diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index dc0f5ab..9b3aea1 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 ## Where values are commented out, it means that you must populate them in your playbooks. They are necessarily
 ## secret, or specific to the playbook.
 
+## The name of the database storage provider (AWS S3 or Azure Blob Storage)
+## (required)
+import_db_storage_provider: "aws-s3"
+#import_db_storage_provider: "azure-blob"
+
 ## The S3 bucket that contains the database dump to download.
 ## (Required)
 # import_db_s3_bucket:
@@ -14,6 +19,12 @@
 ## (Required)
 # import_db_s3_region:
 
+## The name of Azure Blob container that is used to get database snapshots from
+#import_db_azure_container_name: "sql-dumps"
+
+## The name of Azure Blob object, i.e. filename of database snapshot
+#import_db_azure_object_name: 
+
 ## The database to import into
 ## (Required)
 # import_db_database_name:
@@ -31,3 +42,6 @@ import_db_aws_secret_access_key: "{{ lookup('env', 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY') }}"
 import_db_post_import_sql_queries: []
   ## The query that should be executed
   # - query: ""
+
+## Tmp path to put downloaded files while preparing them for import
+import_db_tmp_path: "/tmp/import_db"
diff --git a/tasks/dependencies.yml b/tasks/dependencies.yml
index c3e4d7f..f8df89c 100644
--- a/tasks/dependencies.yml
+++ b/tasks/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: "Install tools required to fetch/unpack content from AWS"
+- name: "Install tools required to fetch/unpack content from storage provider"
   package:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: "present"
@@ -8,11 +8,5 @@
   become: "True"
   become_user: "root"
 
-- name: "Install the required python packages"
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: "latest"
-  become: "True"
-  become_user: "root"
-  with_items:
-    - "boto3"
+- name: "Install dependencies for corresponding storage provider"
+  include: "dependencies/{{ import_db_storage_provider }}.yml"
diff --git a/tasks/dependencies/aws-s3.yml b/tasks/dependencies/aws-s3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b7310c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/dependencies/aws-s3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: "Install the required python packages for AWS"
+  pip:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  become: "True"
+  become_user: "root"
+  with_items:
+    - "boto3"
diff --git a/tasks/dependencies/azure-blob.yml b/tasks/dependencies/azure-blob.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12044e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/dependencies/azure-blob.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: "Install the required python packages for Azure"
+  pip:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "latest"
+  become: "True"
+  become_user: "root"
+  with_items:
+    - packaging
+    - msrestazure
+    - ansible[azure]
diff --git a/tasks/download-from/aws-s3.yml b/tasks/download-from/aws-s3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b095f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/download-from/aws-s3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+# Note: The AWS keys are deliberately omitted for this task. They should be set in the session:
+#   $ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY"
+#   $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
+- name: "Download the copy of the DB from AWS S3"
+  aws_s3:
+    bucket: "{{ import_db_s3_bucket }}"
+    object: "{{ import_db_s3_object_name }}"
+    dest: "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql.gz"
+    region: "{{ import_db_s3_region }}"
+    aws_access_key: "{{ import_db_aws_access_key_id }}"
+    aws_secret_key: "{{ import_db_aws_secret_access_key }}"
+    mode: "get"
+  register: "import_db_downloaded_archive"
diff --git a/tasks/download-from/azure-blob.yml b/tasks/download-from/azure-blob.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..587dbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/download-from/azure-blob.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+#- name: "Download the copy of the DB from Azure Storage"
+#  azure_rm_storageblob:
+#    resource_group: "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_PROD_RESOURCE_GROUP') }}"
+#    storage_account_name: "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT') }}"
+#    container: "{{ import_db_azure_container_name }}"
+#    blob: "{{ import_db_azure_object_name }}"
+#    dest: "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql.gz"
+#  environment:
+#    AZURE_CLIENT_ID:       "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_CLIENT_ID') }}"
+#    AZURE_SECRET:          "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_SECRET') }}"
+#    AZURE_TENANT:          "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_TENANT') }}"
+#    AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID') }}"
+#    AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT: "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT') }}"
+#    AZURE_STORAGE_KEY:     "{{ lookup('env','AZURE_STORAGE_KEY') }}"
+#  register: "import_db_downloaded_archive"
+#
+# This expects to authenticate based on the invokers Azure credentials, supplied through environment variables
+- name: "Download the copy of the DB from Azure Storage"
+  shell: |
+      AZURE_CLIENT_ID="{{ lookup('env','AZURE_CLIENT_ID') }}" \
+      AZURE_SECRET="{{ lookup('env','AZURE_SECRET') }}" \
+      AZURE_TENANT="{{ lookup('env','AZURE_TENANT') }}" \
+      AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID="{{ lookup('env','AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID') }}" \
+      AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="{{ lookup('env','AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT') }}" \
+      AZURE_STORAGE_KEY="{{ lookup('env','AZURE_STORAGE_KEY') }}" \
+      az storage blob download --container-name="{{ import_db_azure_container_name }}" --file={{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql.gz  --name={{ import_db_azure_object_name }}
+  register: "import_db_downloaded_archive"
diff --git a/tasks/import.yml b/tasks/import.yml
index 692ff32..1479555 100644
--- a/tasks/import.yml
+++ b/tasks/import.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
 ---
-# Note: The AWS keys are deliberately omitted for this task. They should be set in the session:
-#   $ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY"
-#   $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
-- name: "Download the copy of the DB from S3"
-  aws_s3:
-    bucket: "{{ import_db_s3_bucket }}"
-    object: "{{ import_db_s3_object_name }}"
-    dest: "/tmp/db_dump.sql.gz"
-    region: "{{ import_db_s3_region }}"
-    aws_access_key: "{{ import_db_aws_access_key_id }}"
-    aws_secret_key: "{{ import_db_aws_secret_access_key }}"
-    mode: "get"
-  register: "s3db"
+- name: "Make sure temp folder exists"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}"
+    state: "directory"
+
+- name: "Download the copy of the DB snapshot from the storage provider"
+  include: "download-from/{{ import_db_storage_provider }}.yml"
 
 # Note: Ansible does not support plain .gz files as part of its "unarchive" module, as they are not strictly speaking
 # archives. See
 #   - https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1301
 #   - https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/1035
 - name: "Unpack the DB"
-  command: "gzip -d /tmp/db_dump.sql.gz"
+  command: "gzip -d {{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql.gz"
   args:
-    creates: "/tmp/db_dump.sql"
-  when: "s3db.changed"
+    creates: "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql"
+  when: "import_db_downloaded_archive.changed"
 
 - name: "Delete the old database"
   mysql_db:
@@ -29,13 +23,13 @@
     state: "absent"
     login_password: "{{ import_db_root_password }}"
     login_user: "root"
-  when: "s3db.changed"
+  when: "import_db_downloaded_archive.changed"
 
 - name: "Restore the database"
   mysql_db:
     name: "{{ import_db_database_name }}"
     state: "import"
-    target: "/tmp/db_dump.sql"
+    target: "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql"
     login_password: "{{ import_db_root_password }}"
     login_user: "root"
 
@@ -44,6 +38,6 @@
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: "absent"
   with_items:
-    - "/tmp/db_dump.sql"
-    - "/tmp/db_dump.sql.gz"
-  when: "s3db.changed"
+    - "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql"
+    - "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}/db_dump.sql.gz"
+    - "{{ import_db_tmp_path }}"