Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,227 questions
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Archiving Files in Azure files
Are there build in features in Azure Files to archive file or move file to another place for archiving purpose. for example, if a file is untouched for certain period of time, the file will be moved to blob storage for long term storage. It is cost…
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asked 2024-07-24T18:09:19.2+00:00
Gary Zhou
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answered 2024-07-24T20:23:51.3333333+00:00
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KarishmaTiwari-MSFT
18,877
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Unable to make changes to some NTFS permissions in Azure Files
Another engineer set Azure Files up and I have never used it before that. There is no local server for caching. Win10 machines map shares in Azure Files. They log into a Domain Controller that is an Azure VM. It has the Azure Files share mapped. That is…
asked 2024-07-24T14:48:45.8533333+00:00
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Matt Tisdel
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edited the question 2024-07-24T15:36:02.6866667+00:00
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Rakesh Gurram
5,325
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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authentication and accessing Azure Files usin Entra ID users
Could you please help me with Highlevel steps to use Entra ID users for authentication and accessing Azure Files.
asked 2024-07-19T09:06:21.85+00:00
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Kamal Jayaram
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commented 2024-07-24T08:34:31.53+00:00
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Nehruji R
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Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Is there a workaround for DevOps attachments 60 Mg file size limit?
In Azure DevOps Bug attachments how do I work around the attachment file size limit of 60 Mb?
asked 2024-07-23T16:55:20.0433333+00:00
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LittlePeace
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commented 2024-07-24T00:01:27.57+00:00
LittlePeace
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How to get access time of files under Azure file share?
We are trying to implement a custom archiving and restore solution for Azure files. One of archiving condition is checking if files that have not been accessed for 2 years. But I am facing challenge of retrieving access time of files.
1 answer
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Azure File Share Optimization - How to filter files in FileShare based on last accessed date?
customer moved aprox 200TB of files to a FileShare and now they are looking for a way to optimize the storage. Is there any way to audit the files in the Fileshare for the last accessed time and based on that to move them to different storage tiering…
asked 2024-03-20T13:47:29.2733333+00:00
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Otilia Zverchea
80
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
commented 2024-07-23T17:32:07.59+00:00
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Xie, Tina
20
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Azure File sync issue
We were experiencing Persistent sync errors in Azure File share. After restarting the Storage sync agent services the persistent sync error has gone. However it is still showing Calculating. Please find the attached snapshot
asked 2024-07-23T14:34:47.0933333+00:00
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Mahavir Saroj
201
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asked 2024-07-23T14:34:47.0933333+00:00
Mahavir Saroj
201
Reputation points
1 answer
Unable to take the ownership over Azure Files share
Hi, We are using Azure files with Identity-based access - Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). It is in use for quite some time, but recently we are facing issues with correcting permissions on subfolders. Everytime the users are added to specific…
asked 2024-07-22T08:08:06.4066667+00:00
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Matic Kutnjak
0
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edited an answer 2024-07-23T09:22:48.5733333+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
45,491
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
Open a file I encrypted
I encrypted a file on my laptop. Usually I put in the password and I'm in. Now, I have to import some certificate. So I do this certificate import wizard thing and it says the file was imported but I still can't open it. Don't know what to do at this…
asked 2024-07-21T03:30:55.3566667+00:00
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Funchess, Wesley
0
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answered 2024-07-23T05:00:23.7333333+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
45,491
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
File explorer wont open with an azure file share drive mapped
I recently setup the file share, the site to site and the point to site vpn access to get to file share. It works great on P2S VPN and S2S VPN, but the minute I am off the VPN and try and open file explorer, it opens, shows only home and doesnt respond.…
asked 2023-05-26T13:38:53.2533333+00:00
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Mark Hense
10
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edited an answer 2024-07-21T18:17:49.5466667+00:00
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VitalyK-4619
1
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Cloud shell: Warning: Failed to mount the Azure file share. Your cloud drive won't be available.
