Mounting file share issue

Question

I have created file share of 1 GB under storage account, But How to mount this to windows machine, Please help
I have created file share as per the screenshot and but not seen option to mount.

Answer 1

If you click the 'Connect' button on the toolbar in your screenshot, you will then be given instructions for mounting.

Here's a link to the documentation anyway - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-use-files-windows#mount-the-azure-file-share

Answer 2

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

This video provides steps for mounting Azure File Share on Windows Machine

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

----------

Please do not forget to and wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members.

Disclaimer: This response contains a reference to a third-party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites; therefore, Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there.
There are inherent dangers in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.

Answer 3

@sns When Azure portal is off, if I add any file in my network drive from my local machine, will it reflect in the azure? Yes

What is the exact use case of this file share? Here are some videos on the common use cases of Azure Files:
Replace your file server with a serverless Azure file share
Getting started with FSLogix profile containers on Azure Files in Windows Virtual Desktop leveraging AD authentication
Replace or supplement on-premises file servers, "Lift and shift" applications, Simplify cloud development:

And can this file share and mounting possible with out storage account? No, You need Azure Storage Account , Azure file shares are deployed into storage accounts, which are top-level objects that represent a shared pool of storage. This pool of storage can be used to deploy multiple file shares. General purpose version 2 (GPv2) storage accounts, FileStorage storage accounts (Azure supports multiple types of storage accounts for different storage scenarios customers may have, but there are two main types of storage accounts for Azure Files. Which storage account type you need to create depends on whether you want to create a standard file share or a premium file share:)

Please do not forget to and wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members.

Answer 4

I have detailed the procedure you are looking for to mount the file share in Windows computer here in my blog: use-an-azure-file-share-with-windows

Hope, the steps detailed helps !