Azure File

Azure – Geo redundancy is now available in preview for large file shares (preview)

As you know, you can implement geo redundancy for Azure Storage account and Azure File Shares. But there was some limitations such as the size of the file share. Well, good news, as you can now use this redundancy for large file shares and even better it is supported for production, even if this is […]

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Azure – You can trigger Azure File Sync synchronization when changes are done on Azure side

As you may already know, you can synchronize your on-premises file shares to Azure File Share using Azure File Sync. While changes made on your on-premises side are quickly synchronized to Azure File Share, this is not the same story when changes are made from Azure File Share; you have to wait the 24 hours

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Azure – New capabilities for Azure Backup applicable to Azure Files (preview)

Azure  Backup has been updated to provide new capabilities: Azure Backup now supports backing up NTFS ACL’s set on Azure Files (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-active-directory-overview to know more about). This means when you restore Azure Files, the NTFS permissions will be also restored. This capability is currently in preview. PowerShell can now be used to run backup

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Azure – Azure AD authentication available in preview for Azure Files

You may already know Azure Files service allowing you to use Azure as files ‘server’ and off course Azure AD to manage authentication to your Microsoft cloud services (Azure and/or Office 365). Well, good news, you can use Azure AD to leverage authentication to access Azure Files; meaning you can set NTFS like permissions on

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