diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.azure b/build/Dockerfile.azure
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19bd41863c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.azure
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM foundationdb/foundationdb-dev:0.11.4
+
+USER root
+
+RUN yum install -y libcurl-devel libuuid-devel openssl-devel
diff --git a/fdbclient/AsyncTaskThread.h b/fdbclient/AsyncTaskThread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba1571e4ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdbclient/AsyncTaskThread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * AsyncTaskThread.cpp
+ *
+ * This source file is part of the FoundationDB open source project
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2018 Apple Inc. and the FoundationDB project authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __AZURE_CONNECTION_H__
+#define __AZURE_CONNECTION_H__
+
+#include <future>
+#include <thread>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "flow/network.h"
+#include "flow/ThreadHelper.actor.h"
+#include "flow/ThreadSafeQueue.h"
+
+class IAsyncTask {
+public:
+	virtual void operator()() = 0;
+	virtual ~IAsyncTask() = default;
+};
+
+template <class F>
+class AsyncTask : public IAsyncTask {
+	F func;
+
+public:
+	AsyncTask(const F& func) : func(func) {}
+
+	void operator()() override { func(); }
+};
+
+class AsyncTaskThread {
+	ThreadSafeQueue<std::shared_ptr<IAsyncTask>> queue;
+	std::promise<void> wakeUp;
+	std::thread thread;
+
+	static void run(AsyncTaskThread* conn) {
+		while (true) {
+			std::shared_ptr<IAsyncTask> task;
+			{
+				if (conn->queue.canSleep()) {
+					conn->wakeUp.get_future().get();
+					conn->wakeUp = {};
+				}
+				task = conn->queue.pop().get();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	template <class F>
+	void addTask(const F& func) {
+		if (queue.push(std::make_shared<AsyncTask<F>>(func))) {
+			wakeUp.set_value();
+		}
+	}
+
+public:
+	AsyncTaskThread() : thread([this] { run(this); }) {}
+
+	template <class F>
+	auto execAsync(const F& func, TaskPriority priority = TaskPriority::DefaultOnMainThread)
+	    -> Future<decltype(func())> {
+		if (g_network->isSimulated()) {
+			// TODO: Add some random delay
+			return func();
+		}
+		Promise<decltype(func())> promise;
+		addTask([&promise, &func, priority] {
+			auto funcResult = func();
+			onMainThreadVoid([&promise, &funcResult] { promise.send(funcResult); }, nullptr,
+			                 priority); // TODO: Add error handling
+		});
+		return promise.getFuture();
+	}
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp
index 223ef1949b..2a34d2cad5 100644
--- a/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/BackupContainer.actor.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <ostream>
+
+#include "storage_credential.h"
+#include "storage_account.h"
+#include "blob/blob_client.h"
+
 #include "flow/Platform.actor.h"
+#include "fdbclient/AsyncTaskThread.h"
 #include "fdbclient/BackupContainer.h"
 #include "fdbclient/BackupAgent.actor.h"
 #include "fdbclient/FDBTypes.h"
@@ -289,7 +297,7 @@ public:
 	Future<Reference<IAsyncFile>> readFile(std::string fileName) override = 0;
 
 	// Open a file for write by fileName
-	virtual Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile(std::string fileName) = 0;
+	virtual Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile(const std::string& fileName) = 0;
 
 	// Delete a file
 	virtual Future<Void> deleteFile(std::string fileName) = 0;
@@ -1777,7 +1785,7 @@ public:
 		std::string m_finalFullPath;
 	};
 
-	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile(std::string path) final {
+	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile(const std::string& path) final {
 		int flags = IAsyncFile::OPEN_NO_AIO | IAsyncFile::OPEN_CREATE | IAsyncFile::OPEN_ATOMIC_WRITE_AND_CREATE | IAsyncFile::OPEN_READWRITE;
 		std::string fullPath = joinPath(m_path, path);
 		platform::createDirectory(parentDirectory(fullPath));
@@ -1928,7 +1936,7 @@ public:
 		Reference<IAsyncFile> m_file;
 	};
 
-	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile(std::string path) final {
+	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile(const std::string& path) final {
 		return Reference<IBackupFile>(new BackupFile(path, Reference<IAsyncFile>(new AsyncFileBlobStoreWrite(m_bstore, m_bucket, dataPath(path)))));
 	}
 
