Crawl Azure Files Share from SharePoint Online

Michele Casazza 26 Reputation points
2020-07-16T13:46:11.427+00:00

Is it possible to crawl/index content from Azure File Shares and surface it in the SPO search?

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Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
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  1. T. Kujala 8,766 Reputation points
    2020-07-17T04:45:14.947+00:00

    Hi @MicheleCasazza-6919,

    Unfortunately, this can't be done by using the SPO Online Search.

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  2. Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2020-07-17T07:26:27.47+00:00

    I don't think it's possible to crawl content from Azure File Shares in the SharePoint Online search.

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  3. trevorseward 11,711 Reputation points
    2020-07-19T18:49:12.43+00:00

    A couple of suggestions come to mind, though admittedly I haven't tried them.

    1) Leverage SharePoint Hybrid Search to crawl the Azure File Share, this would require a SharePoint Server deployment on-premises.
    2) Using Microsoft Search and the Data Management Gateway, crawl the file share. Results will be exposed via Microsoft Search. This requires an on-premises deployment.


  4. Sumarigo-MSFT 47,471 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
    2020-07-22T06:23:46.077+00:00

    This should work in your scenario: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/MicrosoftSearch/file-share-connector

    Let me know the status!

    Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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