SQL Server - Access denied when reading a file from Azure Blob Storage container using SAS key

I have a requirement to read CSV files from an Azure blob storage. So far, this is throwing access denied errors every time I run my query: CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL WITH IDENTITY = 'SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE', SECRET = 'sv=2021-06-08&ss=b&srt=sco&sp=rl&se=2023-03-31T09:38:05Z&st=2022-09-01T02:38:05Z...'; CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE WITH ( TYPE = BLOB_STORAGE , LOCATION = 'https://.blob.core.windows.net/ ' , CREDENTIAL= --> ); SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET ( BULK '/.csv' , DATA_SOURCE = '' , FORMAT ='CSV' , FORMATFILE='/.fmt' , FORMATFILE_DATA_SOURCE = '' , FIRSTROW = 2 ) AS test Below are some more details on how everything was setup: - The storage account kind is of BlockBlobStorage. - In the **Firewalls and virtual networks setting**, it is only **Enabled from selected virtual networks and IP addresses**. I already added my public IP address, as well as the IP address of Azure SQL Server which I got from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/connectivity-architecture?view=azuresql#gateway-ip-addresses - The whole process works if I set it to Enabled from all networks. The SQL server and the storage account lives within the same resource group. - I also configured a VNet that is both added for both of the resource. - Saw this thread which is exactly similar to my issue, however the accepted answer is not working from my end: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58340185/cannot-bulk-load-because-the-file-file-csv-could-not-be-opened-operating-syst I checked all the documentations regarding SAS access keys, database scoped credentials, external data sources and VNet networking and I don't see any limitations for SAS key access to be denied. Did I miss a configuration setup? I find it a little weird that in most cases, they are recommending to setup the storage account to be **Enabled from all networks**, which might be a security issue.