private CloudBlockBlob GetBlobReference() { string connectionString = _primaryStorageConfiguration.ConnectionString; bool readAccessGeoRedundant = _primaryStorageConfiguration.ReadAccessGeoRedundant; if (_alternateBlobStorageConfiguration != null && _featureFlagService.IsAlternateStatisticsSourceEnabled()) { connectionString = _alternateBlobStorageConfiguration.ConnectionString; readAccessGeoRedundant = _alternateBlobStorageConfiguration.ReadAccessGeoRedundant; } var storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(connectionString); var blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient(); if (readAccessGeoRedundant) { blobClient.DefaultRequestOptions.LocationMode = LocationMode.PrimaryThenSecondary; } var container = blobClient.GetContainerReference(StatsContainerName); var blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(DownloadCountBlobName); if (!blob.Exists()) { return(null); } return(blob); }