Lifecycle policy management in blob storage
Cipher Coffee wants to save time and costs by automatically managing old data in Azure Blob Storage. Let’s create a lifecycle management policy to move files to a cheaper access tier based on their age and then delete them when they are no longer needed.
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Develop for Azure Storage
Exercise instructions
In your Storage account, access Lifecycle management.
,Create an automated rule named “auto-tier-and-delete” to manage blob storage over time.
,Configure the policy to:
,Move blobs to the Cool tier after 30 days.
,Move blobs to the Archive tier after 180 days.
,Delete blobs after two years.
,Review and save the policy.

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