@@ -2004,6 +2012,250 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
+class BackupContainerAzureBlobStore final : public BackupContainerFileSystem,
+                                            ReferenceCounted<BackupContainerAzureBlobStore> {
+
+	using AzureClient = azure::storage_lite::blob_client;
+
+	std::unique_ptr<AzureClient> client;
+	std::string containerName;
+	AsyncTaskThread asyncTaskThread;
+
+	class ReadFile final : public IAsyncFile, ReferenceCounted<ReadFile> {
+		AsyncTaskThread& asyncTaskThread;
+		std::string containerName;
+		std::string blobName;
+		AzureClient* client;
+
+	public:
+		ReadFile(AsyncTaskThread& asyncTaskThread, const std::string& containerName, const std::string& blobName,
+		         AzureClient* client)
+		  : asyncTaskThread(asyncTaskThread), containerName(containerName), blobName(blobName), client(client) {}
+
+		void addref() override { ReferenceCounted<ReadFile>::addref(); }
+		void delref() override { ReferenceCounted<ReadFile>::delref(); }
+		Future<int> read(void* data, int length, int64_t offset) {
+			return asyncTaskThread.execAsync([client = this->client, containerName = this->containerName,
+			                                  blobName = this->blobName, data, length, offset] {
+				std::ostringstream oss(std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+				client->download_blob_to_stream(containerName, blobName, offset, length, oss);
+				auto str = oss.str();
+				memcpy(data, str.c_str(), str.size());
+				return static_cast<int>(str.size());
+			});
+		}
+		Future<Void> zeroRange(int64_t offset, int64_t length) override { throw file_not_writable(); }
+		Future<Void> write(void const* data, int length, int64_t offset) override { throw file_not_writable(); }
+		Future<Void> truncate(int64_t size) override { throw file_not_writable(); }
+		Future<Void> sync() override { throw file_not_writable(); }
+		Future<int64_t> size() const override {
+			return asyncTaskThread.execAsync([client = this->client, containerName = this->containerName,
+			                                  blobName = this->blobName] {
+				return static_cast<int64_t>(client->get_blob_properties(containerName, blobName).get().response().size);
+			});
+		}
+		std::string getFilename() const override { return blobName; }
+		int64_t debugFD() const override { return 0; }
+	};
+
+	class WriteFile final : public IAsyncFile, ReferenceCounted<WriteFile> {
+		AsyncTaskThread& asyncTaskThread;
+		AzureClient* client;
+		std::string containerName;
+		std::string blobName;
+		int64_t m_cursor{ 0 };
+		std::string buffer;
+
+		static constexpr size_t bufferLimit = 1 << 20;
+
+		// From https://tuttlem.github.io/2014/08/18/getting-istream-to-work-off-a-byte-array.html:
+		class MemStream : public std::istream {
+			class MemBuf : public std::basic_streambuf<char> {
+			public:
+				MemBuf(const uint8_t* p, size_t l) { setg((char*)p, (char*)p, (char*)p + l); }
+			} buffer;
+
+		public:
+			MemStream(const uint8_t* p, size_t l) : std::istream(&buffer), buffer(p, l) { rdbuf(&buffer); }
+		};
+
+	public:
+		WriteFile(AsyncTaskThread& asyncTaskThread, const std::string& containerName, const std::string& blobName,
+		          AzureClient* client)
+		  : asyncTaskThread(asyncTaskThread), containerName(containerName), blobName(blobName), client(client) {}
+
+		void addref() override { ReferenceCounted<WriteFile>::addref(); }
+		void delref() override { ReferenceCounted<WriteFile>::delref(); }
+		Future<int> read(void* data, int length, int64_t offset) override { throw file_not_readable(); }
+		Future<Void> write(void const* data, int length, int64_t offset) override {
+			if (offset != m_cursor) {
+				throw non_sequential_op();
+			}
+			m_cursor += length;
+			auto p = static_cast<char const*>(data);
+			buffer.insert(buffer.cend(), p, p + length);
+			if (buffer.size() > bufferLimit) {
+				return sync();
+			} else {
+				return Void();
+			}
+		}
+		Future<Void> truncate(int64_t size) override {
+			if (size != m_cursor) {
+				throw non_sequential_op();
+			}
+			return Void();
+		}
+		Future<Void> sync() override {
+			return asyncTaskThread.execAsync([client = this->client, containerName = this->containerName,
+			                                  blobName = this->blobName, buffer = std::move(this->buffer)] {
+				// MemStream memStream(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+				std::istringstream iss(buffer);
+				auto resp = client->append_block_from_stream(containerName, blobName, iss).get();
+				return Void();
+			});
+		}
+		Future<int64_t> size() const override {
+			return asyncTaskThread.execAsync(
+			    [client = this->client, containerName = this->containerName, blobName = this->blobName] {
+				    auto resp = client->get_blob_properties(containerName, blobName).get().response();
+				    ASSERT(resp.valid()); // TODO: Should instead throw here
+				    return static_cast<int64_t>(resp.size);
+			    });
+		}
+		std::string getFilename() const override { return blobName; }
+		int64_t debugFD() const override { return -1; }
+	};
+
+	class BackupFile final : public IBackupFile, ReferenceCounted<BackupFile> {
+		Reference<IAsyncFile> m_file;
+
+	public:
+		BackupFile(const std::string& fileName, Reference<IAsyncFile> file) : IBackupFile(fileName), m_file(file) {}
+		Future<Void> append(const void* data, int len) override {
+			Future<Void> r = m_file->write(data, len, m_offset);
