How to download a folder or file from Azure File Share

Question

Hi All,

A user working in Azure Virtual Desktop accidentally deleted a folder.

All files and folders are stored in Azure File Share.

I managed to restore the folder into the file share, however, neither I see an option to copy or move it to its original location nor can I download it.

Could you please help to find out how to download a folder or file from Azure File Share.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello Cloud_Geek_82,

Greetings! Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum.

I understand that you would like to copy or move files from Azure File share to its original location. You can you Azure Storage Explorer or Azcopy tool. I would recommend using Azcopy. Azcopy is a command-line utility that you can use to copy files to or from a storage account. This article contains example commands that work with Azure Files.

Before you begin, see the Get started with AzCopy article to download AzCopy and familiarize yourself with the tool.

Additional information: You can copy data from Azure Files to any supported sink data store, or copy data from any supported source data store to Azure Files. For a list of data stores that Copy Activity supports as sources and sinks, see Supported data stores and formats.

Choose an Azure solution for data transfer.

You can also perform copy data from One Storage account to another storage account using Cloud Shel through Azure portal by Powershell or cli

Ex: Use AzCopy on Azure Cloud Shell

• Learn about:
  • Azure Data Box, Azure Data Box Disk, and Azure Data Box Heavy for offline transfers.
    • Azure Data Box Gateway and Azure Stack Edge for online transfers.
      • Learn what is Azure Data Factory.

Hope the information helps! Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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