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DFS-N same server add target

Hi, I’m going to setup hybrid  fille server setup. I will user existing file server. I will setup DFS-N root consolidation.   If same original  file server will be used  as one target and  Azure file server will be used as  additional target. I don’t…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2023-02-08T13:15:18.65+00:00
BorutMCP2000 46 Reputation points
1 answer

Is there any Trigger for FileShare in Azure? If not, is there any alternate solution available?

Hi MSFT, I need a Trigger for Azure File Share. I know there is a Logic App Trigger for Azure Blob Storage at the root level; but as per the below MSFT and SO links, there is no such Triggers for File Share- neither for Logic App nor through Azure…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
1,570 questions
Azure Logic Apps
Azure Logic Apps
An Azure service that automates the access and use of data across clouds without writing code.
1,830 questions
Azure Functions
Azure Functions
An Azure service that provides an event-driven serverless compute platform.
2,618 questions
asked 2023-02-02T06:13:16.3366667+00:00
Avishek Chowdhury 41 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-07T01:14:21.5133333+00:00
Avishek Chowdhury 41 Reputation points
1 answer

Application Insights Sampling

I have been reading Application Insights documentation but I still have some doubts and would like to ask following questions regarding sampling in application insights: We're using Azure File Shares with the Storage Sync Service linking them to Windows…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor
An Azure service that is used to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from Azure and on-premises environments.
1,831 questions
asked 2023-02-02T05:38:45.82+00:00
Jiali Yang @(DEVREL) 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
answered 2023-02-06T23:28:54.7566667+00:00
SaiKishor-MSFT 15,096 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Possible to Generate File Share SAS with Managed Identity?

We have been attempting to move most storage services access from our App Services to use Managed Identities with the appropriate minimum RBAC roles. For Azure Files services it seems clear that direct Managed Identity access is not currently supported.…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
An Azure enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
12,773 questions
asked 2023-02-03T20:01:48.0333333+00:00
Johnson, Jared, T 20 Reputation points
accepted 2023-02-06T13:40:28.79+00:00
Johnson, Jared, T 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Azure Files SMB mount with Storage Account Key Access disabled

From the documentation (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/shared-key-authorization-prevent?tabs=portal#transition-azure-files-workloads): Disallowing Shared Key access for a storage account does not affect SMB connections to Azure…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2023-02-05T18:48:08.3533333+00:00
KZ-9665 6 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-06T11:32:37.1833333+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Azure file Sync - Sync multiple folders

Hello i have a customer who is syncing an onpremise subfolder d:public\finance to azure file and then syncing it to there erp server in azure. He now wants to sync all the subfolders in Public but only to azure files with cloud tiering. What is the best…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2023-01-19T13:06:46+00:00
Stavros Mitchell 21 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-06T04:30:13.2266667+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Failed to update storage account. Enabling Azure Active Directory Domain Services

Hi, I am trying to enable Azure AD authentication on Azure files, When I try to enable the Azure AD element I get the following error message immediately "Failed to update storage account ''. Error: The resource %Azure AD GUID%' does not…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
An Azure enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
12,773 questions
asked 2023-01-23T19:17:37.0966667+00:00
Jason Walter 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-05T15:05:32.1866667+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to do position mapping in ADF copy activity?

Hi, I am trying to load data from Azure file storage to Azure sql db using ADF copy activity. Files stored in file storage are in .txt format without a delimited character. Using Data flow activity we can do position level mapping using derived column…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure SQL Database
Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory
An Azure service for ingesting, preparing, and transforming data at scale.
6,341 questions
asked 2023-01-30T07:21:11.6266667+00:00
Dande, Venkata Subhashini 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-05T13:27:14.16+00:00
Subashri Vasudevan 4,621 Reputation points
2 answers

how to give access to azure users to access server shared folder

Hello I have 10 computers with a windows 11 and microsoft office 365 business licenses . when i tried to access shared folders from server using RUN and \servername or ip than it prompt me to add the user name and password of the server , after i added…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2023-01-12T17:04:15.46+00:00
IMAD BAALBAKI 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-05T09:26:16.2166667+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Azure File Storage - Folder level permissions

