diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/HISTORY.md b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/HISTORY.md
index 6c7087107216..aa7728a5f3b0 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/HISTORY.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/HISTORY.md
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 **Dependency updates**
 - Adopted [azure-core](https://pypi.org/project/azure-core/) 1.0.0b2
   - If you later want to revert to azure-storage-blob 12.0.0b1, or another Azure SDK
-  library requiring azure-core 1.0.0b1, you'll need to `pip uninstall azure-core`
+  library requiring azure-core 1.0.0b1, you must explicitly install azure-core
+  1.0.0b1 as well. For example:
+
+  `pip install azure-core==1.0.0b1 azure-storage-blob==12.0.0b1`
 
 **Fixes and improvements**
 - Fix for SAS URL encoding (#6500)
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/README.md b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/README.md
index 798975d62182..9cc1f7ff1af1 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/README.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ from azure.storage.blob import BlobClient
 blob = BlobClient.from_connection_string("my_connection_string", container="mycontainer", blob="my_blob")
 
 with open("./BlockDestination.txt", "wb") as my_blob:
-    my_blob.writelines(blob.download_blob())
+    blob_data = blob.download_blob()
+    my_blob.writelines(blob_data.content_as_bytes())
 ```
 
 ### Enumerating blobs
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_shared/base_client_async.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_shared/base_client_async.py
index c6819aa59ca7..d2f21e4f30fe 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_shared/base_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_shared/base_client_async.py
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ def _create_pipeline(self, credential, **kwargs):
         if 'connection_timeout' not in kwargs:
             kwargs['connection_timeout'] = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT[0] # type: ignore
         if not config.transport:
-            from azure.core.pipeline.transport import AioHttpTransport
+            try:
+                from azure.core.pipeline.transport import AioHttpTransport
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImportError("Unable to create async transport. Please check aiohttp is installed.")
             config.transport = AioHttpTransport(**kwargs)
         policies = [
             QueueMessagePolicy(),
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_block_blob_sync_copy_async.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_block_blob_sync_copy_async.py
index d620648e2088..06c6095e56dd 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_block_blob_sync_copy_async.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/tests/test_block_blob_sync_copy_async.py
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.source_blob_data = self.get_random_bytes(SOURCE_BLOB_SIZE)
 
         blob = self.bsc.get_blob_client(self.container_name, self.source_blob_name)
-        if not self.is_playback():
-            self.bsc.create_container(self.container_name)
-            blob.upload_blob(self.source_blob_data)
 
         # generate a SAS so that it is accessible with a URL
         sas_token = blob.generate_shared_access_signature(
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/HISTORY.md b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/HISTORY.md
index c0979b74ace4..93483d11dcea 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/HISTORY.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/HISTORY.md
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 **Dependency updates**
 - Adopted [azure-core](https://pypi.org/project/azure-core/) 1.0.0b2
   - If you later want to revert to azure-storage-file 12.0.0b1, or another Azure SDK
-  library requiring azure-core 1.0.0b1, you'll need to `pip uninstall azure-core`
+  library requiring azure-core 1.0.0b1, you must explicitly install azure-core
+  1.0.0b1 as well. For example:
+
+  `pip install azure-core==1.0.0b1 azure-storage-file==12.0.0b1`
 
 **Fixes and improvements**
 - Fix for closing file handles - continuation token was not being passed to subsequent calls.
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/README.md b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/README.md
index 4187115db674..ac9afb148da0 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/README.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/README.md
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ Upload a file to the share
 ```python
 from azure.storage.file import FileClient
 
-file = FileClient.from_connection_string("my_connection_string", share="share", file_path="myfile")
+file_client = FileClient.from_connection_string("my_connection_string", share="share", file_path="myfile")
 
 with open("./SampleSource.txt", "rb") as source_file:
-    file.upload_file(source_file)
+    file_client.upload_file(source_file)
 ```
 
 ## Troubleshooting
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/azure/storage/file/_shared/base_client_async.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/azure/storage/file/_shared/base_client_async.py
index eb8e9629c14b..19a27ba24eb0 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/azure/storage/file/_shared/base_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file/azure/storage/file/_shared/base_client_async.py
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ def _create_pipeline(self, credential, **kwargs):
         if 'connection_timeout' not in kwargs:
             kwargs['connection_timeout'] = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT[0] # type: ignore
         if not config.transport:
-            from azure.core.pipeline.transport import AioHttpTransport
+            try:
+                from azure.core.pipeline.transport import AioHttpTransport
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImportError("Unable to create async transport. Please check aiohttp is installed.")
             config.transport = AioHttpTransport(**kwargs)
         policies = [
             QueueMessagePolicy(),
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/HISTORY.md b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/HISTORY.md
index ce8c1f082b2d..59283003b40e 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/HISTORY.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/HISTORY.md
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 **Dependency updates**
 - Adopted [azure-core](https://pypi.org/project/azure-core/) 1.0.0b2
   - If you later want to revert to azure-storage-queue 12.0.0b1, or another Azure SDK
-  library requiring azure-core 1.0.0b1, you'll need to `pip uninstall azure-core`
+  library requiring azure-core 1.0.0b1, you must explicitly install azure-core
+  1.0.0b1 as well. For example:
+
+  `pip install azure-core==1.0.0b1 azure-storage-queue==12.0.0b1`
 
 **Fixes and improvements**
 - General refactor of duplicate and shared code.
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_generated/models/_models.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_generated/models/_models.py
index 1ecda4acd2cc..e83a319b25b4 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_generated/models/_models.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_generated/models/_models.py
@@ -597,9 +597,6 @@ class StorageServiceProperties(Model):
         'hour_metrics': {'key': 'HourMetrics', 'type': 'Metrics', 'xml': {'name': 'HourMetrics'}},
         'minute_metrics': {'key': 'MinuteMetrics', 'type': 'Metrics', 'xml': {'name': 'MinuteMetrics'}},
         'cors': {'key': 'Cors', 'type': '[CorsRule]', 'xml': {'name': 'Cors', 'itemsName': 'CorsRule', 'wrapped': True}},
-        'default_service_version': {'key': 'DefaultServiceVersion', 'type': 'str', 'xml': {'name': 'DefaultServiceVersion'}},
-        'delete_retention_policy': {'key': 'DeleteRetentionPolicy', 'type': 'RetentionPolicy', 'xml': {'name': 'DeleteRetentionPolicy'}},
-        'static_website': {'key': 'StaticWebsite', 'type': 'StaticWebsite', 'xml': {'name': 'StaticWebsite'}},
     }
     _xml_map = {
     }
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_shared/base_client_async.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_shared/base_client_async.py
index eb8e9629c14b..19a27ba24eb0 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_shared/base_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue/_shared/base_client_async.py
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ def _create_pipeline(self, credential, **kwargs):
         if 'connection_timeout' not in kwargs:
             kwargs['connection_timeout'] = DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT[0] # type: ignore
         if not config.transport:
-            from azure.core.pipeline.transport import AioHttpTransport
+            try:
+                from azure.core.pipeline.transport import AioHttpTransport
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImportError("Unable to create async transport. Please check aiohttp is installed.")
             config.transport = AioHttpTransport(**kwargs)
         policies = [
             QueueMessagePolicy(),