diff --git a/connectors/sources/abs.py b/connectors/sources/abs.py
index c505bf09b..b4e7197f6 100644
--- a/connectors/sources/abs.py
+++ b/connectors/sources/abs.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 DEFAULT_CONTENT_EXTRACTION = True
 DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = 10485760
 DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT = 3
+MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS = 100  # Max concurrent download supported by abs
 
 
 class AzureBlobStorageDataSource(BaseDataSource):
@@ -35,16 +36,28 @@ def __init__(self, configuration):
         """Setup the connection to the azure base client
 
         Args:
-            connector (BYOConnector): Object of the BYOConnector class
+            configuration (DataSourceConfiguration): Object of DataSourceConfiguration class.
         """
         super().__init__(configuration=configuration)
         self.connection_string = None
-        self.enable_content_extraction = self.configuration.get(
-            "enable_content_extraction", DEFAULT_CONTENT_EXTRACTION
-        )
-        self.retry_count = int(
-            self.configuration.get("retry_count", DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT)
-        )
+        self.enable_content_extraction = self.configuration["enable_content_extraction"]
+        self.retry_count = self.configuration["retry_count"]
+        self.concurrent_downloads = self.configuration["concurrent_downloads"]
+
+    def tweak_bulk_options(self, options):
+        """Tweak bulk options as per concurrent downloads support by azure blob storage
+
+        Args:
+            options (dictionary): Config bulker options
+
+        Raises:
+            Exception: Invalid configured concurrent_downloads
+        """
+        if self.concurrent_downloads > MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS:
+            raise Exception(
+                f"Configured concurrent downloads can't be set more than {MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS}."
+            )
+        options["concurrent_downloads"] = self.concurrent_downloads
 
     @classmethod
     def get_default_configuration(cls):
@@ -84,6 +97,11 @@ def get_default_configuration(cls):
                 "label": "How many retry count for fetching rows on each call",
                 "type": "int",
             },
+            "concurrent_downloads": {
+                "value": MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS,
+                "label": "How many concurrent downloads for fetching blob content",
+                "type": "int",
+            },
         }
 
     def _configure_connection_string(self):
@@ -164,6 +182,10 @@ async def get_content(self, blob, timestamp=None, doit=None):
             logger.warning(f"{blob_name} can't be extracted")
             return
 
+        if blob["tier"] == "Archive":
+            logger.warning(f"{blob_name} can't be downloaded as blob tier is archive")
+            return
+
         if blob_size > DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT:
             logger.warning(
                 f"File size {blob_size} of file {blob_name} is larger than {DEFAULT_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT} bytes. Discarding the file content"
diff --git a/connectors/sources/tests/test_abs.py b/connectors/sources/tests/test_abs.py
index 859337471..382d0d733 100644
--- a/connectors/sources/tests/test_abs.py
+++ b/connectors/sources/tests/test_abs.py
@@ -439,3 +439,56 @@ def test_configure_connection_string():
     with pytest.raises(Exception):
         # Execute
         source._configure_connection_string()
+
+
+def test_tweak_bulk_options():
+    """Test tweak_bulk_options method of BaseDataSource class"""
+
+    # Setup
+    source = create_source(AzureBlobStorageDataSource)
+    options = {}
+    options["concurrent_downloads"] = 10
+
+    # Execute
+    source.tweak_bulk_options(options)
+
+
+def test_tweak_bulk_options_with_invalid():
+    """Test tweak_bulk_options method of BaseDataSource class with invalid concurrent downloads"""
+
+    # Setup
+    source = create_source(AzureBlobStorageDataSource)
+    options = {}
+    source.concurrent_downloads = 1000
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        # Execute
+        source.tweak_bulk_options(options)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_content_when_blob_tier_archive():
+    """Test get_content method when the blob tier is archive"""
+
+    # Setup
+    source = create_source(AzureBlobStorageDataSource)
+    mock_response = {
+        "type": "blob",
+        "id": "container1/blob1",
+        "timestamp": "2022-04-21T12:12:30",
+        "created at": "2022-04-21T12:12:30",
+        "content type": "plain/text",
+        "container metadata": "{'key1': 'value1'}",
+        "metadata": "{'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}",
+        "leasedata": "{'status': 'Locked', 'state': 'Leased', 'duration': 'Infinite'}",
+        "title": "blob1.pdf",
+        "tier": "Archive",
+        "size": 10,
+        "container": "container1",
+    }
+
+    # Execute
+    actual_response = await source.get_content(mock_response, doit=True)
+
+    # Assert
+    assert actual_response is None