Steps to Share Data securely through Azure Data Share

Step 1: Deploy the Data Share Resource.

• Search for Data Shares in the search bar.
• Click Create.
• In the basics tab, fill in the required details
  • Subscription: The Azure subscription in which you wish to create the virtual network.
  • Resource Group: Choose the resource group where you wish to create the storage account. If you haven’t created one before, click “Create New”. You will be prompted to provide a name for the Resource group. Enter the name and click OK.
  • Location: Choose the location where you want to deploy the resource.
  • Name: Provide a name for the resource.
• Click on Review+Create -> Create.
  After the deployment is complete, click on Go to Resource.

Step 2: Click on Start Sharing Your Data.

Step 3: On the next screen, click on Create.

Step 4: In the Details tab, fill in the required details

• Share name: Provide a name for the share.
• Share type: Determines how your data would be shared. You can choose from Snapshot or In-share options.
• Description: Description of the datasets being shared. This description will be visible to your data consumers.
• Terms of use: Set terms for data consumers to accept when they receive the share invitation.

Click on Continue.

Step 5: On the next screen, under the Datasets tab, click Add Datasets.

Step 6: Choose the dataset type from the following options in the popup screen:

• Azure Blob Storage: Microsoft’s cloud-based object storage service.
• Azure Data Lake: A big data analytics and storage service.
• Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1: The first generation of Azure Data Lake storage.
• Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2: The second generation of Azure Data Lake storage.
• Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly SQL DW): An analytics service for big data and data warehousing.
• Azure Synapse Analytics (workspaces) SQL Pool: The SQL Pool component within Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Azure SQL Database: A cloud-based relational database service.

Here, we select Azure Blob Storage.

Step 7: Click on Next. Choose the Subscription(s), Resource Groups(s) and Storage Account.

Step 8: Select the dataset and click on Next. On the next screen, click on Add Datasets.

After adding the dataset, click on Continue.

Step 9: In the Recipients tab, click on Add Recipient. Enter the email address of the Recipient.

Click on the checkbox to add Share expiration date. Click on Continue.

Step 10: Enable the Snapshot Schedule by clicking the checkbox. Click on Continue.

Step 11: On the next screen, click on Create.

Azure Data Share is a service offered by Microsoft Azure that helps organizations to securely share data with multiple customers and partners while maintaining control and monitoring.

• Contributor Role: A specific role in Azure that permits users to manage all aspects of Azure resources.
• Azure Data Explorer: A data exploration and analytic service by Microsoft, used for querying and analyzing large volumes of data.
• Dataset Mapping: The process of linking datasets in Azure Data Explorer clusters.