# azure-data-tables

> Microsoft Azure Azure Data Tables Client Library for Python

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/azure-data-tables
- **Author**: Microsoft Corporation
- **Category**: Security
- **Latest version**: `azure-mgmt-computelimit_1.1.0` (2026-06-02)
- **License**: MIT License
- **Source**: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 5,526 stars, 3,285 forks
- **Registry**: pypi (`azure-data-tables`)
- **Tags**: `azure`, `pypi`, `sdk`

## Description

# Azure Tables client library for Python

Azure Tables is a NoSQL data storage service that can be accessed from anywhere in the world via authenticated calls using HTTP or HTTPS.
Tables scales as needed to support the amount of data inserted, and allow for the storing of data with non-complex accessing.
The Azure Tables client can be used to access Azure Storage or Cosmos accounts. This document covers [`azure-data-tables`][Tables_pypi].

Please note, this package is a replacement for [`azure-cosmosdb-tables`](https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmos-table-python/tree/master/azure-cosmosdb-table) which is now deprecated. See the [migration guide][migration_guide] for more details.

[Source code][source_code]
| [Package (PyPI)][Tables_pypi]
| [Package (Conda)](https://anaconda.org/microsoft/azure-data-tables/)
| [API reference documentation][Tables_ref_docs]
| [Samples][Tables_samples]

## Getting started
The Azure Tables SDK can access an Azure Storage or CosmosDB account.

### Prerequisites
* Python 3.9 or later is required to use this package.
* You must have an [Azure subscription][azure_subscription] and either
    * an [Azure Storage account][azure_storage_account] or
    * an [Azure Cosmos Account][azure_cosmos_account].

#### Create account
* To create a new storage account, you can use [Azure Portal][azure_portal_create_account], [Azure PowerShell][azure_powershell_create_account], or [Azure CLI][azure_cli_create_account]:
* To create a new cosmos storage account, you can use the [Azure CLI][azure_cli_create_cosmos] or [Azure Portal][azure_portal_create_cosmos].

### Install the package
Install the Azure Tables client library for Python with [pip][pip_link]:
```bash
pip install azure-data-tables
```

#### Create the client
The Azure Tables library allows you to interact with two types of resources:
* the tables in your account
* the entities within those tables.
Interaction with these resources starts with an instance of a [client](#clients). To create a client object, you will need the account's table service endpoint URL and a credential that allows you to access the account. The `endpoint` can be found on the page for your storage account in the [Azure Portal][azure_portal_account_url] under the "Access Keys" section or by running the following Azure CLI command:

```bash
# Get the table service URL for the account
az storage account show -n mystorageaccount -g MyResourceGroup --query "primaryEndpoints.table"
```

Once you have the account URL, it can be used to create the service client:
```python
from azure.data.tables import TableServiceClient
service = TableServiceClient(endpoint="https://<my_account_name>.table.core.windows.net/", credential=credential)
```

For more information about table service URL's and how to configure custom domain names for Azure Storage check out the [official documentation][azure_portal_account_url]

#### Types of credentials
The `credential` parameter may be provided in a number of different forms, depending on the type of authorization you wish to use. The Tables library supports the following authorizations:
* Shared Key
* Connection String
* Shared Access Signature Token
* TokenCredential (Microsoft Entra ID)(Supported on Storage)

##### Creating the client from a shared key
To use an account [shared key][azure_shared_key] (aka account key or access key), provide the key as a string. This can be found in your storage account in the [Azure Portal][azure_portal_account_url] under the "Access Keys" section or by running the following Azure CLI command:

```bash
az storage account keys list -g MyResourceGroup -n MyStorageAccount
```

Use the key as the credential parameter to authenticate the client:

```python
from azure.data.tables import TableServiceClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureNamedKeyCredential

credential = AzureNamedKeyCredential("my_account_name", "my_access_key")
with TableServiceClient(
    endpoint="https://<my_account_name>.table.core.windows.net", credential=credential
) as table_service_client:
    properties = table_service_client.get_service_properties()
    print(f"{properties}")
```

##### Creating the client from a connection string
Depending on your use case and authorization method, you may prefer to initialize a client instance with a connection string instead of providing the account URL and credential separately. To do this, pass the connection string to the client's `from_connection_string` class method. If the connection string does not specify a fully qualified endpoint URL (`"TableEndpoint"`), or URL suffix (`"EndpointSuffix"`), the endpoint will be assumed to be an Azure Storage account, and the URL automatically formatted accordingly.