+			m_offset += len;
+			return r;
+		}
+		Future<Void> finish() override {
+			Reference<BackupFile> self = Reference<BackupFile>::addRef(this);
+			return map(m_file->sync(), [=](Void _) {
+				self->m_file.clear();
+				return Void();
+			});
+		}
+		void addref() override { ReferenceCounted<BackupFile>::addref(); }
+		void delref() override { ReferenceCounted<BackupFile>::delref(); }
+	};
+
+	Future<bool> blobExists(const std::string& fileName) {
+		return asyncTaskThread.execAsync(
+		    [client = this->client.get(), containerName = this->containerName, fileName = fileName] {
+			    auto resp = client->get_blob_properties(containerName, fileName).get().response();
+			    return resp.valid();
+		    });
+	}
+
+public:
+	BackupContainerAzureBlobStore() : containerName("test_container") {
+		// std::string account_name = std::getenv("AZURE_TESTACCOUNT");
+		// std::string account_key = std::getenv("AZURE_TESTKEY");
+		// bool use_https = true;
+
+		// auto credential = std::make_shared<azure::storage_lite::shared_key_credential>(account_name, account_key);
+		// auto storage_account =
+		//    std::make_shared<azure::storage_lite::storage_account>(account_name, credential, use_https);
+
+		auto storage_account = azure::storage_lite::storage_account::development_storage_account();
+
+		client = std::make_unique<AzureClient>(storage_account, 1);
+	}
+
+	void addref() override { return ReferenceCounted<BackupContainerAzureBlobStore>::addref(); }
+	void delref() override { return ReferenceCounted<BackupContainerAzureBlobStore>::delref(); }
+
+	Future<Void> create() override {
+		return asyncTaskThread.execAsync([containerName = this->containerName, client = this->client.get()] {
+			client->create_container(containerName).wait();
+			return Void();
+		});
+	}
+	Future<bool> exists() override {
+		return asyncTaskThread.execAsync([containerName = this->containerName, client = this->client.get()] {
+			auto resp = client->get_container_properties(containerName).get().response();
+			return resp.valid();
+		});
+	}
+
+	ACTOR static Future<Reference<IAsyncFile>> readFile_impl(BackupContainerAzureBlobStore* self,
+	                                                         std::string fileName) {
+		bool exists = wait(self->blobExists(fileName));
+		if (!exists) {
+			throw file_not_found();
+		}
+		return Reference<IAsyncFile>(
+		    new ReadFile(self->asyncTaskThread, self->containerName, fileName, self->client.get()));
+	}
+
+	Future<Reference<IAsyncFile>> readFile(std::string fileName) override { return readFile_impl(this, fileName); }
+
+	ACTOR static Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile_impl(BackupContainerAzureBlobStore* self,
+	                                                           std::string fileName) {
+		wait(self->asyncTaskThread.execAsync(
+		    [client = self->client.get(), containerName = self->containerName, fileName = fileName] {
+			    auto outcome = client->create_append_blob(containerName, fileName).get();
+			    return Void();
+		    }));
+		return Reference<IBackupFile>(
+		    new BackupFile(fileName, Reference<IAsyncFile>(new WriteFile(self->asyncTaskThread, self->containerName,
+		                                                                 fileName, self->client.get()))));
+	}
+
+	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeFile(const std::string& fileName) override {
+		return writeFile_impl(this, fileName);
+	}
+
+	static bool isDirectory(const std::string& blobName) { return blobName.size() && blobName.back() == '/'; }
+
+	static void listFilesImpl(AzureClient* client, const std::string& containerName, const std::string& path,
+	                          std::function<bool(std::string const&)> folderPathFilter, FilesAndSizesT& result) {
+		auto resp = client->list_blobs_segmented(containerName, "/", "", path).get().response();
+		for (const auto& blob : resp.blobs) {
+			if (isDirectory(blob.name) && folderPathFilter(blob.name)) {
+				listFilesImpl(client, containerName, blob.name, folderPathFilter, result);
+			} else {
+				result.emplace_back(blob.name, blob.content_length);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	Future<FilesAndSizesT> listFiles(std::string path = "",
+	                                 std::function<bool(std::string const&)> folderPathFilter = nullptr) {
+		return asyncTaskThread.execAsync([client = this->client.get(), containerName = this->containerName, path = path,
+		                                  folderPathFilter = folderPathFilter] {
+			FilesAndSizesT result;
+			listFilesImpl(client, containerName, path, folderPathFilter, result);
+			return result;
+		});
+	}
+
+	Future<Void> deleteFile(std::string fileName) override {
+		return asyncTaskThread.execAsync(
+		    [containerName = this->containerName, fileName = fileName, client = client.get()]() {
+			    client->delete_blob(containerName, fileName).wait();
+			    return Void();
+		    });
+	}
+
+	Future<Void> deleteContainer(int* pNumDeleted) override {
+		// TODO: Update pNumDeleted?
+		return asyncTaskThread.execAsync([containerName = this->containerName, client = this->client.get()] {
+			client->delete_container(containerName).wait();
+			return Void();
+		});
+	}
+};
+
 const std::string BackupContainerBlobStore::DATAFOLDER = "data";
 const std::string BackupContainerBlobStore::INDEXFOLDER = "backups";
 
