Help with Azure File Storage - Setup and Pricing

Question

Hi All,
I need around 3000 GB of storage in the cloud and i want to be able to map it to my local drive and use it anytime of the day that why i' after setting up Azure Files.
Is Azure Files the right choice?
I used the Azure pricing calculator as you can see below scrrenshot.
The initial price was $80 AUD per month but later gave me an estimated price of $329 below.
What does this mean and can someone please explain what is it ?

Also has anyone got some videos or resources that could guide me to provision Azure Files i know you need to have a storage account first.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Patrick Rote
Estimate costs with the Azure pricing calculator
Imagine that you’ve been asked to build a system on Azure, and you’ve been asked for an estimate of what it might cost to run over the next 12 months. You already know that Azure pricing is fully transparent and that you’re billed monthly for only the services that you use. How would you get that estimate without deploying and running those services or without manually pricing out each service from the Azure service pricing pages?

Refer Azure Documentation to provision Azure file share.
Create an Azure file share
Use an Azure file share with Windows
Monitoring Azure Files
Troubleshoot Azure Files problems in Windows (SMB)

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