diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 8dfbd51..f9a0671 100755
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 rabbitmq:
-
   host: $RABBITMQ_HOST|localhost  # RabbitMQ host address
   port: $RABBITMQ_PORT|5672  # RabbitMQ host port
   user: $RABBITMQ_USERNAME|user  # RabbitMQ username
@@ -21,10 +20,10 @@ minio:
   bucket: $STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME|redaction  # MinIO bucket
 
 service:
-
   logging_level: $LOGGING_LEVEL_ROOT|DEBUG  # Logging level for log file messages
   logfile_path: $LOGFILE_PATH|null  # Overwrites the default path for the service logfile (image_service/log.log)
   name: $SERVICE_NAME|mini-queue-service-v1  # Name of the service in the kubernetes cluster
+  storage_backend: $STORAGE_BACKEND|s3  # The storage to pull files to be processed from
 
 webserver:
   host: $SANIC_HOST|"0.0.0.0"  # Sanic webserver host address
diff --git a/pyinfra/callback.py b/pyinfra/callback.py
index 20548c5..cbf76e6 100644
--- a/pyinfra/callback.py
+++ b/pyinfra/callback.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import logging
 import tempfile
 from operator import itemgetter
 
-from pyinfra.minio import MinioHandle
 from pyinfra.rabbitmq import make_connection, make_channel, declare_queue
+from pyinfra.storage.storage import StorageHandle
 from pyinfra.utils.file import dossier_id_and_file_id_to_compressed_storage_pdf_object_name, download, unzip
 
 
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ def make_callback(body_processor, output_queue_name):
     return callback
 
 
-def make_storage_callback(output_queue_name):
-
-    storage_client = MinioHandle()
+def make_storage_callback(output_queue_name, storage: StorageHandle):
 
     def process(payload):
 
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ def make_storage_callback(output_queue_name):
 
                 dossier_id, file_id = itemgetter("dossierId", "fileId")(payload)
                 object_name = dossier_id_and_file_id_to_compressed_storage_pdf_object_name(dossier_id, file_id)
-                downloaded_file_path = download(storage_client, object_name, pdf_compressed_dir)
+                downloaded_file_path = download(storage, object_name, pdf_compressed_dir)
                 unzipped_file_path = unzip(downloaded_file_path, pdf_dir)
 
                 return json.dumps(unzipped_file_path)
diff --git a/pyinfra/rabbitmq.py b/pyinfra/rabbitmq.py
index 1114a16..8a1df72 100644
--- a/pyinfra/rabbitmq.py
+++ b/pyinfra/rabbitmq.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pika
 
 from pyinfra.config import CONFIG
 from pyinfra.utils.file import dossier_id_and_file_id_to_compressed_storage_pdf_object_name, download, unzip
-from pyinfra.minio import MinioHandle
+from pyinfra.storage.minio import MinioHandle
 
 
 def make_channel(connection) -> pika.adapters.blocking_connection.BlockingChannel:
diff --git a/pyinfra/storage/__init__.py b/pyinfra/storage/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pyinfra/storage/azure_blob_storage.py b/pyinfra/storage/azure_blob_storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3fa40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyinfra/storage/azure_blob_storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"""Implements a wrapper around an Azure blob storage client that provides operations on the blob storage required by the service."""
+import os
+from typing import Iterable
+
+from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient, ContainerClient
+
+from pyinfra.config import CONFIG
+from pyinfra.storage.storage import StorageHandle
+
+
+def get_blob_service_client(connection_string=None) -> BlobServiceClient:
+    """Instantiates a minio.Minio client.
+
+    Args:
+        connection_string: Azure blob storage connection string.
+
+    Returns:
+        A minio.Minio client.
+    """
+    connection_string = CONFIG.azure_blob_storage.connection_string if connection_string is None else connection_string
+    return BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string(conn_str=connection_string)
+
+
+class AzureBlobStorageHandle(StorageHandle):
+    """Implements a wrapper around an Azure blob storage client that provides operations on the blob storage required by
+    the service.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initializes an AzureBlobStorageHandle"""
+        super().__init__()
+        self.client: BlobServiceClient = get_blob_service_client()
+        self.default_container_name = CONFIG.azure_blob_storage.container
+        self.backend = "azure"
+
+    def __get_container_client(self, container_name) -> ContainerClient:
+
+        if container_name is None:
+            container_name = self.default_container_name
+
+        container_client = self._StorageHandle__provide_container(container_name)
+        return container_client
+
+    def _StorageHandle__provide_container(self, container_name: str):
+        container_client = self.client.get_container_client(container_name)
+        return container_client if container_client.exists() else self.client.create_container(container_name)
+
+    def _StorageHandle__add_file(self, path, storage_path, container_name: str = None):
+
+        container_client = self.__get_container_client(container_name)
+        blob_client = container_client.get_blob_client(storage_path)
+
+        with open(path, "rb") as f:
+            blob_client.upload_blob(f, overwrite=True)
+
+    def list_files(self, container_name=None) -> Iterable[str]:
+        """List all files in a container.
+
+        Args:
+            container_name: container to list files from.
+
+        Returns:
+            Iterable of filenames.
+        """
+        return self._list_files("name", container_name=container_name)
+
+    def get_objects(self, container_name=None):
+        """List all files in a container_name.
+
+        Args:
+            container_name: Container to list files from.
+
+        Returns:
+            Iterable over all objects in the container.
+        """
+        container_client = self.__get_container_client(container_name)
+        blobs = container_client.list_blobs()
+        yield from blobs
+
+    def _StorageHandle__list_containers(self):
+        return self.client.list_containers()
+
+    def _StorageHandle__purge(self) -> None:
+        """Deletes all files and buckets in the store."""
+        for container in self.client.list_containers():
+            self.client.delete_container(container.name)
+
+    def _StorageHandle__fget_object(self, container_name: str, object_name: str, target_path):
+
+        container_client = self.__get_container_client(container_name)
+        blob_client = container_client.get_blob_client(object_name)
+
+        with open(target_path, "wb") as f:
+            blob_data = blob_client.download_blob()
+            blob_data.readinto(f)
+
+    def _StorageHandle__remove_file(self, folder: str, filename: str, container_name: str = None) -> None:
+        """Removes a file from the store.
+
+        Args:
+            folder: Folder containing file.
+            filename: Name of file (without folder) to remove.
+            container_name: container containing file.
+        """
+        if container_name is None:
+            container_name = self.default_container_name
+
+        path = os.path.join(folder, filename)
+
+        container_client = self.__get_container_client(container_name)
+        blob_client = container_client.get_blob_client(path)
+        if blob_client.exists():
+            container_client.delete_blob(blob_client)
diff --git a/pyinfra/minio.py b/pyinfra/storage/minio.py
similarity index 98%
rename from pyinfra/minio.py
rename to pyinfra/storage/minio.py
index 4455257..3a6eed9 100644
--- a/pyinfra/minio.py
+++ b/pyinfra/storage/minio.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from typing import Iterable
 from minio import Minio
 
