jpg'."
  • Upload file to container: "Upload local file 'backup.zip' to blob 'backup.zip' in container 'backups' in storage account 'securestore'."
  • Replace blob content: "Replace the content of blob 'logs/app.log' in container 'logs' in storage account 'prodstore' with local file 'app.log'."
Parameter Required or optional Description
Account Required The name of the Azure Storage account. This is the unique name you chose for your storage account (for example, mystorageaccount).
Container Required The name of the container to access within the storage account.
Blob Required The name of the blob to access within the container. This should be the full path within the container (for example, file.txt or folder/file.txt).
Local file path Required The local file path to read content from or to write content to. This should be the full path to the file on your local system.

Tool annotation hints:

Destructive: ❌ | Idempotent: ❌ | Open World: ❌ | Read Only: ❌ | Secret: ❌ | Local Required: ✅

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