Setting up Azure Blob Storage

  • 06/06/2025
  • 3 minutes to read

Continia Document Capture provides strong document file archiving capabilities with easy integration with Azure Blob Storage. To begin using Azure Blob Storage, follow the processes described here in the given order.

To set up a storage account and container

To set up an Azure Blob Storage account and container, see Create an Azure storage account and Authorize access to data in Azure Storage (Microsoft articles).

Important

When setting up your Azure Blob Storage account, make sure to set its AllowBlobPublicAccess property to False. This prevents a known security risk by forcing all blob data requests to be authenticated. For more information, see Overview: Remediating anonymous read access for blob data (Microsoft article).

Document Capture doesn't support shared access signatures (SAS) in Azure Blob Storage, therefore you must enter a storage account access key in the Storage Account Key field.

To set up Continia Document Capture

To set up the solution for Azure Blob Storage:

  1. Search Search for and select Continia Document Capture Setup.
  2. Under General > Document Storage Type, click Azure Blob Storage to open the Azure Blob Storage settings group.
  3. In the fields Storage Account Name, Storage Account Key, and Blob Container Name, enter the corresponding values from when you set up the storage account and container.

Note

Document Capture only supports Azure Blob Storage for newer versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Business Central (NAV 2013 or later).

For Azure Blob Storage to work, the Dynamics NAV/Business Central service tier must be configured to use the TLS 1.2 security protocol.

Microsoft's article on Azure Blob Storage
The Microsoft Azure portal
Azure Blob Storage requirements for Business Central online
Azure Blob Storage requirements for Business Central on premises