diff --git a/docs/pageserver-services.md b/docs/pageserver-services.md
index ba5d3c423e..11d984eb08 100644
--- a/docs/pageserver-services.md
+++ b/docs/pageserver-services.md
@@ -101,11 +101,12 @@ or
 ```toml
 [remote_storage]
 container_name = 'some-container-name'
+storage_account = 'somestorageaccnt'
 container_region = 'us-east'
 prefix_in_container = '/test-prefix/'
 ```
 
-`AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT` and `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY` env variables can be used to specify the azure credentials if needed.
+The `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY` env variable can be used to specify the azure credentials if needed.
 
 ## Repository background tasks
 
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
index 2aa05a9d30..dbd64fb5a6 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ impl AzureBlobStorage {
             azure_config.container_name
         );
 
-        let account = env::var("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT").expect("missing AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT");
+        // Use the storage account from the config by default, fall back to env var if not present.
+        let account = azure_config.storage_account.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            env::var("AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT").expect("missing AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT")
+        });
 
         // If the `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY` env var has an access key, use that,
         // otherwise try the token based credentials.
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
index 8c984abed2..72748e156c 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -466,7 +466,11 @@ impl GenericRemoteStorage {
                 Self::AwsS3(Arc::new(S3Bucket::new(s3_config, timeout)?))
             }
             RemoteStorageKind::AzureContainer(azure_config) => {
-                info!("Using azure container '{}' in region '{}' as a remote storage, prefix in container: '{:?}'",
+                let storage_account = azure_config
+                    .storage_account
+                    .as_deref()
+                    .unwrap_or("<AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT>");
+                info!("Using azure container '{}' in account '{storage_account}' in region '{}' as a remote storage, prefix in container: '{:?}'",
                       azure_config.container_name, azure_config.container_region, azure_config.prefix_in_container);
                 Self::AzureBlob(Arc::new(AzureBlobStorage::new(azure_config, timeout)?))
             }
@@ -589,6 +593,8 @@ impl Debug for S3Config {
 pub struct AzureConfig {
     /// Name of the container to connect to.
     pub container_name: String,
+    /// Name of the storage account the container is inside of
+    pub storage_account: Option<String>,
     /// The region where the bucket is located at.
     pub container_region: String,
     /// A "subfolder" in the container, to use the same container separately by multiple remote storage users at once.
@@ -603,8 +609,9 @@ impl Debug for AzureConfig {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("AzureConfig")
             .field("bucket_name", &self.container_name)
+            .field("storage_account", &self.storage_account)
             .field("bucket_region", &self.container_region)
-            .field("prefix_in_bucket", &self.prefix_in_container)
+            .field("prefix_in_container", &self.prefix_in_container)
             .field("concurrency_limit", &self.concurrency_limit)
             .field(
                 "max_keys_per_list_response",
@@ -718,6 +725,12 @@ impl RemoteStorageConfig {
             (None, None, None, Some(container_name), Some(container_region)) => {
                 RemoteStorageKind::AzureContainer(AzureConfig {
                     container_name: parse_toml_string("container_name", container_name)?,
+                    storage_account: toml
+                        .get("storage_account")
+                        .map(|storage_account| {
+                            parse_toml_string("storage_account", storage_account)
+                        })
+                        .transpose()?,
                     container_region: parse_toml_string("container_region", container_region)?,
                     prefix_in_container: toml
                         .get("prefix_in_container")
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs
index cd0b2be4b5..23628dfebe 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ fn create_azure_client(
     let remote_storage_config = RemoteStorageConfig {
         storage: RemoteStorageKind::AzureContainer(AzureConfig {
             container_name: remote_storage_azure_container,
+            storage_account: None,
             container_region: remote_storage_azure_region,
             prefix_in_container: Some(format!("test_{millis}_{random:08x}/")),
             concurrency_limit: NonZeroUsize::new(100).unwrap(),