diff --git a/collectors/azure/collector.js b/collectors/azure/collector.js
index cefaa4e925..a694b408ed 100644
--- a/collectors/azure/collector.js
+++ b/collectors/azure/collector.js
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ var postcalls = {
             reliesOnPath: 'storageAccounts.list',
             properties: ['id'],
             url: 'https://management.azure.com/{id}/blobServices?api-version=2019-06-01'
+        },
+        getServiceProperties: {
+            reliesOnPath: 'storageAccounts.list',
+            properties: ['id'],
+            url: 'https://management.azure.com/{id}/blobServices/default?api-version=2019-06-01'
         }
     },
     fileShares: {
diff --git a/exports.js b/exports.js
index 364e127dda..b745482964 100644
--- a/exports.js
+++ b/exports.js
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'storageAccountsAADEnabled'     : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/storageAccountsAADEnabled.js'),
         'blobServiceEncryption'         : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobServiceEncryption.js'),
         'trustedMsAccessEnabled'        : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/trustedMsAccessEnabled.js'),
+        'blobSoftDeletionEnabled'       : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobSoftDeletionEnabled.js'),
 
         'blobContainersPrivateAccess'   : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/blobservice/blobContainersPrivateAccess.js'),
         'blobServiceImmutable'          : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/blobservice/blobServiceImmutable.js'),
diff --git a/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobSoftDeletionEnabled.js b/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobSoftDeletionEnabled.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71e5344cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobSoftDeletionEnabled.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+const async = require('async');
+const helpers = require('../../../helpers/azure');
+
+module.exports = {
+    title: 'Blobs Soft Deletion Enabled',
+    category: 'Storage Accounts',
+    description: 'Ensure that soft delete feature is enabled for all Microdoft Storage Account blobs.',
+    more_info: 'When soft delete for blobs is enabled for a storage account, blobs, blob versions, and snapshots in that storage account may be recovered after they are deleted, within a retention period that you specify.',
+    recommended_action: 'Enable soft delete for blobs and set deletion retention policy to keep blobs for more than desired number of days',
+    link: 'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-overview',
+    apis: ['storageAccounts:list', 'blobServices:getServiceProperties'],
+    settings: {
+        keep_deleted_blobs_for_days: {
+            name: 'Keep Deleted Blobs for Days',
+            description: 'Number of days that a blob is marked for deletion persists until it is permanently deleted',
+            regex: '^[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,3}$',
+            default: '30'
+        }
+    },
+
+    run: function(cache, settings, callback) {
+        const results = [];
+        const source = {};
+        const locations = helpers.locations(settings.govcloud);
+
+        const config = {
+            keepForDays: parseInt(settings.keep_deleted_blobs_for_days || this.settings.keep_deleted_blobs_for_days.default)
+        };
+
+        async.each(locations.storageAccounts, function(location, rcb) {
+            const storageAccounts = helpers.addSource(
+                cache, source, ['storageAccounts', 'list', location]);
+
+            if (!storageAccounts) return rcb();
+
+            if (storageAccounts.err || !storageAccounts.data) {
+                helpers.addResult(results, 3, 
+                    'Unable to query for storage accounts: ' + helpers.addError(storageAccounts), location);
+                return rcb();
+            }
+
+            if (!storageAccounts.data.length) {
+                helpers.addResult(results, 0, 'No storage accounts found', location);
+                return rcb();
+            }
+
+            storageAccounts.data.forEach(storageAccount => {
+                const getServiceProperties = helpers.addSource(cache, source,
+                    ['blobServices', 'getServiceProperties', location, storageAccount.id]);
+
+                if (!getServiceProperties || getServiceProperties.err || !getServiceProperties.data) {
+                    helpers.addResult(results, 3,
+                        `Unable to get blob service properties: ${helpers.addError(getServiceProperties)}`,
+                        location, storageAccount.id);
+                } else {
+                    if (getServiceProperties.data.deleteRetentionPolicy &&
+                        getServiceProperties.data.deleteRetentionPolicy.enabled &&
+                        getServiceProperties.data.deleteRetentionPolicy.days) {
+                        const retentionDays = getServiceProperties.data.deleteRetentionPolicy.days;
+
+                        if (retentionDays >= config.keepForDays) {
+                            helpers.addResult(results, 0,
+                                `Blobs deletion policy is configured to persist deleted blobs for ${retentionDays} of ${config.keepForDays} days desired limit`,
+                                location, storageAccount.id);
+                        } else {
+                            helpers.addResult(results, 2,
+                                `Blobs deletion policy is configured to persist deleted blobs for ${retentionDays} of ${config.keepForDays} days desired limit`,
+                                location, storageAccount.id);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        helpers.addResult(results, 2,
