Planned
Microsoft Azure integration
Bring-your-own storage and CDN support for Microsoft Azure is planned. It doesn't work yet. Azure Blob Storage is Microsoft's object storage, and Azure CDN / Front Door is its content delivery network, with regions and edge locations worldwide.
- Status
- Planned, not available yet
- Will cover
- Storage and CDNAzure Blob Storage + Azure CDN / Front Door
- Works today
- Storage: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage and other S3-compatible servicesCDN: Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFront
- Plans
- Velocity and Momentum
What the integration will do
This is the plan. Details may change before release.
You'll connect your own Azure Blob Storage bucket with keys that can only read and write objects in it.
smallPict will write optimized AVIF and WebP files there, and Azure CDN / Front Door will serve them from your own account and domain.
When an image is re-optimized, smallPict will purge the matching Azure CDN / Front Door cache so visitors get the new file.
Your Microsoft Azure account, rules and bill stay yours. smallPict won't keep copies of those files or be involved with the CDN's performance.
Who it's for
- Teams that already deliver images through Microsoft Azure and want to keep it.
- Apps on Velocity or Momentum that want optimized images in their own storage and CDN.
- Anyone who would otherwise have to switch providers just to use smallPict.
Supported today
If you need your own storage and CDN now, these already work.
Questions
When will it be ready?
We'll email everyone on the request list when it's ready; requests help us prioritise.
Can I use Microsoft Azure with smallPict today?
Not through a built-in integration yet. Today, your own storage can be Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage or another S3-compatible service, and your own CDN can be Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFront. Your own storage and CDN are always connected together.
Which plans will include it?
Velocity and Momentum, the API plans that offer your own storage and CDN. WordPress plans use the managed smallPict CDN.
What should I put in my request?
Your website or app, monthly image bandwidth, where your images are stored, and your timeline.
Want Microsoft Azure support?
Tell us about your setup. Requests help us decide what to build first.