= AZURE_PING
On Microsoft Azure, use a generic discovery protocol or `AZURE_PING`, which
uses shared Azure Blob Storage to store discovery information.

.AZURE_PING configuration example
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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include::config_examples/azureping.xml[]
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.AZURE_PING dependencies for embedded {brandname}
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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include::dependencies_maven/ispn_cloud_azure.xml[]
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