 from pyinfra.config import CONFIG
-from pyinfra.storage import StorageHandle
+from pyinfra.storage.storage import StorageHandle
 
 
 def get_minio_client(access_key=None, secret_key=None) -> Minio:
diff --git a/pyinfra/storage.py b/pyinfra/storage/storage.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pyinfra/storage.py
rename to pyinfra/storage/storage.py
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ae2cb1a..1fdef37 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 pika==1.2.0
 retry==0.9.2
-envyaml==1.8.210417
-minio==7.1.1
-Flask==2.0.2
+envyaml==1.10.211231
+minio==7.1.3
+Flask==2.0.3
 waitress==2.0.0
 tqdm==4.62.3
+azure-core==1.22.1
+azure-storage-blob==12.9.0
diff --git a/scripts/manage_minio.py b/scripts/manage_minio.py
index 278f32c..6433404 100644
--- a/scripts/manage_minio.py
+++ b/scripts/manage_minio.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
-from pyinfra.minio import MinioHandle
+from pyinfra.storage.minio import MinioHandle
 
 
 def parse_args():
diff --git a/scripts/mock_client.py b/scripts/mock_client.py
index 34bbe32..d914c69 100644
--- a/scripts/mock_client.py
+++ b/scripts/mock_client.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 
 from pyinfra.config import CONFIG
-from pyinfra.minio import MinioHandle
+from pyinfra.storage.minio import MinioHandle
 from pyinfra.rabbitmq import make_channel, declare_queue, make_connection
 
 
diff --git a/src/serve.py b/src/serve.py
index 1772242..da7fd5b 100644
--- a/src/serve.py
+++ b/src/serve.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ from waitress import serve
 from pyinfra.config import CONFIG
 from pyinfra.consume import consume, ConsumerError
 from pyinfra.callback import make_callback, make_storage_callback
+from pyinfra.storage.azure_blob_storage import AzureBlobStorageHandle
+
+from pyinfra.storage.minio import MinioHandle
+# from image_service.storage.azure_blob_storage import AzureBlobStorageHandle
 
 
 # TODO: implement meaningful checks
@@ -33,9 +37,26 @@ def start_integrity_checks_webserver(mode="debug"):
         serve(app, host=CONFIG.webserver.host, port=CONFIG.webserver.port)
 
 
+class UnknownStorageBackend(ValueError):
+    pass
+
+
+def get_storage():
+
+    storage_backend = CONFIG.service.storage_backend
+    if storage_backend == "s3":
+        storage = MinioHandle()
+    elif storage_backend == "azure":
+        storage = AzureBlobStorageHandle()
+    else:
+        raise UnknownStorageBackend(f"Unknown storage backend '{storage_backend}'.")
+
+    return storage
+
+
 def main():
 
-    callback = make_storage_callback(output_queue_name=CONFIG.rabbitmq.queues.output)
+    callback = make_storage_callback(output_queue_name=CONFIG.rabbitmq.queues.output, storage=get_storage())
 
     webserver = Process(target=start_integrity_checks_webserver, args=("debug", ))
     webserver.start()