@@ -2027,9 +2279,9 @@ Reference<IBackupContainer> IBackupContainer::openContainer(std::string url)
 
 	try {
 		StringRef u(url);
-		if(u.startsWith(LiteralStringRef("file://")))
+		if (u.startsWith(LiteralStringRef("file://"))) {
 			r = Reference<IBackupContainer>(new BackupContainerLocalDirectory(url));
-		else if(u.startsWith(LiteralStringRef("blobstore://"))) {
+		} else if (u.startsWith(LiteralStringRef("blobstore://"))) {
 			std::string resource;
 
 			// The URL parameters contain blobstore endpoint tunables as well as possible backup-specific options.
@@ -2042,8 +2294,9 @@ Reference<IBackupContainer> IBackupContainer::openContainer(std::string url)
 				if(!isalnum(c) && c != '_' && c != '-' && c != '.' && c != '/')
 					throw backup_invalid_url();
 			r = Reference<IBackupContainer>(new BackupContainerBlobStore(bstore, resource, backupParams));
-		}
-		else {
+		} else if (u.startsWith(LiteralStringRef("http"))) {
+			r = Reference<IBackupContainer>(new BackupContainerAzureBlobStore());
+		} else {
 			lastOpenError = "invalid URL prefix";
 			throw backup_invalid_url();
 		}
diff --git a/fdbclient/BackupContainer.h b/fdbclient/BackupContainer.h
index 1b7fa7a7eb..71736c6902 100644
--- a/fdbclient/BackupContainer.h
+++ b/fdbclient/BackupContainer.h
@@ -303,4 +303,4 @@ private:
 	std::string URL;
 };
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/fdbclient/BackupContainerAzure.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/BackupContainerAzure.actor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da40122f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdbclient/BackupContainerAzure.actor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * BackupContainerAzure.actor.cpp
+ *
+ * This source file is part of the FoundationDB open source project
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2020 Apple Inc. and the FoundationDB project authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include "storage_credential.h"
+#include "storage_account.h"
+#include "blob/blob_client.h"
+
+#include "fdbclient/BackupContainer.h"
+#include "flow/actorcompiler.h" // has to be last include
+
+class BackupContainerAzureBlobStore final : public IBackupContainer, ReferenceCounted<BackupContainerAzureBlobStore> {
+
+	azure::storage_lite::blob_client client;
+
+	using Self = BackupContainerAzureBlobStore;
+
+	ACTOR static Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeLogFile_impl(Self* self, Version beginVersion, Version endVersion,
+	                                                              int blockSize) {
+		wait(delay(0.0));
+		return Reference<IBackupFile>(new BackupFile("test"));
+	}
+
+	ACTOR static Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeRangeFile_impl(Self* self, Version snapshotBeginVersion,
+	                                                                int snapshotFileCount, Version fileVersion,
+	                                                                int blockSize) {
+		wait(delay(0.0));
+		return Reference<IBackupFile>(new BackupFile("test"));
+	}
+
+	ACTOR static Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeTaggedLogFile_impl(Self* self, Version beginVersion,
+	                                                                    Version endVersion, int blockSize,
+	                                                                    uint16_t tagId, int totalTags) {
+		wait(delay(0.0));
+		return Reference<IBackupFile>(new BackupFile("test"));
+	}
+
+public:
+	void addref() override { return ReferenceCounted<BackupContainerAzureBlobStore>::addref(); }
+	void delref() override { return ReferenceCounted<BackupContainerAzureBlobStore>::delref(); }
+
+	Future<Void> create() override {
+		std::string account_name = std::getenv("AZURE_TESTACCOUNT"); //"devstoreaccount1";
+		std::string account_key = std::getenv("AZURE_TESTKEY");
+		bool use_https = true;
