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# Connect to Azure Storage
  Use the **Azure Storage Connection** dialog to specify a storage account and validate your connection to Azure.  
  
## Options  
 Specify the following information about your Azure account, and then click **Next** to continue.  
  
1.  **Storage Account** - Specify the storage account name.  
  
2.  **Account Key** - Specify the account key for the specified storage account.  
  
3.  **Use secure endpoints (HTTPS)** - This option utilizes encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server.  
  
4.  **Save account key** - This option saves your password in an encrypted file.