---
type: resource-type
title: BlobContainer
description: azure resource type Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts_blobServices_containers
name: BlobContainer
lexicon: azure
resource_type: Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts_blobServices_containers
---
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts_blobServices_containers`, a resource type of the azure lexicon.

## Properties

- `name` (`string`, required): The name of the blob container within the specified storage account. Blob container names must be between 3 and 63 characters in length and use numbers, lower-case letters and dash (-) only. Every dash (-) character must be immediately preceded and followed by a letter or number.
- `properties` (`BlobContainer_ContainerProperties`, optional): Properties of the blob container.
- `resources` (`any[]`, optional)

## Attributes

- `id`
