ABFS Driver for Azure Blob Storage

We are excited to announce the release of the Azure Blob Filesystem (ABFS) driver with support for the Blob endpoint in flat namespace (FNS) storage accounts. This new capability is designed to help our analytics customers seamlessly migrate from the legacy WASB (Windows Azure Storage Blob) driver to the ABFS…

09/04/2025Azure Storage Blog

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