diff --git a/src/dags/libs/validate_schema.py b/src/dags/libs/validate_schema.py
index bbe7428332727c550fbdf0c751b42739d6b17925..d51c557d8229436cdef508d1de5347d08d22e5ff 100644
--- a/src/dags/libs/validate_schema.py
+++ b/src/dags/libs/validate_schema.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class SchemaValidator(HeadersMixin):
         """
         if not schema:
             schema = self.get_schema(entity["kind"])
-        data = entity["data"]
+        data = entity
         try:
             self._validate_against_schema(schema, data)
             logger.debug(f"Record successfully validated")
diff --git a/src/dags/providers/azure/__init__.py b/src/dags/providers/azure/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56d545215d47ae77b35aafd66cd9406af68e43a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dags/providers/azure/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
diff --git a/src/dags/providers/azure/azure_blob_storage_client.py b/src/dags/providers/azure/azure_blob_storage_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a0653974f9b528e1d05b01bf77e5caadabba9485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dags/providers/azure/azure_blob_storage_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+"""Blob storage Azure client module"""
+
+import tenacity
+from providers.constants import AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER
+import logging
+from providers.factory import ProvidersFactory
+from providers.types import BlobStorageClient, FileLikeObject
+from typing import Tuple
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+RETRY_SETTINGS = {
+    "stop": tenacity.stop_after_attempt(3),
+    "wait": tenacity.wait_fixed(10),
+    "reraise": True,
+}
+
+@ProvidersFactory.register(AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER)
+class AzureCloudStorageClient(BlobStorageClient):
+    """Implementation of blob storage client for the Azure provider."""
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize storage client."""
+        pass
+
+    def does_file_exist(self, uri: str) -> bool:
+        """Verify if a file exists in the given URI.
+
+        :param uri: The GCS URI of the file.
+        :type uri: str
+        :return: A boolean indicating if the file exists
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def download_to_file(self, uri: str, file: FileLikeObject) -> Tuple[FileLikeObject, str]:
+        """Download file from the given URI.
+
+        :param uri: The GCS URI of the file.
+        :type uri: str
+        :param file: The file where to download the blob content
+        :type file: FileLikeObject
+        :return: A tuple containing the file and its content-type
+        :rtype: Tuple[io.BytesIO, str]
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def download_file_as_bytes(self, uri: str) -> Tuple[bytes, str]:
+        """Download file as bytes from the given URI.
+
+        :param uri: The GCS URI of the file
+        :type uri: str
+        :return: The file as bytes and its content-type
+        :rtype: Tuple[bytes, str]
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def upload_file(self, uri: str, blob_file: FileLikeObject, content_type: str):
+        """Upload a file to the given uri.
+
+        :param uri: The GCS URI of the file
+        :type uri: str
+        :param blob: The file
+        :type blob: FileLikeObject
+        :param content_type: [description]
+        :type content_type: str
+        """
+        pass
diff --git a/src/dags/providers/azure/azure_credentials.py b/src/dags/providers/azure/azure_credentials.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c8cb21e457c6f4a7efdd4f241f8bb32cf2399ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dags/providers/azure/azure_credentials.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+"""Azure Credential Module."""
+
+import logging
+from providers.constants import AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER
+from providers.factory import ProvidersFactory
+from providers.types import BaseCredentials
+from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt
+import msal
+import os
+from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
+from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+RETRIES = 3
+
+@ProvidersFactory.register(AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER)
+class AzureCredentials(BaseCredentials):
+    """Azure Credential Provider"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize Azure Credentials object"""
+        self._access_token = None
+        self._client_id = None
+        self._client_secret = None
+        self._tenant_id = None
+        self._resource_id = None
+
+    def _populate_ad_credentials(self) -> None:
+        uri = os.getenv("KEYVAULT_URI")
+        credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
+        client = SecretClient(vault_url=uri, credential=credential)
+        self._client_id = client.get_secret("app-dev-sp-username").value
+        self._client_secret = client.get_secret('app-dev-sp-password').value
+        self._tenant_id = client.get_secret('app-dev-sp-tenant-id').value
+        self._resource_id = client.get_secret("aad-client-id").value
+
+    def _generate_token(self) -> str:
+        if self._client_id is None:
+            self._populate_ad_credentials()
+        if self._tenant_id is None:
+            logger.error('TenantId is not set properly')
+            raise ValueError("TenantId is not set properly")
+        if self._resource_id is None:
+            logger.error('ResourceId is not set properly')
+            raise ValueError("ResourceId is not set properly")
+        if self._client_id is None:
+            logger.error('Please pass client Id to generate token')
+            raise ValueError("Please pass client Id to generate token")
+        if self._client_secret is None:
+            logger.error('Please pass client secret to generate token')
+            raise ValueError("Please pass client secret to generate token")
+
+        try:
+            authority_host_uri = 'https://login.microsoftonline.com'
+            authority_uri = authority_host_uri + '/' + self._tenant_id
+            scopes = [self._resource_id + '/.default']
+            app = msal.ConfidentialClientApplication(client_id = self._client_id,
+                                                     authority = authority_uri,
+                                                     client_credential = self._client_secret)
+            result = app.acquire_token_for_client(scopes=scopes)
+            return result.get('access_token')
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+            raise e
+
+
+    @retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(RETRIES))
+    def refresh_token(self) -> str:
+        """Refresh token.
+
+        :return: Refreshed token
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+        token = self._generate_token()
+        self._access_token = token
+        return self._access_token
+
+    @property
+    def access_token(self) -> str:
+        """The access token.
+
+        :return: Access token string.
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+        return self._access_token
+
diff --git a/src/dags/providers/blob_storage.py b/src/dags/providers/blob_storage.py
index 5bc05b9c3bd1db55d03fda460ad1dfc5c85c1eb8..c764a091bd2f42be9a9d2f0a0ae11abdbfe5bce8 100644
--- a/src/dags/providers/blob_storage.py
+++ b/src/dags/providers/blob_storage.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #  Copyright 2021 Google LLC
 #  Copyright 2021 EPAM Systems
+#  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
 #
 #  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import os
 
 from providers.factory import ProvidersFactory
 # import section needed to register cloud specific clients
+from providers.azure import azure_blob_storage_client
 from providers.gcp import gcp_blob_storage_client  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 from providers.types import BlobStorageClient
 
diff --git a/src/dags/providers/constants.py b/src/dags/providers/constants.py
index eae8abd560c38f182682f0529437850bd5c593d4..705e6cf0f6cb553656e9660bf0ff9b84bead98b9 100644
--- a/src/dags/providers/constants.py
+++ b/src/dags/providers/constants.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #  Copyright 2021 Google LLC
 #  Copyright 2021 EPAM Systems
+#  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
 #
 #  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,3 +17,4 @@
 """Providers constants module."""
 
 GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROVIDER = "gcp"
+AZURE_CLOUD_PROVIDER = "azure"
diff --git a/src/dags/providers/credentials.py b/src/dags/providers/credentials.py
index 2ec89c64fd8e00bcafbe2055d11ed84979ffceb5..a325a575b41719c05ece1464125b64d40fd7a3ec 100644
--- a/src/dags/providers/credentials.py
+++ b/src/dags/providers/credentials.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #  Copyright 2021 Google LLC
 #  Copyright 2021 EPAM Systems
+#  Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
 #
 #  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import os
 
 from providers.factory import ProvidersFactory
 # import section needed to register cloud specific clients
+from providers.azure import azure_credentials
 from providers.gcp import gcp_credentials  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 from providers.types import BaseCredentials