title: Connecting to Azure Blob Storage in SQL Server Management Studio
body: <p>I am trying to connect to my Azure Storage Account in SSMS as such (using my real storage account name and using Access Key 1 which I copy and pasted from the Azure Portal):</p>
  
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  <p>But I am getting back a 403 Forbidden:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of
    Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature.
    (Microsoft.SqlServer.StorageClient)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Am I missing a configuration option on the Azure Portal?</p>