Azure Data Lake Storage

name: Azure Data Lake Storage
description: Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 REST API provides a file system interface for big data analytics workloads on Azure
  Blob Storage. It supports creating file systems, managing directories and files with hierarchical namespace, setting ACLs,
  and integrating with analytics engines.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-data-lake.png
tags:
- Analytics
- Big Data
- Data Lake
- Hierarchical Storage
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-data-lake/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-data-lake:microsoft-azure-data-lake-filesystems-api
  name: Azure Data Lake Storage Filesystems API
  description: Filesystems operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/data-lake-storage-gen2
  baseURL: https://{account}.dfs.core.windows.net/
  tags:
  - Filesystem
  tags_raw:
  - Filesystems
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-data-lake-filesystems-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/data-lake-storage-gen2
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-azure-data-lake-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/microsoft-azure-data-lake-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-azure-data-lake-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-data-lake-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-data-lake-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-data-lake-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-lake-storage-gen2-preview-more-features-more-performance-better-availability/
  type: Blog
x-parent: microsoft-azure
x-relationship: product