diff --git a/modules/azure/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/AzureApp.scala b/modules/azure/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/AzureApp.scala
index 56f83089..24141502 100644
--- a/modules/azure/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/AzureApp.scala
+++ b/modules/azure/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/AzureApp.scala
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@
 
 package com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes
 
+import java.net.UnknownHostException
+
 import scala.reflect._
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.exceptions.AbfsRestOperationException
+
 import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.sources.kafka.{KafkaSource, KafkaSourceConfig}
 import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.sinks.kafka.{KafkaSink, KafkaSinkConfig}
 import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.azure.AzureAuthenticationCallbackHandler
@@ -35,5 +39,23 @@ object AzureApp extends LoaderApp[KafkaSourceConfig, KafkaSinkConfig](BuildInfo)
 
   override def badSink: SinkProvider = KafkaSink.resource(_, classTag[SinkAuthHandler])
 
-  override def isDestinationSetupError: DestinationSetupErrorCheck = TableFormatSetupError.check
+  override def isDestinationSetupError: DestinationSetupErrorCheck = {
+    // Authentication issue (wrong OAuth endpoint, wrong client id, wrong secret..)
+    case e: AbfsRestOperationException if e.getStatusCode == -1 =>
+      e.getErrorMessage()
+    // Wrong container name
+    case e: AbfsRestOperationException if e.getStatusCode() == 404 =>
+      s"${e.getErrorMessage()} (e.g. wrong container name)"
+    // Service principal missing permissions for container (role assignement missing or wrong role)
+    case e: AbfsRestOperationException if e.getStatusCode() == 403 =>
+      s"Missing permissions for the destination (needs \"Storage Blob Data Contributor\" assigned to the service principal for the container)"
+    // Soft delete not disabled
+    case e: AbfsRestOperationException if e.getStatusCode() == 409 =>
+      "Blob soft delete must be disabled on the storage account"
+    case _: UnknownHostException =>
+      "Wrong storage name"
+    // Exceptions common to the table format - Delta/Iceberg/Hudi
+    case TableFormatSetupError.check(t) =>
+      t
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/tables/DeltaWriter.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/tables/DeltaWriter.scala
index d0bfdbdb..497d6796 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/tables/DeltaWriter.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/tables/DeltaWriter.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 package com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes.tables
 
+import java.net.InetAddress
+
 import cats.implicits._
 import cats.effect.Sync
 import org.typelevel.log4cats.Logger
@@ -55,7 +57,16 @@ class DeltaWriter(config: Config.Delta) extends Writer {
         .build()
     }: Unit
 
+    // For Azure a wrong storage name means an invalid hostname and infinite retries when creating the Delta table
+    // If the hostname is invalid, UnknownHostException gets thrown
+    val checkHostname =
+      if (List("abfs", "abfss").contains(config.location.getScheme))
+        Sync[F].blocking(InetAddress.getByName(config.location.getHost()))
+      else
+        Sync[F].unit
+
     Logger[F].info(s"Creating Delta table ${config.location} if it does not already exist...") >>
+      checkHostname >>
       Sync[F]
         .blocking(builder.execute())
         .void