Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
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Availability of Azure Files premium tier with ZRS in UK
Do you have a roadmap for when Azure Files premium tier with ZRS will be available in the UK South or UK West regions?
asked 2020-10-13T09:37:04.377+00:00
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Tim Naish
21
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answered 2020-10-19T17:33:53.23+00:00
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Gunjan Jain
1
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File sync and On Prem Windows Server Storage Requirements
With Azure Storage File Sync does the on premises server that it is synching with have to have direct attached storage or can it be iSCSI or even a network drive to a NAS?
asked 2020-10-13T16:05:07.573+00:00
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James Bourne
1
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answered 2020-10-14T04:46:49.617+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
FileSync - cloud endpoint not validated
When I create a sync group, the cloud endpoint is not created. When I try and create the cloud endpoint. I have tried with PowerShell and the Portal. The error is always the same: New-AzStorageSyncCloudEndpoint: Long running operation failed with…
asked 2020-09-28T20:43:17.637+00:00
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my SMBCO IT Manager
1
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answered 2020-10-12T17:00:12.92+00:00
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JVahanRo
1
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3 answers
Unable to access Azure storage File Share in aads using a service account
Problem Description: We are having issues trying to resolve azure storage access for service accounts (iusr_app) on our azure ad domain service called: TESTDOMAIN The iusr_app service account is in its own OU which is in aadds. We have a group in…
asked 2020-09-18T15:37:48.053+00:00
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Ehsan Anwar
6
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answered 2020-09-30T08:03:54.77+00:00
Ehsan Anwar
6
Reputation points
3 answers
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Azure file sync - When running FileSyncErrorsReport.ps1 I only get information on one sync group, not all of them
Azure file sync - When running FileSyncErrorsReport.ps1 I only get information on one sync group, not all of them. How can I get output on all the sync groups registred on a server??
asked 2020-09-25T06:38:59.023+00:00
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Kim K Hansen
21
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accepted 2020-09-29T06:57:39.867+00:00
Kim K Hansen
21
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Does Utilize Azure File Sync for Fileshare Reduce Azure Cost?
Hi, I was interested in migrating my local file shares to the cloud. I was considering whether or not we want to cache a copy locally. Will have a cached copy locally reduce overall Azure cost? Thanks.
asked 2020-09-17T14:33:03.203+00:00
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Christopher Gonzalez
21
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accepted 2020-09-24T13:03:32.357+00:00
Christopher Gonzalez
21
Reputation points
1 answer
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Mounting Azure File Share on on-prem linux VM using AD user
Hi, My requirement is to migrate on-prem SMB shares to Azure File Share. I have a third party application that requires the SMB shares to be mounted on on-prem linux VM with a service account in on-prem AD that has permissions to backup the files(The…
asked 2020-09-20T13:29:39.573+00:00
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Rohit Athikari
116
Reputation points
accepted 2020-09-21T18:24:08.983+00:00
Rohit Athikari
116
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure Files and PCI Compliance
Hi, can you confirm whether Azure Files has been certified as a PCI compliant Azure service? All documentation I've read doesnt say whether it is or not. Note: this is for Azure Files, not Azure File Sync (which is not PCI Compliant).
asked 2020-09-07T17:48:45.1+00:00
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Declan Gildea
1
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commented 2020-09-16T09:02:00.52+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
How to syncronize the files in folder of Azure Cloud to OnPremise folder of server using AZURE Cloud?
Using AZURE file sync, At the first, I put several files in the folder of AZURE cloud, so I can detect same files in the folder of the On Premise server connecting Azure File SYNC But later I add a file into the folder of Azure Cloud by connected…
asked 2020-09-07T07:28:35.89+00:00
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Aso
1
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commented 2020-09-16T05:04:29.34+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
Sync between Azure Blob Storage and on Premise Server
Hi, I have issues while synchronizing files from azure file storage to an on-premise server. The sync works perfectly from on-premise to azure blob storage but the other way around is having the problem. Example: When I create a folder linked…
asked 2020-08-12T11:51:55.453+00:00
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ByteWay Solutions
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answered 2020-09-15T20:22:52.993+00:00
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Dylan Kennard
1
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Connection between mqfte agent and azure file share
Connection between mqfte agent and azure file share via windows virtual machine.Kindly provide inputs on this Thanks
asked 2020-09-10T10:43:14.457+00:00
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Ravikumar Sivasamy
1
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commented 2020-09-14T06:44:05.327+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
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Moving files using Azure Web jobs - high level advice
Hi, We have a scenario where we wish to use an Azure Web Job to move files which are manually dumped into an Azure File Share. We want the files moved to SPO on a schedule a couple of times a day (15GB approx data) based on an input file in the same…
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Shared Disks implement AD permissions
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…
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Need insights on Azure File Storage
This question is in line with my previous question on this forum... Need understanding on Azure File Storage.. Considering Premium file shares > Maximum egress for a single file share is Up to 6,204 MiB/s and Maximum ingress for a single file…
asked 2020-08-01T17:24:12.79+00:00
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Gollu Venkata Shyam Swaroop
6
Reputation points
answered 2020-09-08T14:48:54.77+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Azure Cognitive Search with Azure Files
I want to utilize Azure Cognitive Search to search files in Azure Files but am unable to see any option in Azure Cognitive Search to index Azure Files. Has anyone tried it? Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Jigger
asked 2020-07-14T05:32:56.697+00:00
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Jigger Mehta
1
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commented 2020-09-08T06:22:00.563+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
4 answers
Direct mount of an Azure file share:
We setup the Direct mount of an Azure file share after moving all data from on prem to cloud. We do not have sync server but the virtual AD computer object for SMB authentication. We started seeing lot of slowness with large pdf and redaction of PDF…
asked 2020-07-25T22:48:50.153+00:00
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prasantc
876
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answered 2020-09-08T06:20:53.88+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Configure a Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN on Windows for use with Azure Files
I am getting this error when I run this script provided from here link : https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-configure-p2s-vpn-windows error : $region = "<region>" $resourceGroupName =…
asked 2020-07-13T15:25:03.24+00:00
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Ken Darling
1
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commented 2020-09-08T06:17:31.937+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
How to get azure ad token for Azure Storage file share rest api
I have below script which I am trying but getting error $secret = '*****' $clientID = '********' $DirectoryID = '*********' function getBearer([string]$TenantID, [string]$ClientID, [string]$ClientSecret) { $TokenEndpoint =…
asked 2020-08-31T10:44:47.23+00:00
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samer singh
21
Reputation points
commented 2020-09-03T10:18:04.933+00:00
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soumi-MSFT
11,761
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
How to avoid 429 error "TooManyRequests" on downloading the blob file from storage using Azure SDK for Java?
Hello, Azure community! I would like to ask for your advice regarding the proper work with the storage in the following situation: Recently we've faced an exception with Status code 429 saying "TooManyRequests" and the message: "The…
asked 2020-08-17T16:42:08.36+00:00
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Anastasiia Ilina
71
Reputation points
commented 2020-09-02T07:30:29.267+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
Is Azure Storage the tech we need for allowing website users to upload and download files?
We have an Azure AppService/Website that allow users to upload and download files from the site. Right now those files are just stored in our SQL server instance. However, this is getting unwieldy (very large database). We assume there must be file…
asked 2020-08-12T22:27:45.227+00:00
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Joe Reddy
1
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commented 2020-08-28T06:23:15.683+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
44,906
Reputation points Microsoft Employee