August 2020 (Version 1.15.0, build 20200827.3)

Welcome to Storage Explorer version 1.15.0. This version of Storage Explorer adds many long-requested features, including batch access tier updating for Blobs, editable address bars, and moving queue messages. For full details on all new features and bug fixes, continue reading below.

New

Blobs

• Storage Explorer now supports Blob versioning. Blob versioning is currently in preview and you need to enable the feature before using it. You can learn more about what Blob versioning is and how to enable it here. With the Blob versioning support, you can
  • View Blob versions
  • Download Blob versions
  • Delete Blob versions
  • Undelete Blob versions
  • Change access tier of your Blob versions
  • Promote a Blob version to become the current version
  • Generate shared access signatures with the "delete version" permission
• You can now update the access tier of multiple Blobs at once. #591
• Support for moving files and folders within an ADLS Gen2 Blob container has been added. #2103
• Copying non-ADLS Gen2 Blobs is now available when you only have Azure AD credentials. #1875
• You can now view and update metadata on non-ADLS Gen2 Blob containers. #756
• You can now attach public Blob containers. #603
• When uploading Blobs, you can now specify what access tier you would like to upload your Blobs to, either Hot or Cool. #2826
• Confirmations for creates and deletes of Blob containers have been added to the Activity Log #2529
• Rehydration status of Blobs is now included in the properties dialog. #176

Queues

• You can now move messages between queues in your storage accounts. #1064

Other

• For both Blobs and Files Shares, you can now manually edit the address bar for faster navigation. #45
• A setting has been added to disable the automatic downloading of new updates. The setting has no effect if you downloaded Storage Explorer from the Snap Store on Linux. The setting can be found under Settings → Application → Updates → Auto Download Updates. #2632
• You can now use HTTPS when connecting to an emulator. For help configuring Azurite and Storage Explorer, refer to this blog post #2598
• We've added documentation that goes over best security practices when using Storage Explorer. You can find that documentation here. #3304

Fixes

• The default sort order for queue messages was by ID. The default sort order is now by insertion time. #2990
• When opening many tabs in quick succession, the UI in each tab would sometimes not fully load. This has been fixed. #2398
• Sorting by lease state in ADLS Gen2 Blob containers would cause infinite loading. This has been fixed. #3194
• In 1.14, when viewing a queue message, Storage Explorer changed to always assume that messages were Base64 encoded. The previous logic which attempted to auto detect if the message is UTF-8 or Base64 has been restored. #3271
• Storage Explorer was unable to download Blob snapshots if the name of the Blob started with whitespace. This has been fixed. #2844
• Lease Status was missing in the properties grid for ADLS Gen2 Blob containers. It is now there. #3107
• In 1.14, some users were seeing missing module errors. This has been fixed. #3326
• In 1.14, Storage Explorer wouldn't start if it was opened from a symlink on Windows. This has been fixed. #3353

Known Issues

• You cannot download or copy folders in public Blob containers. #3394 AzCopy #971
• You cannot rehydrate a Blob version from "Archive" tier. #3439
• At the time of release, neither Azurite nor the .NET Emulator support versions. #3473

A full list of currently open issues can be found here.

Deprecations

• The Azure Cosmos DB integration with Storage Explorer has been deprecated. Any existing functionality will not be removed for a minimum of one year from this release. Users should use the Azure Portal, the Azure Portal desktop app, or the standalone Cosmos Explorer instead – all of which contain many new features that aren’t currently supported in Storage Explorer. Additionally, the Azure Cosmos DB team has also open sourced the data explorer project and will be investing in their own desktop tooling at a later date. Please keep an eye on their repository for more information.