diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_base_client.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_base_client.py
index 009420f38c3d..00f7609c8047 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_base_client.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_base_client.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     from azure.core.credentials import TokenCredential
 
 _SUPPORTED_API_VERSIONS = ["2019-02-02", "2019-07-07", "2020-12-06"]
+_DEV_CONN_STRING = "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=devstoreaccount1;AccountKey=Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==;TableEndpoint=http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1" # pylint: disable=line-too-long
 
 
 def get_api_version(kwargs, default):
@@ -347,6 +348,8 @@ def __exit__(self, *args):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
 
 
 def parse_connection_str(conn_str, credential, keyword_args):
+    if conn_str is not None and conn_str.lower() == "usedevelopmentstorage=true":
+        conn_str = _DEV_CONN_STRING
     conn_settings = parse_connection_string(conn_str)
     primary = None
     secondary = None
diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client.py
index 727dd4423b1a..583dacbb6cae 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from devtools_testutils import AzureRecordedTestCase, recorded_by_proxy
 
 from azure.data.tables._error import _validate_storage_tablename
-from azure.data.tables import TableServiceClient, TableClient, TableTransactionError
+from azure.data.tables import TableServiceClient, TableClient
 from azure.data.tables import __version__ as VERSION
 from azure.core.credentials import AzureNamedKeyCredential, AzureSasCredential
 
@@ -649,3 +649,14 @@ def test_validate_storage_tablename(self):
             _validate_storage_tablename("a aa")
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             _validate_storage_tablename("1aaa")
+    
+    def test_use_development_storage(self):
+        tsc = TableServiceClient.from_connection_string("UseDevelopmentStorage=true")
+        assert tsc.account_name == "devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc.scheme == "http"
+        assert tsc.credential.named_key.name == "devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc.credential.named_key.key == "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw=="
+        assert tsc.url == "http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc._primary_endpoint == "http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc._secondary_endpoint == "http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1-secondary"
+        assert not tsc._cosmos_endpoint
diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_async.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_async.py
index 967402f6b126..21cdc139a685 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_async.py
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
 
 from azure.core.credentials import AzureNamedKeyCredential, AzureSasCredential
 from azure.data.tables.aio import TableServiceClient, TableClient
-from azure.data.tables import TableTransactionError
 from azure.data.tables._version import VERSION
 
 from _shared.asynctestcase import AsyncTableTestCase
 from async_preparers import tables_decorator_async
-from devtools_testutils import AzureTestCase
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SERVICES = {
     TableServiceClient: 'table',
@@ -643,3 +641,14 @@ async def test_create_client_for_azurite(self):
         assert table.credential.named_key.name == azurite_credential.named_key.name
         assert not table._cosmos_endpoint
         assert table.scheme == 'https'
+    
+    def test_use_development_storage(self):
+        tsc = TableServiceClient.from_connection_string("UseDevelopmentStorage=true")
+        assert tsc.account_name == "devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc.scheme == "http"
+        assert tsc.credential.named_key.name == "devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc.credential.named_key.key == "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw=="
+        assert tsc.url == "http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc._primary_endpoint == "http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1"
+        assert tsc._secondary_endpoint == "http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1-secondary"
+        assert not tsc._cosmos_endpoint
diff --git a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_cosmos_async.py b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_cosmos_async.py
index 643b9d50e632..8d5fda57548d 100644
--- a/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_cosmos_async.py
+++ b/sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/tests/test_table_client_cosmos_async.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from _shared.asynctestcase import AsyncTableTestCase
 from _shared.testcase import SLEEP_DELAY
 from async_preparers import cosmos_decorator_async
-from devtools_testutils import AzureTestCase
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------