General Purpose V2 Hierarchical Namspace provides access to the latest Azure storage features, including Cool and Archive storage, with pricing optimized for the lowest GB storage prices. These accounts provide access to Block Blobs, Page Blobs, Files, and Queues.

Cool, Cold and Archive early deletion

In addition to the per-GB, per-month charge, any blob that is moved to Archive is subject to an Archive early deletion period of 180 days. Additionally, for General Purpose V2 Hierarchical Namspace accounts, any blob that is moved to Cool is subject to a Cool early deletion period of 30 days. This charge is prorated. For example, if a blob is moved to Archive and then deleted or moved to the Hot tier after 45 days, the customer is charged an early deletion fee equivalent to 135 (180 minus 45) days of storing that blob in Archive.

*The following prices are tax-inclusive.

Early deletion penalty

Blobs are subject to an early deletion penalty if they are deleted, overwritten or moved to a different tier before the minimum number of days required by the tier have transpired. Any blob that is moved to the Archive tier is subject to an Archive early deletion period of 180 days. Any blob that is moved to the Cold tier is subject to a Cold tier early deletion period of 90 days. Any blob that is moved to the Cool tier is subject to a Cool tier early deletion period of 30 days. This charge is prorated based on the data storage price of the corresponding tier, i.e. deleting an archived blob after 120 days will lead to this object being charged for 180 days. Please refer to the documentation page for the full details.

Data storage prices

*The following prices are tax-inclusive.

1 1 TB = 1,024 GB

Operations and data transfer

*The following prices are tax-inclusive.

* The following API calls are considered iterative read operations: List Filesystem & List Path

** The following API calls are considered iterative write operations: RenameDirectory, RenamePath, RenamePathDir

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Blob storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). This support provides the ability to securely connect to Blob Storage accounts via an SFTP endpoint, allowing you to leverage SFTP for file access, file transfer, as well as file management. Learn more about the feature at here .



Blob inventory

Blob inventory provides a list of the containers, blobs, blob versions, and snapshots in your storage account, along with their associated properties. It generates an output report in either CSV or Apache Parquet format on a daily or weekly basis. You can use the report to audit retention, legal hold or encryption status, or you can use it as a scheduled alternative to the List Blobs API for your workflows. Learn more about Blob inventory


Data Transfer Prices for Blobs