+		// std::string blob_endpoint = "https://127.0.0.1:10000/devstoreaccount1/";
+		int connection_count = 2;
+
+		auto credential = std::make_shared<azure::storage_lite::shared_key_credential>(account_name, account_key);
+		auto storage_account =
+		    std::make_shared<azure::storage_lite::storage_account>(account_name, credential, use_https);
+
+		client = azure::storage_lite::blob_client(storage_account, connection_count);
+		return Void();
+	}
+
+	Future<bool> exists() override { return true; }
+
+	class BackupFile : public IBackupFile, ReferenceCounted<BackupFile> {
+	public:
+		BackupFile(std::string fileName) : IBackupFile(fileName) {}
+		Future<Void> append(const void* data, int len) override { return Void(); }
+		Future<Void> finish() override { return Void(); }
+		void addref() override { ReferenceCounted<BackupFile>::addref(); }
+		void delref() override { ReferenceCounted<BackupFile>::delref(); }
+	};
+
+	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeLogFile(Version beginVersion, Version endVersion, int blockSize) override {
+		return writeLogFile_impl(this, beginVersion, endVersion, blockSize);
+	}
+	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeRangeFile(Version snapshotBeginVersion, int snapshotFileCount,
+	                                              Version fileVersion, int blockSize) override {
+		return writeRangeFile_impl(this, snapshotBeginVersion, snapshotFileCount, fileVersion, blockSize);
+	}
+
+	Future<Reference<IBackupFile>> writeTaggedLogFile(Version beginVersion, Version endVersion, int blockSize,
+	                                                  uint16_t tagId, int totalTags) override {
+		return writeTaggedLogFile_impl(this, beginVersion, endVersion, blockSize, tagId, totalTags);
+	}
+
+	Future<Void> writeKeyspaceSnapshotFile(const std::vector<std::string>& fileNames,
+	                                       const std::vector<std::pair<Key, Key>>& beginEndKeys,
+	                                       int64_t totalBytes) override {
+		return delay(0.0);
+	}
+	Future<Reference<IAsyncFile>> readFile(std::string name) override { return Reference<IAsyncFile>(); }
+	Future<KeyRange> getSnapshotFileKeyRange(const RangeFile& file) override { return KeyRange(normalKeys); }
+
+	Future<Void> expireData(Version expireEndVersion, bool force = false, ExpireProgress* progress = nullptr,
+	                        Version restorableBeginVersion = std::numeric_limits<Version>::max()) override {
+		return Void();
+	}
+
+	Future<Void> deleteContainer(int* pNumDeleted = nullptr) override { return Void(); }
+
+	Future<BackupDescription> describeBackup(bool deepScan = false,
+	                                         Version logStartVersionOverride = invalidVersion) override {
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	Future<BackupFileList> dumpFileList(Version begin = 0, Version end = std::numeric_limits<Version>::max()) override {
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	Future<Optional<RestorableFileSet>> getRestoreSet(Version targetVersion) { return {}; }
+};
diff --git a/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt b/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f7333b632..194aec7ecb 100644
--- a/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fdbclient/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set(FDBCLIENT_SRCS
   AsyncFileBlobStore.actor.h
   Atomic.h
   AutoPublicAddress.cpp
+  AsyncTaskThread.h
   BackupAgent.actor.h
   BackupAgentBase.actor.cpp
   BackupContainer.actor.cpp
@@ -93,6 +94,35 @@ set(options_srcs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FDBOptions.g.cpp)
 vexillographer_compile(TARGET fdboptions LANG cpp OUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FDBOptions.g
   OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FDBOptions.g.h ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FDBOptions.g.cpp)
 
