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# Set Up a Microsoft Azure Target Connection

After you create your Data 360 instance, you can set up a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Connection.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d88884e62 ">To access Data Cloud Setup</td>

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              <p>System admin profile OR </p>
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Complete the prerequisites:

- Get a Microsoft Azure Storage account with these key settings.
    - Public Access Level: Private
    - Provision at least one Account key
- Get a container to which you want to transfer data
    - Anonymous access level: Private
- Set up container SAS (Shared Access Signature) token. For more information, see [Create a Microsoft Azure Container SAS Token](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_create_an_azure_container_sas_token.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Container Shared Access Signature (SAS) tokens give access to files in your Microsoft Azure Storage container.").

If you have restricted access to your storage service, make sure the Microsoft Azure Storage Service Connection has access to your storage service. Add the IP source addresses listed in the AWS ID IP Table section in [IP Addresses Used by Data Cloud Services](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_cloud_ip_address_allowlist.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Data 360 uses these IP addresses to communicate with external services such as Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure blob storage, Snowflake, or SFTP. If your security policy requires a strict network ACL (access control list), make sure to include these IP addresses to your allowlists.") to the allowlist.

1. In Data 360, select **Data Cloud Setup**.
2. Under External Integrations, select **Other Connectors**.
3. Click **New**, and click **Target**.
4. Select **Microsoft Azure Storage**, and click **Next**.
5. Enter a connection name, connection API name, authentication details: SAS token and connection details: container URL and container path.
    
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                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">SAS token</td>

                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Shared Access Signature (SAS) token that grants access to storage resources in a
                  storage account or container</td>

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                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Container URL</td>

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                  <p>URL to access Azure storage container. You can get the container URL from the
                    container properties in your storage account.</p>
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Example: https://{storage account
                    name}.blob.core.windows.net/{container name}</p>
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                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Container Path</td>

                <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Container path refers to the directory in a file system and similar to the parent
                  directory in other connectors. The container path is where you want to activate files. The
                  container path must include only the directory name and not the container name. </td>

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    ![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-data-data_cloud-264-0-0-production-enus/f3569962-3c9b-4f83-9d0c-b6a574e785da/images/icon_important.png)
    
    Important It’s recommended to use a different container path for source and target connection.
6. To review your configuration, click **Test Connection**.
7. Click **Save**.

- **[Create a Microsoft Azure Container SAS Token](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_create_an_azure_container_sas_token.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Container Shared Access Signature (SAS) tokens give access to files in your Microsoft Azure Storage container.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Create a File Storage Activation Target](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_create_cloud_file_storage_activation_target.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create an activation target in Data 360 to publish segments and batch data model objects (DMOs) to external file storage activation platforms like Amazon S3, SFTP, Google Cloud Storage (GCS), or Microsoft Azure blob storage.")