+                            'Blobs soft delete feature is not enabled for Storage Account',
+                            location, storageAccount.id);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+
+            rcb();
+        }, function() {
+            // Global checking goes here
+            callback(null, results, source);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobSoftDeletionEnabled.spec.js b/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobSoftDeletionEnabled.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09473aaf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/azure/storageaccounts/blobSoftDeletionEnabled.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+var expect = require('chai').expect;
+var blobSoftDeletionEnabled = require('./blobSoftDeletionEnabled');
+
+const storageAccounts = [
+    {
+        "id": "/subscriptions/123/resourceGroups/test-group/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/test-account"
+    }
+];
+
+const getServiceProperties = [
+    {
+        "sku": { "name": "Standard_LRS", "tier": "Standard" },
+        "id": "/subscriptions/123/resourceGroups/test-group/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/test-account/blobServices/default",
+        "name": "default",
+        "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices",
+        "cors": { "corsRules": [] },
+        "deleteRetentionPolicy": { "enabled": true, "days": 30 }
+    },
+    {
+        "sku": { "name": "Standard_LRS", "tier": "Standard" },
+        "id": "/subscriptions/123/resourceGroups/test-group/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/csb100320011cd09016/blobServices/default",
+        "name": "default",
+        "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices",
+        "cors": { "corsRules": [] },
+        "deleteRetentionPolicy": { "enabled": false }
+    }
+];
+
+
+const createCache = (list, err, getProperties, geterr) => {
+    const id = (list && list.length) ? list[0].id : null;
+    return {
+        storageAccounts: {
+            list: {
+                'eastus': {
+                    err: err,
+                    data: list
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        blobServices: {
+            getServiceProperties: {
+                'eastus': {
+                    [id]: {
+                        err: geterr,
+                        data: getProperties
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+describe('blobSoftDeletionEnabled', function() {
+    describe('run', function() {
+        it('should give passing result if no Storage Accounts', function(done) {
+            const callback = (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(0);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('No storage accounts found');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done()
+            };
+
+            const cache = createCache(
+                []
+            );
+
+            blobSoftDeletionEnabled.run(cache, {}, callback);
+        })
+
+        it('should give failing result if Blobs soft delete feature is not enabled for Storage Account', function(done) {
+            const callback = (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(2);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('Blobs soft delete feature is not enabled for Storage Account');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done()
+            };
+
+            const cache = createCache(
+                storageAccounts,
+                null,
+                getServiceProperties[1]
+            );
+
+            blobSoftDeletionEnabled.run(cache, {}, callback);
+        });
+
+        it('should give failing result if Blobs deletion policy is configured to persist deleted blobs for less days than desired limit', function(done) {
+            const callback = (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(2);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('Blobs deletion policy is configured to persist deleted blobs');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done()
+            };
+
+            const cache = createCache(
+                storageAccounts,
+                null,
+                getServiceProperties[0]
+            );
+
+            blobSoftDeletionEnabled.run(cache, { keep_deleted_blobs_for_days: '50' }, callback);
+        });
+
+        it('should give passing result if Blobs deletion policy is configured to persist deleted blobs for more days than desired limit', function(done) {
+            const callback = (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(0);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('Blobs deletion policy is configured to persist deleted blobs');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done()
+            };
+
+            const cache = createCache(
+                storageAccounts,
+                null,
+                getServiceProperties[0]
+            );
+
+            blobSoftDeletionEnabled.run(cache, { keep_deleted_blobs_for_days: '20' }, callback);
+        });
+
+        it('should give unknown result if unable to query for Storage Accounts', function(done) {
+            const callback = (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(3);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('Unable to query for storage accounts');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done()
+            };
+
+            const cache = createCache(
+                storageAccounts,
+                { message: "Unable to list Storage Accounts" },
+            );
+
+            blobSoftDeletionEnabled.run(cache, {}, callback);
+        });
+    })
+})
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