Accessing native Azure client (equivalent to AWS S3 functionality)

[kurtibu]

I'm trying to find the correct way to access the native Azure client from an IBlobStorage instance. My use case requires access to the native client to perform server-side copy operations, which aren't exposed in the standard IBlobStorage interface.

I've investigated the public API but haven't been able to find a method for this. For the AWS S3 provider, it appears there is a way to get the native client, and I am looking for the equivalent functionality for Azure.

Could you advise on how this is currently done?

If this is not currently possible, this functionality is essential for my project. A solution is needed that provides a way to either fetch the internally-managed client from the storage instance or provide an externally-managed client to it during creation.

[robinrodricks]

I support this idea, but I'm not sure how to accomplish this.