Azure Blob Storage is used in cloud applications everyday for its cost-efficiency, scale and simplicity. Today however, many applications continue to be developed with a local file system in mind, and there are a large number of legacy applications that still exist.
Oftentimes, modifying these applications to consume Blob storage through the REST APIs has been a challenge, even with the great SDKs we provide. To address these challenges, we are introducing the preview of the new FUSE adapter for Blob Storage. This enables you to mount a blob container on Linux platforms. There is no need to rewrite your application!
Read about it in the Azure blog.