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Simply connect to the storage account in question, and explore the blobs in the blob container containing these VHDs. Then select the blob and choose "Break Lease" option from the context menu. Once the lease is broken, you can then delete these VHDs. This user is first on the weekly Microsoft Azure leaderboard.

The blob is later deleted during garbage collection. Note that in order to delete a blob, you must delete all of its snapshots. You can delete both at the same time with the Delete Blob operation.

Data storage and metadata are billed per GB on a monthly basis. For data and metadata stored for less than a month, you can estimate the impact on your monthly bill by calculating the cost of each GB per day.

A lease on a blob provides exclusive write and delete access to the blob. To write to a blob with an active lease, a client must include the active lease ID with the write request. The lease is granted for the duration specified when the lease is acquired.

About blob leases A lease creates and manages a lock on a blob for write and delete operations. The lock duration can be 15 to 60 seconds, or can be infinite. A lease on a blob provides exclusive write and delete access to the blob.

A lease on a container provides exclusive delete access to the container. A container lease only controls the ability to delete the container by using the Delete Container operation. To delete a container with an active lease, a client must include the active lease ID with the delete request.

Use the Azure portal, PowerShell, or Azure CLI to retrieve storage account configuration properties, including the Azure Resource Manager resource ID, account location, account type, or replication SKU. Authorize access to Azure blobs using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Assign Azure roles for access rights.

The lease may be released if the client lease id specified matches that associated with the container or blob. Releasing the lease allows another client to immediately acquire the lease for the container or blob as soon as the release is complete. :keyword ~datetime. datetime if_modified_since: A DateTime value.