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	"plain_text": "Configure a lifecycle management policy - Azure Blob Storage\r\nBy normesta\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 17:14:02 UTC\r\nIn this article\r\n1. Create or manage a policy\r\n2. Enable access time tracking\r\n3. See also\r\nThis article shows you how to create or manage an Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management policy.\r\nYou can use lifecycle management policies to transition blobs to cost-efficient access tiers based on their use\r\npatterns or delete them entirely at the end of their lifecycle. To learn more, see Azure Blob Storage lifecycle\r\nmanagement overview.\r\nNote\r\nA lifecycle management policy must be read or written in full. Partial updates are not supported.\r\nCreate or manage a policy\r\nPortal\r\nPowerShell\r\nAzure CLI\r\nTemplate\r\n1. In the Azure portal, navigate to your storage account.\r\n2. Under Data management, select Lifecycle Management to view or change lifecycle management\r\npolicies.\r\n3. Select the List View tab.\r\n4. Select Add a rule and name your rule on the Details form. You can also set the Rule scope, Blob type,\r\nand Blob subtype values. The following example sets the scope to filter blobs. This causes the Filter set\r\ntab to be added.\r\nhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal\r\nPage 1 of 6\n\n5. Select Base blobs to set the conditions for your rule. In the following example, blobs are moved to cool\r\nstorage if they haven't been modified for 30 days.\r\nhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal\r\nPage 2 of 6\n\nThe Last accessed option is available only if you have enabled access time tracking and you've selected Block\r\nblobs as the blob type. See Enable access time tracking.\r\n6. If you selected Limit blobs with filters on the Details page, select Filter set to add an optional filter. The\r\nfollowing example filters on blobs whose name begins with log in a container called sample-container.\r\nhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal\r\nPage 3 of 6\n\nIf you encounter unexpected results, see the following FAQ entry: The blob prefix match string didn't apply the\r\npolicy to the expected blobs.\r\n7. Select Add to add the new policy.\r\nManage a policy by using the code view.\r\nYou can also define a policy by adding JSON code directly in the Code View tab.\r\nThe following screenshot shows JSON in the Code View tab. This JSON defines a lifecycle policy that moves a\r\nblock blob whose name begins with log to the cool tier if it has been more than 30 days since the blob was\r\nmodified.\r\nhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal\r\nPage 4 of 6\n\nEnable access time tracking\r\nEnable access tracking if you want to include an action based on the time that the blob was last accessed with a\r\nread or write operation. To learn about the behavior of this capability, see Access time tracking.\r\nPortal\r\nPowerShell\r\nAzure CLI\r\nTemplate\r\n1. Navigate to your storage account in the Azure portal.\r\nhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal\r\nPage 5 of 6\n\n2. In the Data management section, select Lifecycle management.\r\n3. Check the checkbox \"Enable access tracking\"\r\nSee also\r\nAzure Blob Storage lifecycle management overview\r\nLifecycle management policies that transition blobs between tiers\r\nLifecycle management policies that delete blobs\r\nLifecycle management policy monitoring\r\nAccess tiers for blob data\r\nAdditional resources\r\nTraining\r\nLast updated on 08/19/2025\r\nSource: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal\r\nhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure?tabs=azure-portal\r\nPage 6 of 6",
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