What are the different public access levels available for Azure Blob containers?

there is no public access only private access

What’s the difference between a container and a file share in Azure Storage?

container store data as object but file share store data as hierarchical structure like files

What is the default access level for a newly created blob container?

PRIVATE ; In AWS, when you create a new S3 bucket the default access level is PRIVATE.

No public read or write access is allowed unless you explicitly enable it using:

Bucket policies ,ACL(Access Control List) It controls the Read & Write Permissions

Can you generate a SAS token from Storage Explorer?

yes , we can

How do you set metadata or properties for a blob?

To set metadata or properties for a blob in Azure Storage Explorer, right-click the blob and choose Properties. In the Properties pane, you can add or edit metadata key-value pairs and modify properties such as content type, cache control, or content encoding, then save your changes to update the blob's settings.