---
id: azure-mgmt-netapp
version: "17.1.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-mgmt-netapp — Microsoft Azure Netapp Management Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 5.2M/mo

## What it is and what it does

azure-mgmt-netapp is the official Microsoft Python client library for managing Azure NetApp Files resources through the Azure Resource Manager API. It allows you to programmatically create, configure, and manage NetApp storage accounts, capacity pools, volumes, snapshots, and backup policies in Azure. The library abstracts REST API calls into Python objects and methods, with authentication handled through environment variables.

The package is part of the broader Azure SDK for Python and is actively maintained by Microsoft. It requires Python 3.10 or later and depends on azure-mgmt-core, isodate, and typing-extensions for core functionality. It is designed for developers building infrastructure-as-code solutions, automation scripts, or applications that need to provision and manage NetApp storage programmatically within Azure.

Use it for:

- Automate NetApp volume provisioning and capacity pool management in CI/CD pipelines or infrastructure-as-code workflows.
- Build management dashboards or monitoring tools that query NetApp account, volume, and snapshot status across Azure subscriptions.
- Script backup and snapshot policy creation and updates for NetApp volumes as part of disaster recovery automation.
- Integrate NetApp storage lifecycle management into larger Azure resource orchestration platforms or multi-cloud management tools.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides a Python client library to manage Azure NetApp Files resources—volumes, capacity pools, accounts, snapshots, and backups—via the Azure Resource Manager API.

Yes. This is the official, actively maintained Microsoft library for NetApp management in Azure. It has low install friction, permissive licensing, no known vulnerabilities, and is production-stable. Install it if you need to manage Azure NetApp Files programmatically; do not install it if you only consume NetApp storage via other Azure services without needing direct management APIs.

## Install

pip install azure-mgmt-netapp
uv add azure-mgmt-netapp
poetry add azure-mgmt-netapp

## Installing azure-mgmt-netapp

Before you install: Low friction: pure Python wheel with three lightweight runtime dependencies (isodate, azure-mgmt-core, typing-extensions). Actively maintained—last commit 2026-08-14, release 22 days old. Supports Python 3.10+.

License in practice: MIT license (permissive): you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install azure-mgmt-netapp

from azure.mgmt.netapp import NetAppManagementClient
from azure.mgmt.core import credentials
import os

sub_id = os.getenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID")
client = NetAppManagementClient(credential=credentials, subscription_id=sub_id)

Requires Python 3.10+. Azure credentials must be configured via environment variables (AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID).

Verify before relying:

- Exact scope of NetApp operations supported in version 17.1.0 beyond the breakthrough_mode property addition mentioned in release notes.
- Whether elastic account and volume operations (listed in 18.0.0b1 beta) are available in the stable 17.1.0 release.
- Specific credential configuration methods and authentication flows supported by azure-mgmt-core dependency.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 5.2M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure netapp files management, azure storage management python, netapp volume provisioning api, azure resource manager netapp, cloud storage orchestration python, azure file services client, azure-sdk, cloud-storage, infrastructure-as-code

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