diff --git a/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/httpClient.ts b/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/httpClient.ts
index 224f3ef6b0..d3fa0c60b6 100644
--- a/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/httpClient.ts
+++ b/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/httpClient.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { INetworkModule, NetworkRequestOptions, NetworkResponse } from '@azure/msal-common';
 import * as http from 'http';
 import * as https from 'https';
+import { TextEncoder } from 'util';
 import { NetworkUtils } from './networkUtils';
 
 /**
@@ -151,9 +152,10 @@ const networkRequestViaProxy = <T>(
 	// compose a request string for the socket
 	let postRequestStringContent: string = '';
 	if (httpMethod === HttpMethod.POST || httpMethod === HttpMethod.PUT) {
-		const body = options?.body || '';
+		// Note: Text Encoder is necessary here because otherwise it was not able to handle Chinese characters in table names.
+		const body = (new TextEncoder()).encode(JSON.stringify(options?.body || ''));
 		postRequestStringContent =
-			'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n' +
+			'Content-Type: application/json\r\n' +
 			`Content-Length: ${body.length}\r\n` +
 			`\r\n${body}`;
 	}
@@ -284,7 +286,8 @@ const networkRequestViaHttps = <T>(
 ): Promise<NetworkResponse<T>> => {
 	const isPostRequest = httpMethod === HttpMethod.POST;
 	const isPutRequest = httpMethod === HttpMethod.PUT;
-	const body: string = options?.body || '';
+	// Note: Text Encoder is necessary here because otherwise it was not able to handle Chinese characters in table names.
+	const body = (new TextEncoder()).encode(JSON.stringify(options?.body || ''));
 	const url = new URL(urlString);
 	const optionHeaders = options?.headers || {} as Record<string, string>;
 	let customOptions: https.RequestOptions = {
@@ -319,7 +322,7 @@ const networkRequestViaHttps = <T>(
 			});
 		}
 
-		if (isPostRequest) {
+		if (isPostRequest || isPutRequest) {
 			request.write(body);
 		}
 
diff --git a/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts b/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts
index 83bf3fb7cc..acb511e662 100644
--- a/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts
+++ b/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export async function createResourceGroup(account: AzureAccount, subscription: a
 	const host = getProviderMetadataForAccount(account).settings.armResource.endpoint;
 	const response = await makeHttpRequest(account, subscription, path, HttpRequestMethod.PUT, requestBody, ignoreErrors, host);
 	return {
-		resourceGroup: response?.response?.data,
+		resourceGroup: response?.response?.body,
 		errors: response.errors ? response.errors : []
 	};
 }
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ export async function getStorageAccountAccessKey(account: AzureAccount, subscrip
 	const host = getProviderMetadataForAccount(account).settings.armResource.endpoint;
 	const response = await makeHttpRequest(account, subscription, path, HttpRequestMethod.POST, undefined, ignoreErrors, host);
 	return {
-		keyName1: response?.response?.data?.keys[0].value ?? '',
-		keyName2: response?.response?.data?.keys[0].value ?? '',
+		keyName1: response?.response?.body?.keys[0].value ?? '',
+		keyName2: response?.response?.body?.keys[0].value ?? '',
 		errors: response.errors ? response.errors : []
 	};
 }