Setting up Azure Blob Storage

19/09/2024
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Continia Document Capture provides strong document file archiving capabilities with easy integration with Azure Blob Storage. To begin using Azure Blob Storage for Document Capture, follow these two processes in the given order:

In the Microsoft Azure portal, set up a storage account and container for Document Capture.
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, set up Document Capture for Azure Blob Storage.

Both of these processes are described below.

To set up a storage account and container

To set up an Azure Blob Storage account and container for Document Capture, see Create an Azure storage account and Manage blob containers using the Azure portal (Microsoft articles).

To set up Document Capture

To set up Document Capture for Azure Blob Storage:

Select the icon, enter Document Capture Setup, and then select the related link.
On the General FastTab, under Document Storage Type, select Azure Blob Storage to open the Azure Blob Storage settings group.
In the fields Storage Account Name, Storage Account Key, and Blob Container Name, enter the corresponding values that you obtained when setting 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.

Table of Contents

Setting up Azure Blob Storage

To set up a storage account and container

To set up Document Capture

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