For Tables Storage, the connection string can be found in your storage account in the [Azure Portal][azure_portal_account_url] under the "Access Keys" section or with the following Azure CLI command:

```bash
az storage account show-connection-string -g MyResourceGroup -n MyStorageAccount

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `azure-mgmt-computelimit_1.1.0` | 2026-06-02 | High | ## 1.1.0 (2026-05-26)  ### Features Added    - Client `ComputeLimitMgmtClient` added operation group `vm_families`   - Added model `FeatureEnableRequest`   - Added model `VmFamily`   - Added model `VmFamilyProperties`   - Operation group `FeaturesOperations` added method `begin_disable`   - Added operation group `VmFamiliesOperations` |
| `azure-appconfiguration-provider_2.5.0` | 2026-05-26 | High | ## 2.5.0 (2026-05-22)  ### Features Added  - Added `refresh_enabled` parameter to the `load` method. Defaults to `True` if `refresh_on` is set. When set to `True` without `refresh_on` keys, all selected key-values are monitored for changes. When set to `False`, calling `refresh` will be a no-op. - Added the ability to monitor all selected key-values for refresh with the `refresh_enabled` kwarg. When this kwarg is set to `True`, and `refresh_on` is not specified, changes to any selected key-value |
| `azure-mgmt-storage_25.0.0` | 2026-05-20 | High | ## 25.0.0 (2026-05-19)  ### Features Added    - Client `StorageManagementClient` added method `send_request`   - Client `StorageManagementClient` added operation group `connectors`   - Client `StorageManagementClient` added operation group `data_shares`   - Enum `AccessTier` added member `SMART`   - Enum `AllowedCopyScope` added member `ALL`   - Enum `TriggerType` added member `MOCK_RUN`   - Model `AzureEntityResource` added property `system_data`   - Model `BlobContainer` added property `system |
| `azure-mgmt-storagesync_1.0.1` | 2026-05-14 | High | ## 1.0.1 (2026-05-14)  ### Other Changes    - Regenerated with latest code generator tool |
| `azure-mgmt-attestation_2.0.0` | 2026-05-08 | High | ## 2.0.0 (2026-05-08)  ### Features Added    - Client `AttestationManagementClient` added parameter `cloud_setting` in method `__init__`   - Client `AttestationManagementClient` added method `send_request`   - Client `AttestationManagementClient` added operation group `private_link_resources`   - Model `AttestationServiceCreationSpecificParams` added property `public_network_access`   - Model `AttestationServiceCreationSpecificParams` added property `tpm_attestation_authentication`   - Model `At |
| `azure-batch_15.1.0` | 2026-05-01 | High | ## 15.1.0 (2026-03-06)  ### Other Changes  - This is the GA release of the features introduced in the 15.0.0 and 15.1.0 beta versions, including LRO support, job-level FIFO scheduling, CMK support on pools, IPv6 support, metadata security protocol support, IP tag support, and confidential VM enhancements.  ### Breaking Changes  - Renamed `BatchNodeUserUpdateOptions` to `BatchNodeUserReplaceOptions`. - Renamed `OutputFileUploadConfig` to `OutputFileUploadConfiguration`.  - Removed Models:   - Rem |
| `azure-postgresql-auth_1.0.2` | 2026-04-29 | High | ## 1.0.2 (2026-04-28)  ### Bugs Fixed  - Removed dependency on `DefaultAzureCredential` in source library - Fixed `get_entra_conninfo_async` and `get_entra_token_async` closing the credential by using it as a context manager  ### Other Changes  - Bumped minimum dependency on `azure-core` to `>=1.31.0` |
| `azure-mgmt-hybridkubernetes_1.2.0` | 2026-04-23 | High | ## 1.2.0 (2026-04-23)  ### Other Changes    - Regenerate SDK code with latest code generator tool |
| `azure-template_0.1.0b6187637` | 2026-04-21 | High | ## 0.1.0b6187637 (2026-04-21)  ### Features Added  - Some feature  ### Breaking Changes  - Some breaking change  ### Bugs Fixed  - Some bug fix  ### Other Changes  - Some other change |
| `12.7.0` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (12.7.0) |

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- **Total deps**: 0
- **Resolved**: 0
- **Unresolved**: 0
- **License conflicts**: 0
- **Warnings**: 1
- **Scanned**: 2026-05-25

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