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It is possible to export your PICSWeb report files to Microsoft Azure storage, allowing you to access and distribute reports outside of PICSWeb.
Setting Up an Azure Account
Before you can do this, if you have not already, you will need to set up a general Azure account, followed by an Azure Storage account. This process should take no more than 15 minutes.
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Once you have set these accounts up, you can begin to send report to Azure from PICSWeb, as explained below.
Additional Security in Azure
If you wish, you can restrict the IP addresses used with Azure to restrict access to PICSWeb IP ranges only. To do this, open Azure, enter Storage Accounts into the search bar and select your storage account. In the navigation menu for your account, go to the Networking page and select Enabled from selected virtual networks and IP addresses from the Public network access menu.
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Bear in mind that doing this also means that you will have to add any IP ranges for your own servers/access requirements, which will have an effect on the ability to use SAS links from anywhere. |
Using PICSWeb Reports with Azure
Firstly, you will need to copy one of your Access Key Connection Strings from Azure.
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