diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/AbfsHttpConstants.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/AbfsHttpConstants.java
index 3b15222ff47ff3..541f249658757a 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/AbfsHttpConstants.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/constants/AbfsHttpConstants.java
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ public final class AbfsHttpConstants {
   public static final String COPY_PROGRESS = "CopyProgress";
   public static final String COPY_COMPLETION_TIME = "CopyCompletionTime";
   public static final String COPY_STATUS_DESCRIPTION = "CopyStatusDescription";
+  public static final String BLOB_ERROR_CODE_START_XML = "<Code>";
+  public static final String BLOB_ERROR_CODE_END_XML = "</Code>";
+  public static final String BLOB_ERROR_MESSAGE_START_XML = "<Message>";
+  public static final String BLOB_ERROR_MESSAGE_END_XML = "</Message>";
 
   private AbfsHttpConstants() {}
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsHttpOperation.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsHttpOperation.java
index 62e7902108fcf6..2d38fa29845ccb 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsHttpOperation.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsHttpOperation.java
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.services;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.utils.UriUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.ssl.DelegatingSSLSocketFactory;
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.BLOCKLIST;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.BLOCK_NAME;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.BLOB_ERROR_CODE_END_XML;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.BLOB_ERROR_CODE_START_XML;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.COMMITTED_BLOCKS;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.EQUAL;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.BLOB_ERROR_MESSAGE_END_XML;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.BLOB_ERROR_MESSAGE_START_XML;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.NAME;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.FileSystemUriSchemes.WASB_DNS_PREFIX;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.HttpQueryParams.QUERY_PARAM_COMP;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.COMP_LIST;
 
@@ -82,7 +87,6 @@ public class AbfsHttpOperation implements AbfsPerfLoggable {
 
   private static final int ONE_THOUSAND = 1000;
   private static final int ONE_MILLION = ONE_THOUSAND * ONE_THOUSAND;
-
   private final String method;
   private final URL url;
   private String maskedUrl;
@@ -466,7 +470,7 @@ public void processResponse(final byte[] buffer, final int offset, final int len
     }
 
     if (statusCode >= HttpURLConnection.HTTP_BAD_REQUEST) {
-      processStorageErrorResponse();
+      processServerErrorResponse();
       if (this.isTraceEnabled) {
         this.recvResponseTimeMs += elapsedTimeMs(startTime);
       }
@@ -527,6 +531,15 @@ public void processResponse(final byte[] buffer, final int offset, final int len
     }
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  void processServerErrorResponse() throws IOException {
+    if (getBaseUrl().contains(WASB_DNS_PREFIX)) {
+      processBlobStorageErrorResponse();
+    } else {
+      processDfsStorageErrorResponse();
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Parse the stream from the response and set {@link #blobList} field of this
    * class.
@@ -638,8 +651,8 @@ private HttpURLConnection openConnection() throws IOException {
    * }
    *
    */
-  private void processStorageErrorResponse() {
-    try (InputStream stream = connection.getErrorStream()) {
+  private void processDfsStorageErrorResponse() {
+    try (InputStream stream = getConnectionErrorStream()) {
       if (stream == null) {
         return;
       }
@@ -680,6 +693,48 @@ private void processStorageErrorResponse() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Extract errorCode and errorMessage from errorStream populated by server.
+   * Error-message in the form of:
+   * <pre>
+   *   {@code
+   *   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+   *   <Error>
+   *      <Code>string-value</Code>
+   *      <Message>string-value</Message>
+   *   </Error>
+   * }
+   * </pre>
+   * <a href= "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/status-and-error-codes2">
+   *   Reference</a>
+   */
+  private void processBlobStorageErrorResponse() throws IOException {
+    InputStream errorStream = getConnectionErrorStream();
+    if (errorStream == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final String data = IOUtils.toString(errorStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+    int codeStartFirstInstance = data.indexOf(BLOB_ERROR_CODE_START_XML);
+    int codeEndFirstInstance = data.indexOf(BLOB_ERROR_CODE_END_XML);
+    if (codeEndFirstInstance != -1 && codeStartFirstInstance != -1) {
+      storageErrorCode = data.substring(codeStartFirstInstance,
+          codeEndFirstInstance).replace(BLOB_ERROR_CODE_START_XML, "");
+    }
+
+    int msgStartFirstInstance = data.indexOf(BLOB_ERROR_MESSAGE_START_XML);
+    int msgEndFirstInstance = data.indexOf(BLOB_ERROR_MESSAGE_END_XML);
+    if (msgEndFirstInstance != -1 && msgStartFirstInstance != -1) {
+      storageErrorMessage = data.substring(msgStartFirstInstance,
+          msgEndFirstInstance).replace(BLOB_ERROR_MESSAGE_START_XML, "");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  InputStream getConnectionErrorStream() {
+    return connection.getErrorStream();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the elapsed time in milliseconds.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsHttpOperation.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsHttpOperation.java
index 36914a4e4f3658..6806cd955e86e5 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsHttpOperation.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/TestAbfsHttpOperation.java
@@ -18,16 +18,23 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.services;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.utils.UriUtils;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.HTTP_METHOD_POST;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.AbfsHttpConstants.HTTP_METHOD_PUT;
+
 public class TestAbfsHttpOperation {
 
