Issue with File Transfers between On-premises Computers and Azure Files/Servers
We are experiencing issues in our infrastructure when users attempt to upload or download files from on-premises computers to Azure Files Premium or Azure servers via the SMB protocol, resulting in very slow transfer speeds. The users are connected to a…
File Refresh
I have a file which is necessary to make some UI changes for my application. In my setup I generate a file in my local system first, then the same file gets uploaded to a file share in the azure storage account. Now I make changes in my local and test…
Region-specific drives for a VM located in Azure AU region
Hi Team, We have a requirement from clients to have the data in the respective data drives, for example - client from US wants to have their data in a drive which is physically located in the azure data centre in US region. We are looking at partitioning…
App Attach Azure files limits
I am hitting App Attach limits on AVD with a customer with errors mounting apps on devices. Based on the Microsoft documentation - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-scale-targets#app-attach-with-vhdvhdx, the Azure files…
Azure Files Premium SMB Multichannel with private endpoint
I have a premium storage account with SMB Multichannel and a private endpoint. My question is: Are SMB Multichannel and private endpoint compatible in Azure Files Premium?
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Azure File Sync and Private Endpoint
We have setup File Sync in Entra with a private endpoint and installed the agenton a small onprem file server. We are not using Azure DNS etc.. and updated the local host file for all the private endpoint IP's and FQDN's. When the Server Registration…
can't access NFS file share (that has a private endpoint) in azure portal or az command.
Hello I have a file share with a private endpoint. It has public access. from within the subnet I am able to connect to the nfs. When I try to access it using storage browser i get the following: networking is enabled from all: there is a private…
Azure File Sync - SkippedForStableVersionFailure
Hi, we are using Azure Filesync with Cloud tiering. But some files can't get tiered. If I tier them manually with "Invoke-StorageSyncCloudTiering" I get following answer: TieredCount : 0 AlreadyTieredCount …
Azure AD cloud only identities with Azure File services - using custom identity proxy
I want to use Azure AD cloud only identities with Azure File services. I want to create an identity proxy for this connectivity. Cannot use ADDS or Entra DS. could a custom application based on MSAL - work ?
Windows Shares to Azure Service with Cloud only access
Is there an Option to move Windows Shares to Azure Service (Azure File or alternatives) giving access through Entra ID (Cloud Only Identities) without any dependency on AD, ADDS, Or Entra DS service?
Remove User access to onprem Fileshare after migrating to Azure File Share
We have our on-premise file server syncing up to our Azure File Share with NTFS permissions all in place and an Entra SMB group created for all users ready to move access from onprem to the Azure share My question is; when we come to remove user access…
Opening Word and Excel doc on Azure file share extremely slow
I have an Azure VM that has a mapped drive to an Azure File Share. I can open the Word and Excel documents on the Azure file share but they take up to 2 minutes to open. Both the VM and the File Share are in the same region. I can open a Notepad file in…
How to read a large 50GB of file in azure function app
I have several 50GB+ files in Azure Blob and Azure File share. I like to read them via azure function. what will be best performance approach, the file has only read operation no write operation. to gain highest performance I need file mounted so python…
Need to move ~50TB of data from an Azure VM to an Azure File share in the same tenant
I need to move 50tb from an Azure VM file share to Azure files. All of the Azure data move solutions are primarily targeted for on-premises to Azure, but I see almost no options for an Azure VM to Azure Files. Azure storage mover agent are image files…
Entra ID Sync to Azure AD issue with File Server access
I am having issues with users on Windows365 Entra Joined virtual Machines connecting to an Azure AD Domain Joined Server in Azure. The problem is that when logging into the VM, the file server shares will prompt for a username and password every time.…
Any timeline to support "Extended Attributes" over "SMB Azure file shares"?
I've run into an issue with container apps. My WebDAV service relies on what are called "Extended Attributes" on files. Basically, little metadata "files" that are stored next to a file but not part of the actual file. Specifically,…
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Connect Azure File Share with Microsoft Entra Kerberos
Hello I created a new Azure file share and tried to connect this with "Microsoft Entra Kerberos". After putting in the DNSRoot and ObjectGUID of my on-premises Domain I get the error: AccountType StandardV2_LRS is only valid for api-version…
Azure File Shares - Identity Based Access API Error
Hi all, Currently getting the below error when trying to apply step 2 for Identity Based Access - Set Share-level permissions. Step 1 has been complete and has been configured through AD DS. I have tried adding the below API versions to the URL as…
How to list files and folders metadata in azure file storage with logic app workflow?
Hello, Could you please help me with this? I'm trying to build an azure logic app for a storage account. Inside this storage account there are like 20 azure files. In each azure file share there are several files and folders. I want to create a…
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Azure File Sync Agent Setup on On-Premises Server Without Internet Access
Hello everyone, I need assistance with setting up the Azure File Sync Agent on an on-premises VM running Windows Server 2022, which is domain-joined and no internet. I’ve reviewed the Microsoft documentation, and it states that a basic internet…