Hello! We are looking to move data up into Azure Files to remove the need for one of our on premise file share servers. After taking a look at the permissions through IAM, it looks like these permissions are only applicable to the Azure File Storage…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2023-01-10T13:29:37.35+00:00
Dalton 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-02-05T09:21:29.21+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

windows vm smb speed very slow after vpn certificate renewal

I am using the Network Drive connected to the local Windows virtual machine via OpenVPN and SMB. Recently, the VPN certificate expired, so after renewing the certificate, the Network Drive was connected. Previously, the read and write speed of…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,265 questions
asked 2023-01-02T05:05:56.937+00:00
YU S 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-02-05T08:50:06.4033333+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Using Azure File Storage with Azure VPN

Hi, We are using Azure File Storage with an Azure-based VNET and Azure VPN. On our VNET, all our VMs are joined to an Azure Domain Controller. We have locked down our Azure File Storage with a private endpoint and secured it to the specific…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
1,570 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
1,423 questions
asked 2022-12-29T18:57:45.337+00:00
Greg Thomas 121 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-05T08:48:43.8133333+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Error occurs when uploading a large file to BLOB using azcopy

I want to upload a large file to a BLOB using azcopy. I ran the command like this: ----------------------- azcopy copy "E:\2022_12_21_125004_6954374.bak"…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
1,570 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
1,423 questions
asked 2022-12-31T05:57:04.427+00:00
youngsik Ahn 41 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-05T08:48:42.0466667+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Files linking to Azure AD

I've created an azure storage account and 3 shares, I can access these from a PC using access keys but I want to use Azure AD groups. When I head into the storage account configuration and enable the "Identity-based access for file shares - Azure…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2021-05-11T08:09:58.76+00:00
David Harrison 41 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-05T03:24:41.73+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Endpoint Registration Error in File Sync Server

After several attempts to register an endpoint via Azure File Sync Server, I always get the same error. Register-AzStorageSyncServer -ResourceGroupName "NR-v1PRD" -StorageSyncServiceName "filesyncservernrbr02"

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
1,423 questions
asked 2023-02-01T16:23:21.6133333+00:00
Deivid Herley Feitosa Rocha 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-03T23:41:34+00:00
SaiKishor-MSFT 15,096 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Share folder in Azure VM with remote compuers joined to Azure AD

I have installed Quickbooks Pro on an Azure VM. I have created an Azure AD Domain Service "managed domain" that I own and have added the appropriate DNS TXT records to verify it with Azure. I did this because I do not have an…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
3,066 questions
asked 2022-12-01T21:19:24.33+00:00
Paul W Eschenbach Jr 1 Reputation point
answered 2023-02-03T21:11:55.36+00:00
Mark Jonathan 0 Reputation points
4 answers

Network password incorrect using Azure AD DS Identity

Receiving the following error when using an identity connection to a smb file storage from a domain laptop. "New-PSDrive : The specified network password is not correct" The connection to the smb share works fine using the storage account and…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
An Azure enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
12,773 questions
asked 2021-02-26T14:59:54.557+00:00
SF 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-02-03T17:38:35.77+00:00
deherman-MSFT 23,826 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Why are Mac clients are much slower to download from an Azure File Sync EndPoint Server?

Hi All, We're using Azure File Shares with File Sync to Windows file servers Endpoints and caching enabled. For some reason Mac client machines are much slower getting files that aren't cached from the file shares than Windows ones are. Same network…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2023-02-01T13:50:01.3133333+00:00
Chris Parr 6 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-03T09:42:50.2733333+00:00
Sumarigo-MSFT 30,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Access on-premise File Share when in the Office and Azure File Share when outside

Hi there, I just set up an entire domain network from scratch for our sub department. So there is a Windows Server 2022 with Fileserver Role installed. I've also created an Azure Storage Account and made a Fileshare in that. They already had an…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
asked 2022-12-07T16:07:15.507+00:00
Tobias 1 Reputation point
edited an answer 2023-02-03T09:11:12.7533333+00:00
Tobias 1 Reputation point
1 answer

On-premises AD DS authentication with Azure Files

Hello, our application (computer accounts) need full control permission to File share in Windows so I'm planning to use On-premises AD DS authentication with Azure Files. Do I need to create group that contains those computers account and sync them to…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
779 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
1,570 questions
asked 2023-02-01T14:37:40.0633333+00:00
Wool Sock 121 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-03T07:17:23.1+00:00
Wool Sock 121 Reputation points