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Announcing support for Files in the Storage Client Library for C++

We are pleased to announce that the Storage Client Library for C++ (2.4.0) now supports the Azure Storage Files endpoint via the REST API implementation.

We are pleased to announce that the Storage Client Library for C++ (2.4.0) now supports the Azure Storage Files endpoint via the REST API implementation.

More details for the C++ Client Library 2.4.0 can be found here. You can also visit Azure Storage documentation pages for a quick start guide here.

This release brings support for all the File service features including:
•    Create/Delete/Resize Shares
•    Create/Delete Directories
•    Create/Read/Update/Delete Files

Download & Install

Via Git
To create a local clone of the source for the Azure Storage Client Library for C++ via git, type:

clone https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-cpp.git
cd azure-storage-cpp

Via NuGet
To install the binaries for the Azure Storage Client Library for C++, type the following into the NuGet Package Manager console:

Install-Package wastorage

Visual Studio Version
Starting from version 2.1.0, Azure Storage Client Library for C++ supports Visual Studio 2013 and Visual Studio 2015. In case you have the need to use Visual Studio 2012, please download version 2.0.0 of the C++ Storage Client library.

Dependencies

C++ REST SDK
The Azure Storage Client Library for C++ depends on the C++ REST SDK (codename “Casablanca”) version 2.8.0. It can be installed through NuGet or downloaded directly from GitHub.

Code Samples

To get started with coding, please visit the following pages:
–    Azure Storage Getting Started with Files (C++)
–    Github Azure Storage C++ Files Samples