How to Mount Azure file share to my cloud service in .net application.

Question

I have a Azure SMB File share, Existing code uses the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage client library to Mount the File share to the cloud service. As the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage is deprecated I am migrating the client library to Azure.Storage.Files.Shares and it doesn't provide the functionality to Mount the drive.

My application is running in .Net framework 4.6.2 MVC

Is there a way I can mount the drive on the startup ? I even tried the script from the azure portal connection test was failure.

I am looking for a solution which can mount from my .Net application itself. Because File share needs to be mounted to all the instances on the time of autoscalling.

//Existing code using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage 
CloudFileShare share = CloudStorageAccount.Parse("Connection string")
    .CreateCloudFileClient()
    .GetShareReference("reports");
share.CreateIfNotExists();
share.Mount("Z:");

Answer 1

Hi @Anonymous , I understand that you want to mount Azure Files to your application, which is using .Net framework. I am not a .Net developer, so I'm not sure about compatibility of your .Net framework version with Azure Storage File Shares client library for .NET. Please try that out and let us know.

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Answer 2

@Anonymous Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

• May I know what exatcly are trying to accomplish? Are you trying to Mount Azure File Share on VM instance?
• As you mentioned you tried to through portal did you get any error message? If so can you share the screenshot?
• Where will be this .Net application will be hosted?

Try to mount Azure file share as per the below mentioned article and let me know the status.

Reference link: Mount SMB Azure file share on Windows

This article lists common issues related to Azure Files. It also provides possible causes and resolutions for these issues. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/azure-storage/files-troubleshoot?tabs=powershell

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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