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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.

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
asked 2024-07-22T19:06:50.2766667+00:00
Xie, Tina 0 Reputation points
accepted 2024-07-25T14:02:05.2966667+00:00
Xie, Tina 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

DFS Namespace configuration using Azure Paas resources

We have DFS Namespace configuration in windows Server(Azure VM) but need same DFS setup using Azure Paas resources without using VM.So i am looking for alternative for DFS in azure using Paas resources. DFS-N [DFS Namespaces] is a role service in Windows…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
2,942 questions
asked 2024-06-14T10:36:41.2866667+00:00
Galipelly Rajashekar (Quadrant Resource LLC) 0 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2024-07-25T07:44:20.58+00:00
Galipelly Rajashekar (Quadrant Resource LLC) 0 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
asked 2024-07-24T14:48:45.8533333+00:00
Matt Tisdel 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-07-25T06:26:14.9466667+00:00
Nehruji R 4,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Need azure user to access me share file on my vm machine

I need your help, I created my account storage and a sharing file. I also have my vm machine created under Azure I then synchronized the shared files on my vm machine which is good. There is a VPN client that is configured and good. I have a lot of users…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
7,582 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
2,942 questions
asked 2024-07-25T04:04:55.1666667+00:00
amadou diallo 20 Reputation points
answered 2024-07-25T05:58:49.75+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 45,491 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure
Azure
A cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a worldwide network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.
1,083 questions
asked 2024-07-24T18:09:19.2+00:00
Gary Zhou 1 Reputation point
answered 2024-07-24T21:34:55.7066667+00:00
Gary Zhou 1 Reputation point
6 answers

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.

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
asked 2024-07-19T09:06:21.85+00:00
Kamal Jayaram 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-24T08:34:31.53+00:00
Nehruji R 4,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

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?

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services
An Azure platform as a service offer that is used to deploy web and cloud applications.
677 questions
Azure NetApp Files
Azure NetApp Files
An Azure service that provides enterprise-grade file shares powered by NetApp.
85 questions
asked 2024-07-23T16:55:20.0433333+00:00
LittlePeace 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-24T00:01:27.57+00:00
LittlePeace 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
2,942 questions
asked 2024-03-20T13:47:29.2733333+00:00
Otilia Zverchea 80 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
commented 2024-07-23T17:32:07.59+00:00
Xie, Tina 0 Reputation points
0 answers

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

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
asked 2024-07-22T08:08:06.4066667+00:00
Matic Kutnjak 0 Reputation points
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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Disk Encryption
Azure Disk Encryption
An Azure service for virtual machines (VMs) that helps address organizational security and compliance requirements by encrypting the VM boot and data disks with keys and policies that are controlled in Azure Key Vault.
169 questions
asked 2024-07-21T03:30:55.3566667+00:00
Funchess, Wesley 0 Reputation points
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.…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
asked 2023-05-26T13:38:53.2533333+00:00
Mark Hense 10 Reputation points
edited an answer 2024-07-21T18:17:49.5466667+00:00
VitalyK-4619 1 Reputation point
0 answers

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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
2,942 questions
asked 2024-07-17T08:30:13.2566667+00:00
Michael Cameron 587 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-07-18T18:42:33.1066667+00:00
KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 18,957 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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
2,942 questions
asked 2024-07-05T03:47:56.2133333+00:00
HughA 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-18T12:00:27.6266667+00:00
Nehruji R 4,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

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

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
asked 2024-07-09T16:37:08.0633333+00:00
Tom Wrigglesworth 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-18T11:53:00.8533333+00:00
Nehruji R 4,766 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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
2,637 questions
asked 2024-07-16T16:25:04.9566667+00:00
Dubbink, Gert 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory
An Azure service for ingesting, preparing, and transforming data at scale.
10,188 questions
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?

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
asked 2024-07-11T13:35:00.5633333+00:00
Huain Gomez 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2024-07-11T16:54:23.0533333+00:00
KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 18,957 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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
Azure AI Search
Azure AI Search
An Azure search service with built-in artificial intelligence capabilities that enrich information to help identify and explore relevant content at scale.
865 questions
asked 2024-06-27T19:24:33.8366667+00:00
Support Boris Shabash 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-11T14:02:58.22+00:00
Nehruji R 4,766 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…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,228 questions
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 4,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor