How do I upload some file into Azure blob storage without writing my own program?
Free tools:
- Visual Studio 2010 -- install Azure tools and you can find the blobs in the Server Explorer
- Cloud Berry Lab's CloudBerry Explorer for Azure Blob Storage
- ClumpsyLeaf CloudXplorer
- Azure Storage Explorer from CodePlex (try version 4 beta)
There was an old program called Azure Blob Explorer or something that no longer works with the new Azure SDK.
Out of these, I personally like CloudBerry Explorer the best.
The easiest way is to use Azure Storage PowerShell. It provided many commands to manage your storage container/blob/table/queue.
For your mentioned case, you could use Set-AzureStorageBlobContent which could upload a local file into azure storage as a block blob or page blob.
Set-AzureStorageBlobContent -Container containerName -File .\filename -Blob blobname
For details, please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408487.aspx.
If you're looking for a tool to do so, may I suggest that you take a look at our tool Cloud Storage Studio (http://www.cerebrata.com/Products/CloudStorageStudio). It's a commercial tool for managing Windows Azure Storage and Hosted Service. You can also find a comprehensive list of Windows Azure Storage Management tools here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazurestorage/archive/2010/04/17/windows-azure-storage-explorers.aspx
Hope this helps.