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Azure Storage

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Manage blobs and containers across your Azure cloud

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Azure Storage is Microsoft's cloud object storage service for storing files, documents, images, videos, and data exports as blobs inside organised containers. Connect it to Actionist and your agents can create and delete containers, upload and retrieve blob files, set metadata tags for searchability, enforce access policies, generate time-limited SAS tokens for external sharing, and audit your entire storage account on a schedule — all without anyone opening the Azure portal.

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Average time saved
10 hours
per person · per month
≈ 1 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Agents eliminate the manual cycle of opening the Azure portal to upload, download, delete, and organise blobs and containers across every team's storage workflows.

Schedule

What your Azure Storage agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

28Scheduled jobs
7Agents at work
24/7Always on
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Multi-app workflows

Azure Storage × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows
5Apps spanned
~17 hrsSaved / week
6Personas served
For engineering
Featured3 apps

Release artefacts archived to Azure on every GitHub tag

When a new release tag is pushed to GitHub, the agent creates a versioned Azure container, uploads all release artefacts as blobs, applies build metadata tags, and posts the container reference to the engineering Slack channel — giving the team a permanent, queryable archive of every release without anyone touching the Azure portal.

~2 hrs

Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot

The flow
Trigger·When a new release tag is pushed to the main branch on GitHub
Trigger
Step 1
GitHub
Detect new release tag pushed to main
write
Step 2
Azure Storage
Create container for the release version
write
Step 3
Azure Storage
Upload release artefact blobs to the new container
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Step 4
Azure Storage
Set version and build metadata tags on each blob
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Step 5
Slack
Post release container URL to #engineering channel
Result
Create container for the release versionUpload release artefact blobs to the new containerSet version and build metadata tags on each blobPost release container URL to #engineering channel
The win
Saved per run
25 min
Runs / week
~4×
Every release has a versioned Azure container before CI finishes
Driven byOperations Agent
ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Sales
    20 min / week
    Manual proposal upload to shared storage

    Reps manually download signed PDFs from email and upload them to a shared drive or Azure folder, often inconsistently named and missing from the archive for days.

    Sales Agent
    0 min
    Agent archives proposals and retrieves files on demand

    When a deal closes, the agent copies the signed contract blob to the permanent archive and confirms the move without the rep touching the Azure portal.

  • Marketing
    35 min / week
    Manual campaign asset storage and sharing

    The marketing coordinator manually creates folders, uploads files, and shares download links with agencies, often using personal credentials or sending attachments by email.

    Marketing Agent
    0 min
    Agent creates containers and distributes assets with SAS links

    When a campaign is approved, the agent creates a container, uploads all assets, generates SAS URLs for the agency, and posts them to Slack — all without human file management.

  • Customer Support
    25 min / week
    Manual attachment cleanup from support storage

    Support ops manually review which ticket attachments can be deleted, then removes them one by one from the storage container or shared drive, often months overdue.

    Customer Support Agent
    0 min
    Agent purges old ticket attachments on a retention schedule

    The agent lists blobs linked to closed tickets, deletes attachments past the retention window, and confirms the cleanup automatically each week.

  • Human Resources
    30 min / week
    Manual new-hire folder setup and offboarding cleanup

    HR manually creates a storage folder for each new hire, uploads documents one by one, and tracks offboarding deletions in a separate spreadsheet that frequently falls behind.

    Human Resources Agent
    0 min
    Agent provisions and retires employee containers automatically

    When a hire is confirmed, the agent creates a named container and uploads the full document pack; when offboarding completes, it deletes the container and logs the action.

  • Finance
    40 min / week
    Manual invoice filing to cloud storage

    Finance team members manually download invoice PDFs from email, rename them to match the filing convention, and upload to the correct monthly folder, often in batches at month end.

    Finance Agent
    0 min
    Agent uploads and tags invoices at receipt with retention metadata

    Every invoice triggers an automatic upload to the current month's container with supplier and expiry metadata, so auditors can filter and retrieve files without a manual search.

  • Operations
    45 min / week
    Manual container inventory and policy checks

    Operations staff periodically open the Azure portal, manually review container lists, check access settings one by one, and update a spreadsheet — a process that slips when teams are busy.

    Operations Agent
    0 min
    Agent audits containers and enforces access policies automatically

    The agent lists all containers weekly, cross-references them against active projects, checks access policies, and corrects misconfigurations without IT involvement.