   @Test
@@ -96,6 +103,77 @@ public void testUrlWithNullValues()
         "http://www.testurl.net?abc=xyz&pqr=&mnop=");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testParseStorageErrorStreamBlob() throws Exception {
+    AbfsHttpOperation op = Mockito.spy(new AbfsHttpOperation(
+        new URL("https://account.blob.core.windows.net/container/path"),
+        HTTP_METHOD_PUT, new ArrayList<>()));
+    String xmlString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" +
+        "<Error>\n" +
+        "  <Code>string-value-code</Code>\n" +
+        "  <Message>string-value-message</Message>\n" +
+        "</Error>";
+    ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+        xmlString.getBytes(
+            StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    Mockito.doReturn(inputStream).when(op).getConnectionErrorStream();
+    op.processServerErrorResponse();
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorCode())
+        .isEqualTo("string-value-code");
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorMessage())
+        .isEqualTo("string-value-message");
+
+    op = Mockito.spy(new AbfsHttpOperation(
+        new URL("https://account.blob.core.windows.net/container/path"),
+        HTTP_METHOD_PUT, new ArrayList<>()));
+    xmlString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" +
+        "<Error>\n" +
+        "  <Cod>string-value-code</Cod>\n" +
+        "  <Message>string-value-message</Message>\n" +
+        "</Error>";
+    inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlString.getBytes(
+        StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    Mockito.doReturn(inputStream).when(op).getConnectionErrorStream();
+    op.processServerErrorResponse();
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorCode()).isEmpty();
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorMessage())
+        .isEqualTo("string-value-message");
+
+    op = Mockito.spy(new AbfsHttpOperation(
+        new URL("https://account.blob.core.windows.net/container/path"),
+        HTTP_METHOD_PUT, new ArrayList<>()));
+    xmlString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" +
+        "<Error>\n" +
+        "  <Code>string-value-code</Code>\n" +
+        "  <Messages>string-value-message</Messages>\n" +
+        "</Error>";
+    inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlString.getBytes(
+        StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    Mockito.doReturn(inputStream).when(op).getConnectionErrorStream();
+    op.processServerErrorResponse();
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorCode())
+        .isEqualTo("string-value-code");
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorMessage()).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParseStorageErrorStreamDfs() throws Exception {
+    AbfsHttpOperation op = Mockito.spy(new AbfsHttpOperation(
+        new URL("https://account.dfs.core.windows.net/container/path"),
+        HTTP_METHOD_PUT, new ArrayList<>()));
+    String xmlString
+        = "{\"error\":{\"code\":\"errorCode\", \"message\":\"errorMessage\"}}";
+    ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+        xmlString.getBytes(
+            StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    Mockito.doReturn(inputStream).when(op).getConnectionErrorStream();
+    op.processServerErrorResponse();
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorCode())
+        .isEqualTo("errorCode");
+    Assertions.assertThat(op.getStorageErrorMessage())
+        .isEqualTo("errorMessage");
+  }
+
   private void testIfMaskAndEncodeSuccessful(final String scenario,
       final String url, final String expectedMaskedUrl)
       throws UnsupportedEncodingException, MalformedURLException {