Copy files from Azure File Share on one tenant to another tenant (either to another storage account or to locally on a server/VM)

Question

Hi,

Is it possible to somehow automate copying files from Azure File Share that is located in one tenant locally to a server/VM in another tenant?
We have a storage account that stores a file to File Share daily, and a user that has read and list access to the File Share via access policy as they are an external user. The user is currently accessing the share via Storage Explorer.

The question was raised if there is a possibility to automate copying the files from the File Share to some other location in their tenant/network, so that they can avoid copying files manually daily.
We would like to avoid giving any additional persmissions that are not neccessary.

I was just wondering is this douable and any hints will be greatly appriciated.

Answer 1

Hi @Tenanana-7634

Thank you for asking this question on the **Microsoft Q&A Platform. **

You can perform those actions with azcopy.exe

AzCopy is a command-line utility that you can use to copy blobs or files to or from a storage account

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10

Hope this helps,
Carlos Solís Salazar

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