+configure_file(azurestorage.cmake azurestorage-download/CMakeLists.txt)
+
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
+  RESULT_VARIABLE results
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/azurestorage-download
+)
+
+if(results)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Configuration step for AzureStorage has Failed. ${results}")
+endif()
+
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --config Release
+  RESULT_VARIABLE results
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/azurestorage-download
+)
+
+if(results)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Build step for AzureStorage has Failed. ${results}")
+endif()
+
+add_subdirectory(
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/azurestorage-src
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/azurestorage-build
+  #EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+)
+
 add_flow_target(STATIC_LIBRARY NAME fdbclient SRCS ${FDBCLIENT_SRCS} ADDL_SRCS ${options_srcs})
 add_dependencies(fdbclient fdboptions)
-target_link_libraries(fdbclient PUBLIC fdbrpc)
+#target_include_directories(fdbclient PRIVATE /home/tclinkenbeard/Azure/azure-storage-cpplite/include)
+target_link_libraries(fdbclient PUBLIC fdbrpc curl uuid azure-storage-lite)
diff --git a/fdbclient/azurestorage.cmake b/fdbclient/azurestorage.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36f8e24f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdbclient/azurestorage.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+project(azurestorage-download)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+ExternalProject_Add(azurestorage
+  GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-cpplite.git
+  GIT_TAG           11e1f98b021446ef340f4886796899a6eb1ad9a5 # v0.3.0
+  SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/azurestorage-src"
+  BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/azurestorage-build"
+  CMAKE_ARGS        "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+  BUILD_COMMAND     ""
+  INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
+  TEST_COMMAND      ""
+  BUILD_BYPRODUCTS  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libazure-storage-lite.a"
+)
diff --git a/fdbrpc/FlowTransport.actor.cpp b/fdbrpc/FlowTransport.actor.cpp
index f32c719e54..9180b521c2 100644
--- a/fdbrpc/FlowTransport.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbrpc/FlowTransport.actor.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ TransportData::TransportData(uint64_t transportId)
 
 #pragma pack( push, 1 )
 struct ConnectPacket {
-	// The value does not inclueds the size of `connectPacketLength` itself,
+	// The value does not include the size of `connectPacketLength` itself,
 	// but only the other fields of this structure.
 	uint32_t connectPacketLength;
 	ProtocolVersion protocolVersion;      // Expect currentProtocolVersion
diff --git a/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt b/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt
index 00a8be3238..2b1394e39d 100644
--- a/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ set(FDBSERVER_SRCS
   workloads/BackupCorrectness.actor.cpp
   workloads/BackupAndParallelRestoreCorrectness.actor.cpp
   workloads/ParallelRestore.actor.cpp
+  workloads/BackupToBlob.actor.cpp
   workloads/BackupToDBAbort.actor.cpp
   workloads/BackupToDBCorrectness.actor.cpp
   workloads/BackupToDBUpgrade.actor.cpp
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ set(FDBSERVER_SRCS
   workloads/RemoveServersSafely.actor.cpp
   workloads/ReportConflictingKeys.actor.cpp
   workloads/RestoreBackup.actor.cpp
+  workloads/RestoreFromBlob.actor.cpp
   workloads/Rollback.actor.cpp
   workloads/RyowCorrectness.actor.cpp
   workloads/RYWDisable.actor.cpp
diff --git a/fdbserver/workloads/BackupCorrectness.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/workloads/BackupCorrectness.actor.cpp
index fac28ce5cd..d625dbf1c7 100644
--- a/fdbserver/workloads/BackupCorrectness.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/workloads/BackupCorrectness.actor.cpp
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ struct BackupAndRestoreCorrectnessWorkload : TestWorkload {
 			state Future<Void> cp = changePaused(cx, &backupAgent);
 		}
 
