How can I point friendly name "domainname\foldername" to "storage.file.core.windows.net\foldername"?

Harshit Z Kothari 0 Reputation points
2024-06-07T14:01:50.14+00:00

I have a storage account and a file share called "foldername". The original endpoint will be too long and looks like "\\storagename.file.core.windows.net/foldername". I have added this fileshare in to domain and my VMs, and now I want to use a friendly name like "\\domainname\foldername". How can I do that and how many ways of doing that?

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  1. Sumarigo-MSFT 44,891 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-06-10T05:56:52.46+00:00

    @Harshit Z Kothari Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

    This isn't possible!

    You can consider this approach, but I haven't personally repro the issue, so you may give a try. Use a DNS CNAME record to redirect the old share name to the new Azure file share path. However, this requires changes to be made on the on-premises DNS server.
    Use a custom domain name: You can use a custom domain name for your storage account and file share. To do this, you need to create a custom domain name in Azure and map it to your storage account. Once the custom domain name is set up, you can use it instead of the original endpoint.

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