How to get FinOps Azure storage blob connection string

October 27, 2022 · One min read

FinOps Ranger

In Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Azure storage is used to

Store files for Attachments
Data import and export jobs
When FinOps prints a report via Document Reporting Services, SSRS Reporting Services generates an EMF image for each page of the generated document. FinOps then temporarily saves the generated EMF files to Azure Blob storage.
Printing archive

And more!

If you are using tier 1 Cloud-Hosted environment, you can find the azure storage from the Azure resource group in Azure portal.

For tier 1, UAT tier 2, and PROD Tier 3, you can create a runnable class and execute to get the Azure storage connection string.

using Microsoft.Dynamics.Clx.ServicesWrapper;
class GetAzureBlob
{
    public static void main(Args _args)
    {
        info('AzureStorageConnectionString = ' + CloudInfrastructure::GetCsuStorageConnectionString());
        info('ClientCertificateThumbprint = ' + CloudInfrastructure::GetCsuClientCertificateThumbprint());
    }
}

Once you have the connection string, you can connect it to MS Azure Storage Explorer, Power Automate, or consuming in any framwork/language for integration/backup purposes.