title: Is there a way to view blobs of managed disks in Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer or the Azure Portal?
body: <p>When I create a VM using Azure Resource Manager with an <strong>unmanaged</strong> disk, I can view its .vhd in <a href="http://storageexplorer.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Microsft Azure Storage Explorer</a> and/or the Azure Portal under the specified storage account's Blob Container in a sub-container called "vhds".   </p>
  
  <p>When I create a VM using Azure Resource Manager with a <strong>managed</strong> disk, I can't find any storage container with anything related to this managed disk.  </p>
  
  <p>I understand that Azure is "managing" this storage for me, per <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-managed-disks-overview" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this Microsoft doc</a>, and also that I can generate a "SAS Url" for this disk (which gives me no real info on where the blob is stored), but I believe (let me know if I'm wrong), that Azure must be storing my "managed disk" in a storage account within my subscription, and that I should be able to see the blobs for these "managed disks" somewhere in Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer or in the Azure Portal.</p>
  
  <p>Is there an easy way to view these managed disk .vhds in either the portal or Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer?</p>