AZ561257 - Generally Available: Prefix-scoped access for User Delegation SAS

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Published

Apr 30, 2026

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • April 2026
    General Availability

Product

Azure Blob Storage

Tag

Features

Category

Storage

Description

Support for prefix-scoped access for User Delegation SAS for Azure Blob Storage is generally available in all Azure regions. SAS tokens for Blob Storage have historically supported two levels of scope: container and individual blob. With this release, you can now scope access to a prefix or virtual directory within a container, granting access to all blobs beneath the path. 

This is especially valuable for applications that organize data by tenant, workspace, project, or department within a shared container. Instead of granting access to an entire container or generating many blob-level tokens, you can now issue a single SAS token scoped to a set of blobs through a prefix.  

Prefix-scoped access is supported for both Blob and Data Lake storage accounts. 

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