Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
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I have a follow up question, is a File Share be able to share to Windows and at the same time with Linux users?
Shared Disks implement AD permissions
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JohnWeb
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Hi,
I was looking for some resources regarding Shared Disks if it can handle ACL but unfortunately wasn't to find anywhere... what I'm planning to do is to use Shared Disks with multiple VMs and implement AD user permission to folders (shared folder access) - any idea if this is possible if not any other options?
Any suggestions/comments will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
John
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JohnWeb 96 Reputation points
2020-09-04T19:33:39.193+00:00 -
deherman-MSFT 35,011 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2020-09-04T21:21:50.93+00:00 @JohnWeb
Yes it can. For more details about Linux specific mounting refer to Use Azure Files with Linux. -
Sumarigo-MSFT 44,996 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2020-09-08T06:24:39.767+00:00 @JohnWeb Just checking in to see if the above answer helped. If this answers your query, please don’t forget to "Accept the answer" and Up-Vote for the same, which might be beneficial to other community members reading this thread. And, if you have any further query do let us know.
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JohnWeb 96 Reputation points
2020-09-09T19:44:29.327+00:00 Hi, I have another follow-up question, part of the requirements is to sync on prem AD accounts to Azure AD, is there any work around without syncing to AAD (meaning without AAD completely)? The use case that I'm running with is that these are external users and I prefer not to mix it with my internal users, any suggestions if AAD is required how to separate my external users with internal users?
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deherman-MSFT 35,011 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2020-09-04T16:37:53.387+00:00 @JohnWeb
Azure Shared Disks is designed primarily for clustered applications and very specific workloads. Shared managed disks do not natively offer a fully managed file system that can be accessed using SMB/NFS. You need to use a cluster manager, like Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) or Pacemaker, that handles cluster node communication and write locking. See here for some example workloads.It sounds like you should consider Azure Files. Azure Files offers fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the industry standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Azure file shares can be mounted concurrently by cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, Linux, and macOS. Additionally, Azure file shares can be cached on Windows Servers with Azure File Sync for fast access near where the data is being used. I recommend reading through Planning for an Azure Files deployment for more details.
I hope this helps. Let us know if you have any further questions and we will be happy to help.
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