Azure Import/Export service supports the following of storage accounts: Standard General Purpose v2 storage accounts (recommended for most scenarios) Blob Storage accounts General Purpose v1 storage accounts (both Classic or Azure Resource Manager deployments), Azure Import/Export service supports the following storage types: Import supports Azure Blob storage and Azure File storage Export supports Azure Blob storage. Azure Files not supported. Only storage4 can be exported. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-import-export-requirements