What is table storage in Windows Azure?

The Windows Azure Table storage service stores large amounts of structured data.

The service is a NoSQL datastore which accepts authenticated calls from inside and outside the Windows Azure cloud.

Windows Azure tables are ideal for storing structured, non-relational data

Table: A table is a collection of entities. Tables don’t enforce a schema on entities, which means a single table can contain entities that have different sets of properties. An account can contain many tables

Entity: An entity is a set of properties, similar to a database row. An entity can be up to 1MB in size.

Properties: A property is a name-value pair. Each entity can include up to 252 properties to store data. Each entity also has 3 system properties that specify a partition key, a row key, and a timestamp.

Entities with the same partition key can be queried more quickly, and inserted/updated in atomic operations. An entity’s row key is its unique identifier within a partition.

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Mageshwaran R5y ago
Hi Roger,

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/table-storage-overview#:~:text=the%20storage%20account.-,What%20is%20Table%20storage,structured%2C%20non%2Drelational%20data.
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Guest User6y ago
The Windows Azure Table storage service stores large amounts of structured data.
The service is a NoSQL datastore which accepts authenticated calls from inside and outside the Windows Azure cloud.
Windows Azure tables are ideal for storing structured, non-relational data
Table: A table is a collection of entities. Tables don’t enforce a schema on entities, which means a single table can contain entities that have different sets of properties. An account can contain many tables
Entity: An entity is a set of properties, similar to a database row. An entity can be up to 1MB in size.
Properties: A property is a name-value pair. Each entity can include up to 252 properties to store data. Each entity also has 3 system properties that specify a partition key, a row key, and a timestamp.
Entities with the same partition key can be queried more quickly, and inserted/updated in atomic operations. An entity’s row key is its unique identifier within a partition.
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