You can use the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer to work with local Storage Emulator resources. For more information, see the Storage Emulator command-line tool reference section later in this article. You can also clear data, get status, and initialize the emulator from the command prompt. You can use this console window to start and stop the Storage Emulator. When the Storage Emulator starts, a Command Prompt window will appear. Select the emulator from the list of displayed applications.
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MAC EMULATOR CONSOLE WINDOWS
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The Storage Emulator uses a local Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB instance to emulate Azure storage services.
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However, any version of OData supported by the storage service may be used to send requests to the emulator. Replacing the OData DLLs used by the Storage Emulator with other versions is unsupported, and may cause unexpected behavior. The Storage Emulator depends on specific versions of the OData libraries. If you need to persist your data for the long term, we recommended that you store that data in an Azure storage account, rather than in the Storage Emulator. Data created in one version of the Storage Emulator is not guaranteed to be accessible when using a different version.