-		// Increment the backup agent requets
+		// Increment the backup agent requests
 		if (self->agentRequest) {
 			BackupAndRestoreCorrectnessWorkload::backupAgentRequests ++;
 		}
diff --git a/fdbserver/workloads/BackupToBlob.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/workloads/BackupToBlob.actor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64e7bfc1a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdbserver/workloads/BackupToBlob.actor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * BackupToBlob.actor.cpp
+ *
+ * This source file is part of the FoundationDB open source project
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2018 Apple Inc. and the FoundationDB project authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "fdbrpc/simulator.h"
+#include "fdbclient/BackupAgent.actor.h"
+#include "fdbclient/BackupContainer.h"
+#include "fdbserver/workloads/workloads.actor.h"
+#include "flow/actorcompiler.h" // This must be the last #include.
+
+struct BackupToBlobWorkload : TestWorkload {
+	double backupAfter;
+	Key backupTag;
+	Standalone<StringRef> backupURL;
+	int snapshotInterval = 100000;
+
+	static constexpr const char* DESCRIPTION = "BackupToBlob";
+
+	BackupToBlobWorkload(WorkloadContext const& wcx) : TestWorkload(wcx) {
+		backupAfter = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("backupAfter"), 10.0);
+		backupTag = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("backupTag"), BackupAgentBase::getDefaultTag());
+		backupURL = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("backupURL"), LiteralStringRef("http://0.0.0.0:10000"));
+	}
+
+	std::string description() override { return DESCRIPTION; }
+
+	Future<Void> setup(Database const& cx) override { return Void(); }
+
+	ACTOR static Future<Void> _start(Database cx, BackupToBlobWorkload* self) {
+		state FileBackupAgent backupAgent;
+		state Standalone<VectorRef<KeyRangeRef>> backupRanges;
+		backupRanges.push_back_deep(backupRanges.arena(), normalKeys);
+
+		wait(delay(self->backupAfter));
+		wait(backupAgent.submitBackup(cx, self->backupURL, self->snapshotInterval, self->backupTag.toString(),
+		                              backupRanges));
+		EBackupState backupStatus = wait(backupAgent.waitBackup(cx, self->backupTag.toString(), true));
+		TraceEvent("BackupToBlob_BackupStatus").detail("Status", BackupAgentBase::getStateText(backupStatus));
+		return Void();
+	}
+
+	Future<Void> start(Database const& cx) override { return clientId ? Void() : _start(cx, this); }
+
+	Future<bool> check(Database const& cx) override { return true; }
+
+	void getMetrics(std::vector<PerfMetric>& m) override {}
+};
+
+WorkloadFactory<BackupToBlobWorkload> BackupToBlobWorkloadFactory(BackupToBlobWorkload::DESCRIPTION);
diff --git a/fdbserver/workloads/RestoreFromBlob.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/workloads/RestoreFromBlob.actor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed62920269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdbserver/workloads/RestoreFromBlob.actor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * RestoreFromBlob.actor.cpp
+ *
+ * This source file is part of the FoundationDB open source project
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013-2018 Apple Inc. and the FoundationDB project authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "fdbrpc/simulator.h"
+#include "fdbclient/BackupAgent.actor.h"
+#include "fdbclient/BackupContainer.h"
+#include "fdbserver/workloads/workloads.actor.h"
+#include "fdbserver/workloads/BulkSetup.actor.h"
+#include "flow/actorcompiler.h" // This must be the last #include.
+
+struct RestoreFromBlobWorkload : TestWorkload {
+	double restoreAfter;
+	Key backupTag;
+	Standalone<StringRef> backupURL;
+	bool waitForComplete;
+
+	static constexpr const char* DESCRIPTION = "RestoreFromBlob";
+
+	RestoreFromBlobWorkload(WorkloadContext const& wcx) : TestWorkload(wcx) {
+		restoreAfter = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("restoreAfter"), 10.0);
+		backupTag = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("backupTag"), BackupAgentBase::getDefaultTag());
+		backupURL = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("backupURL"), LiteralStringRef("http://0.0.0.0:10000"));
+		waitForComplete = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("waitForComplete"), true);
+	}
+
+	std::string description() override { return DESCRIPTION; }
+
+	Future<Void> setup(Database const& cx) override { return Void(); }
+
+	ACTOR static Future<Void> _start(Database cx, RestoreFromBlobWorkload* self) {
+		state FileBackupAgent backupAgent;
+		state Standalone<VectorRef<KeyRangeRef>> restoreRanges;
+		restoreRanges.push_back_deep(restoreRanges.arena(), normalKeys);
+
+		wait(delay(self->restoreAfter));
+		Version v =
+		    wait(backupAgent.restore(cx, {}, self->backupTag, self->backupURL, restoreRanges, self->waitForComplete));
+		return Void();
+	}
+
+	Future<Void> start(Database const& cx) override { return clientId ? Void() : _start(cx, this); }
+
+	Future<bool> check(Database const& cx) override { return true; }
+
+	void getMetrics(std::vector<PerfMetric>& m) override {}
+};
+
+WorkloadFactory<RestoreFromBlobWorkload> RestoreFromBlobWorkloadFactory(RestoreFromBlobWorkload::DESCRIPTION);
diff --git a/flow/genericactors.actor.h b/flow/genericactors.actor.h
index 9e90539db5..d710764c69 100644
--- a/flow/genericactors.actor.h
+++ b/flow/genericactors.actor.h
@@ -308,9 +308,8 @@ Future<U> mapAsync(Future<T> what, F actorFunc) {
 }
 