Due to a number of limitations in my current environment I have been using cloudshell on a regular basis. Recently I keep getting this message (bash): Warning: Failed to mount the Azure file share. Your cloud drive won't be available. Your Cloud Shell…
asked 2024-07-17T08:30:13.2566667+00:00
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Michael Cameron
587
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edited a comment 2024-07-18T18:42:33.1066667+00:00
KarishmaTiwari-MSFT
18,877
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers
How to read/write data from Azure filestorage/fileshare into Python script
I'm trying to read/write joblib and csv files from Azure File Storage/File Share into a Python script. To check its working, I'll read/write from vs code running locally, and then finally run from a container in ACI. The code below works, but the file…
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Closing open files in Azure File Share
Hello, Is there a way to list files that are open by a user, on a particular azure file share? We have open files that cannot be adjusted as it believes they're already open. Kind regards
asked 2024-07-09T16:37:08.0633333+00:00
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Tom Wrigglesworth
0
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commented 2024-07-18T11:53:00.8533333+00:00
Nehruji R
4,691
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers
Azure Files: SMB over Quic - support for DFS-N
Reading up on SMB over Quic to be used with Azure files and wondering how this would integrate with DFS-N in a work from home. Reading a blog with the following statement:"Since the client cannot reach a Key Distribution Center (KDC) over the…
asked 2024-07-16T16:25:04.9566667+00:00
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Dubbink, Gert
0
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asked 2024-07-16T16:25:04.9566667+00:00
Dubbink, Gert
0
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1 answer
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Get Metadata activity doesn't directly support listing file shares. Is that true?
I have created linked services, data sets based on file storage and get metadata activity to get the file shares list from the azure storage account which is in public network. No where I found an article related to above scenario but in chat gpt, i…
asked 2024-07-13T13:26:56.68+00:00
Rajoli Hari Krishna
396
Reputation points
accepted 2024-07-14T16:17:23.66+00:00
Rajoli Hari Krishna
396
Reputation points
1 answer
How can I purge soft-deleted data from Azure Files Share
I have a big amount of info in the Soft-Delete storage for Azure Files, how can I purge it so we don't get billed for seven days?
asked 2024-07-11T13:35:00.5633333+00:00
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Huain Gomez
0
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edited an answer 2024-07-11T16:54:23.0533333+00:00
KarishmaTiwari-MSFT
18,877
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
How to do file deletion tracking for Azure AI Search and Azure File Storage
I have an Azure AI Search resource as well as an Azure Storage resource that has files uploaded to a File Share I've managed to connect an Index to the File Share, but deletion tracking seems to be a major pain point. I have to use the…
asked 2024-06-27T19:24:33.8366667+00:00
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Support Boris Shabash
0
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commented 2024-07-11T14:02:58.22+00:00
Nehruji R
4,691
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
Unable to connect Azure File Sync from On-premises File share
We have configured Azure file Sync ( Storage file Sync ) in Azure. But we are unable to connect from On-premises server. We did the host entry also for Storage account and Storage sync. we already have the following setup: VPN from on-premise into…
asked 2024-07-02T16:34:56.05+00:00
Mahavir Saroj
201
Reputation points
commented 2024-07-11T14:01:00.3133333+00:00
Nehruji R
4,691
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
5 answers
How to fix "MSIForBiddenForFileShareStorage" error
On Azure AI Studio, in chat playground, when choosing my own data source and then trying to create a prompt flow, there's an error: "Unable to create flow. MSIForbiddenForFileShareStorage: Unable to authenticate data access to storage account with…
asked 2024-07-04T05:43:41.6666667+00:00
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Veeti Rajaniemi
0
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commented 2024-07-11T13:59:17.2+00:00
Nehruji R
4,691
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers
How to register for on-prem server for Azure file synchronization
Getting an error while registering a server for Azure file synchronization.Automatic discovery of your accessible cloud environment did not work. THis can happen when you are in a special cloud environment that currently does not support auto-discovery.
asked 2024-07-02T19:30:45.3533333+00:00
Mahavir Saroj
201
Reputation points
answered 2024-07-09T09:55:16.1533333+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT
45,491
Reputation points Microsoft Employee