return errors.New("no authentication mechanism was provided")
	}

	if conf.Bucket == "" {
		return errors.New("no bucket name was provided")
	}

	return nil
}

func (conf azureConf) NewClient() (clnt *azblob.Client, clntErr error) {
	if err := conf.Validate(); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	ep := conf.Endpoint
	if ep == "" {

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      text: 'SA1019: grpc.Dial is deprecated: use NewClient instead'
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      text: 'SA1019: grpc.DialContext is deprecated: use NewClient instead'
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      text: "SA1019: grpc.WithBlock is deprecated"
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	if conf.Bucket == "" {
		return nil, errors.New("no bucket name was provided")
	}

	credsJSON, err := conf.GetCredentialJSON()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	client, err := storage.NewClient(context.Background(),
		option.WithCredentialsJSON(credsJSON),
		option.WithScopes(storage.ScopeReadWrite),
		option.WithUserAgent(fmt.Sprintf("gcs-tier-%s", tier)+SlashSeparator+ReleaseTag),
	)
	if err != nil {