 //maps a vector of futures with an asynchronous function
-template<class T, class F>
-std::vector<Future<std::invoke_result_t<F, T>>> mapAsync(std::vector<Future<T>> const& what, F const& actorFunc)
-{
+template <class T, class F>
+auto mapAsync(std::vector<Future<T>> const& what, F const& actorFunc) {
 	std::vector<std::invoke_result_t<F, T>> ret;
 	ret.reserve(what.size());
 	for (const auto& f : what) ret.push_back(mapAsync(f, actorFunc));
@@ -367,9 +366,8 @@ Future<std::invoke_result_t<F, T>> map(Future<T> what, F func)
 }
 
 //maps a vector of futures
-template<class T, class F>
-std::vector<Future<std::invoke_result_t<F, T>>> map(std::vector<Future<T>> const& what, F const& func)
-{
+template <class T, class F>
+auto map(std::vector<Future<T>> const& what, F const& func) {
 	std::vector<Future<std::invoke_result_t<F, T>>> ret;
 	ret.reserve(what.size());
 	for (const auto& f : what) ret.push_back(map(f, func));
@@ -443,9 +441,7 @@ Future<Void> asyncFilter( FutureStream<T> input, F actorPred, PromiseStream<T> o
 	loop {
 		try {
 			choose {
-				when ( T nextInput = waitNext(input) ) {
-					futures.push_back( std::pair<T, Future<bool>>(nextInput, actorPred(nextInput)) );
-				}
+				when(T nextInput = waitNext(input)) { futures.emplace_back(nextInput, actorPred(nextInput)); }
 				when ( bool pass = wait( futures.size() == 0 ? Never() : futures.front().second ) ) {
 					if(pass) output.send(futures.front().first);
 					futures.pop_front();
@@ -1309,7 +1305,8 @@ private:
 	Promise<Void> broken_on_destruct;
 
 	ACTOR static Future<Void> takeActor(FlowLock* lock, TaskPriority taskID, int64_t amount) {
-		state std::list<std::pair<Promise<Void>, int64_t>>::iterator it = lock->takers.insert(lock->takers.end(), std::make_pair(Promise<Void>(), amount));
+		state std::list<std::pair<Promise<Void>, int64_t>>::iterator it =
+		    lock->takers.emplace(lock->takers.end(), Promise<Void>(), amount);
 
 		try {
 			wait( it->first.getFuture() );
@@ -1366,7 +1363,7 @@ struct NotifiedInt {
 	Future<Void> whenAtLeast( int64_t limit ) {
 		if (val >= limit) return Void();
 		Promise<Void> p;
-		waiting.push( std::make_pair(limit,p) );
+		waiting.emplace(limit, p);
 		return p.getFuture();
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 89bef9dcc3..c02d3c4a4b 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
   add_fdb_test(TEST_FILES fast/AtomicOpsApiCorrectness.toml)
   add_fdb_test(TEST_FILES fast/BackupCorrectness.toml)
   add_fdb_test(TEST_FILES fast/BackupCorrectnessClean.toml)
+  add_fdb_test(TEST_FILES fast/BackupToBlob.toml)
   add_fdb_test(TEST_FILES fast/BackupToDBCorrectness.toml)
   add_fdb_test(TEST_FILES fast/BackupToDBCorrectnessClean.toml)
   add_fdb_test(TEST_FILES fast/CacheTest.toml)
diff --git a/tests/fast/BackupToBlob.toml b/tests/fast/BackupToBlob.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ce8e6667a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fast/BackupToBlob.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+[[test]]
+testTitle = 'Cycle'
+clearAfterTest = 'false'
+simBackupAgents = 'BackupToFile'
+
+    [[test.workload]]
+    testName = 'Cycle'
+    nodeCount = 3000
+    testDuration = 10.0
+    expectedRate = 0
+
+[[test]]
+testTitle = 'Backup'
+
+    [[test.workload]]
+    testName = 'BackupToBlob'
+    backupAfter = 0.0
+    backupTag = 'default'
+    backupURL = 'http://0.0.0.0:10000'
+
+[[test]]
+testTitle = 'Restore'
+clearAfterTest = 'false'
+
+    [[test.workload]]
+    testName = 'RestoreFromBlob'
+    restoreAfter = 0.0
+    backupTag = 'default'
+    backupURL = 'http://0.0.0.0:10000'
+
+
+[[test]]
+testTitle = 'CycleCheck'
+checkOnly = 'true'
+
+    [[test.workload]]
+    testName = 'Cycle'
+    nodeCount = 3000
+    testDuration = 10.0
+    expectedRate = 0