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In your Azure Storage account, you have a block blob with access tier set to archive. Can you download the file immediately?
Experience Level: Senior
Tags: Azure CloudAzure Storage
Answer
No, you can't.
In order to be able to download the file, you need to re-hydrate it first by changing its tier to the higher one. After the file gets re-hydrated, you can download it then.
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