Can you programmatically enable CDN within your Windows Azure Storage Account?

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I was recently asked if there is an API which can enable CDN for a Windows Azure storage account programmatically?

 

After a little digging I found that as of now you cannot programmatically enable CDN for a Windows Azure Storage account. You will have to access Windows Azure Storage account directly on Windows Azure Management Portal and then manually enable CDN for that account as below:

 

 

I also found that you programmatically cannot get CDN URL for your Windows Azure storage account and you would need to access it directly from Windows Azure Management Portal.