  • Legal
    35 min / week
    Manual contract archival and retention enforcement

    Legal staff manually move executed contracts to archive folders, update a retention log spreadsheet, and process hold releases one at a time — a process prone to delays and missed deletions.

    Legal Agent
    0 min
    Agent archives executed contracts and enforces retention deletion

    When a contract is executed, the agent copies it to the permanent archive with metadata tags; when a hold is released, it deletes the flagged blobs with a logged citation.

+ 100s of other Azure Storage automations
Average time saved
23 hrs / person / month
Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
8 people
Hourly rate
$22 / hr
Hours saved / week
20
Hours saved / year
1,000
Annual ROI
$22,000

Based on Azure Storage's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~2.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug Azure Storage into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

Connect via Microsoft OAuth2 for team environments where per-user audit trails are important. Actionist authenticates through your registered Azure AD application.

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Register an application in Azure AD

Go to the Microsoft Application Registration Portal (aka.ms/appregistrations), select Register an application, enter a name, and set the redirect URI to the Actionist callback URL shown in the connection form.

2
Generate a client secret

In your registered application, go to Certificates & secrets, create a new client secret, and copy the Secret value along with the Application (client) ID.

3
Connect in Actionist

Paste the Client ID and Client Secret into the Actionist connection form and click Connect my account to complete the OAuth handshake.

Actions

13 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

FAQs

Questions about Azure Storage + Actionist

How do I connect Actionist to Azure Storage?
Go to the Apps tab, find Azure Storage, and click Connect. You can connect via OAuth2 (recommended for most teams) or via a Shared Key. For OAuth2, Actionist opens a Microsoft authentication window where you sign in and authorise the connection. For Shared Key, you will need your Azure Storage account name and one of its access keys from the Azure portal under Security + networking > Access keys. Either method gives the agent full access to your blobs and containers.
What credentials do I need to set up the Azure Storage connection?
For OAuth2 you will need to register an application in the Microsoft Identity Platform (Application Registration Portal), generate a client secret, and set the redirect URI to the Actionist callback URL. For Shared Key, simply copy either of the two access keys from your Azure Storage account's Access keys page. The Shared Key method is simpler for server-side agents; OAuth2 is preferred for team environments where you want per-user audit trails.
Can an agent create a container and upload files to it in the same task?
Yes. Agents can create containers on the fly, upload blobs into them, retrieve blob data, and list all blobs within a container. A common pattern is to create a dated container at the start of a reporting cycle, upload processed files as blobs throughout the period, and then retrieve or list them at the end for downstream reporting. All four blob and container operations are supported.
Can Actionist detect when a new file is uploaded to Azure Blob Storage?
Azure Blob Storage does not emit native webhooks in the way that some SaaS apps do. Actionist monitors for changes by polling on a schedule you define. When the agent runs Get Many Blobs on a container, it compares the blob list against a previous snapshot and can take action when new blobs appear or existing ones change. For tighter latency requirements, set the polling cadence to every few minutes within your agent schedule.
What is the difference between Get Blob and Get Many Blobs?
Get Blob retrieves the content and metadata of a single blob by its exact name. Get Many Blobs lists all blobs within a container and returns their names, sizes, content types, and last-modified timestamps. Use Get Blob when you know the exact file name and need its content; use Get Many Blobs when you need to scan, audit, or process a batch of files within a container.
Does deleting a blob through Actionist require approval?
Delete Blob removes a specific blob from a container permanently. Actionist always asks for your approval before running destructive actions by default, so the agent will present the blob name and container for your confirmation before deletion proceeds. If you configure the agent in Full Auto mode for a low-risk cleanup task, you can disable that prompt, but destructive actions like deletes always show up in the audit log regardless of approval mode.
Can I use Azure Storage as a file output destination for reports generated in other apps?
Yes. A common pattern is to generate a report or data export in another app (Google Sheets, Notion, an internal database), download its output, and upload it as a blob to a designated container using Create Blob. The agent can name the blob dynamically (for example, using a timestamp or record ID) so each run produces a uniquely named file. Azure Storage then becomes the durable, long-term archive for outputs that other agents or team members retrieve later.
Can Actionist process every file in a container in bulk?
Yes. Actionist agents can loop through the blob list returned by Get Many Blobs, retrieve each blob's content with Get Blob, process it (for example, parse CSV rows, extract text, run an AI classification), and write results elsewhere. For large containers, the agent processes blobs in batches on a schedule. Because Azure Storage has no per-operation rate limits under normal throughput, this pattern scales well for nightly or weekly batch processing tasks.
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