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JohnTM
Nov 03, 2025Brass Contributor
Azure SQL Access is Denied reading Azure Storage file
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- JohnTMBrass Contributor
My browser didn't render the discussion page properly so I didn't get to enter any detail...!
This has been working for a number of years but stopped over the weekend of Friday 31st October, to Monday 3rd November. Eventually discovered the the Shared Access Signature had expired...
I've reset the SAS and all is good now! hi JohnTM That’s a common scenario when integrating Azure SQL Database with Azure Storage (for example, when using BULK INSERT, OPENROWSET, or EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE to read a blob file).
The “Access is Denied” message typically indicates an authentication or permissions mismatch between SQL and Storage.
Not sure what are you looking for but worth to take a look at the following: