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To access Blob Explorer in Azure and view soft-deleted blobs, you can follow these steps: 1. Access to the Azure portal is required. When you access blob data in the Azure portal, the portal makes requests to Azure Storage. Depending on the method you choose, you can authorize access using your Microsoft account or the storage account access key. 2. Permissions needed to access blob data: a. Using the account access key: You must have an Azure role assigned to you that includes the Azure RBAC action Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listkeys/action. b. Using your Microsoft account: You need to be assigned a built-in or custom role that provides access to blob data as well as the Azure Resource Manager Reader role, at a minimum, scoped to the level of the storage account or higher. 3. If you're authenticating using the account access key, you'll see "Access Key" specified as the authentication method in the portal. If you're authenticating using your Microsoft account, you'll see "Microsoft Account" specified as the authentication method. 4. To navigate to blobs in the Azure portal, you can go to the Overview for your storage account and select the links for Blobs. Alternatively, you can navigate to the Containers section in the menu. It's important to note that when a storage account is locked with an Azure Resource Manager ReadOnly lock, the List Keys operation isn't permitted for that storage account, and users must use Microsoft account credentials to access blob data in the portal in this scenario. Azure Storage Explorer is a useful desktop application developed by Microsoft for managing Azure storage accounts. It offers the ability to easily manage Azure storage accounts and perform activities such as creating storage accounts, managing access policies, creating blob containers, and uploading files to Azure Blob Storage without accessing the Azure portal. I hope this information helps you access Blob Explorer and manage your soft-deleted blobs effectively!

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