private void Initialise(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
        {
            if (_storageAccount == null || AzureStorageConnectionString != _thisConnectionString) {
                _storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(AzureStorageConnectionString);
                _thisConnectionString = AzureStorageConnectionString;
                _client = null;
                _share = null;
                _folder = null;
                _file = null;
            }

            if (_client == null) {
                _client = _storageAccount.CreateCloudFileClient();
                _share = null;
                _folder = null;
                _file = null;
            }

            if (_share == null || _share.Name != ShareName) {
                _share = _client.GetShareReference(ShareName);
                _share.CreateIfNotExists();
                _folder = null;
                _file = null;
            }

            if (_folder == null || Path != _thisFolder) {
                var pathElements = Path.Split(new[] {'\\', '/'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

                _folder = _share.GetRootDirectoryReference();
                foreach (var element in pathElements) {
                    _folder = _folder.GetDirectoryReference(element);
                    _folder.CreateIfNotExists();
                }

                _thisFolder = Path;
                _file = null;
            }

            var filename = Regex.Replace(File, @"\{(.+?)\}", _ => loggingEvent.TimeStamp.ToString(_.Result("$1")));
            if (_file == null || filename != _thisFile) {
                _file = _folder.GetFileReference(filename);
                if (!_file.Exists()) _file.Create(0);
                _thisFile = filename;
            }
        }