How to remove a Stored Access Policy of a Container in Microsoft Azure (PowerShell)

Introduction

This script sample shows how to remove a stored access policy of a container in Microsoft Azure.

Scenarios

A stored access policy gives users greater control over shared access signatures we have released. If they want to revoke access within a specified time of period, a simply way is to remove the underlying container-level policy. This script can remove the stored access policy easily.

Script

Step 1: From the Start Screen or the Start Menu, search for Windows Azure PowerShell. Right-click the Windows Azure PowerShell entry and select Run as Administrator.

Note: If Windows Azure PowerShell is not installed, see Getting Started with Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets for installation and configuration information.

Step 2: If you want to get a list of all cmdlet help topics, type the command Get-Help C:\Script\ RemoveStoredAccessPolicy.ps1 -Full to display the entire help file for this function, such as the syntax, parameters, or examples. This is shown in the following figure.

Example

Example 1: Type C:\Script\ RemoveStoredAccessPolicy.ps1 -StorageAccountName "storageaccount" -ListAccessPolicy command in the Windows PowerShell Console.  

This example shows how to list all stored access policies of a container.

Example 2: Type C:\Script\ RemoveStoredAccessPolicy.ps1 -StorageAccountName "storageaccount" -StoredAccessPolicy "Policy1" command in the Windows PowerShell Console. 

This example shows how to remove a Stored Access Policy named Policy1.

Here are some code snippets for your reference.

#Remove the specified stored access policy
If($StoredAccessPolicy)
{
    Foreach($Policy in $StoredAccessPolicy)
    {
        Write-Verbose "Removing Stored Access Policy."
        $Result = $Permission.SharedAccessPolicies.Remove($Policy)
        $BlobContainer.SetPermissions($Permission)
        If($Result)
        {
            Write-Host "Successfully removed Stored Access Policy '$Policy'."
        }
        Else
        {
            Write-Host "Failed to remove stored access policy '$Policy', please check this policy is existing."
        }
    }
}

#Remove the specified stored access policy 
If($StoredAccessPolicy) 
{ 
    Foreach($Policy in $StoredAccessPolicy) 
    { 
        Write-Verbose "Removing Stored Access Policy." 
        $Result = $Permission.SharedAccessPolicies.Remove($Policy) 
        $BlobContainer.SetPermissions($Permission) 
        If($Result) 
        { 
            Write-Host "Successfully removed Stored Access Policy '$Policy'." 
        } 
        Else 
        { 
            Write-Host "Failed to remove stored access policy '$Policy', please check this policy is existing." 
        } 
    } 
}

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