# Microsoft Azure storage driver An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses [Microsoft Azure Blob Storage](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/) for object storage. ## Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
accountname	yes	Name of the Azure Storage Account.
accountkey	yes	Primary or Secondary Key for the Storage Account.
container	yes	Name of the Azure root storage container in which all registry data will be stored. Must comply the storage container name [requirements][create-container-api].
realm	no	Domain name suffix for the Storage Service API endpoint. For example realm for "Azure in China" would be `core.chinacloudapi.cn` and realm for "Azure Government" would be `core.usgovcloudapi.net`. By default, this is core.windows.net.

## Related Information * To get information about [azure-blob-storage](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/) visit the Microsoft website. * You can use Microsoft's [Blob Service REST API](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd135733.aspx) to [create a container] (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179468.aspx).