I'm trying to work with Azure AI Studio, and I recently had to create an SSD storage instance, which ended up costing me monthly fees in a Pay As You Go plan. Since I have a personal Microsoft 365 account with plenty of OneDrive storage, I'm curious if there's a way to mount my OneDrive in Azure for storing datasets. I've only found information suggesting that it works for OneDrive for Business and requires some complicated Azure CLI steps. Is there truly no way to directly access my OneDrive storage in Azure AI Studio?
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Cost is definitely something to consider, especially with the potential bills from compute resources. But if your storage is costing you $20 a month without even using it, it’s worth double-checking your storage choices. You may have picked an SSD type that has a reservation fee that wasn't clear. While it would be nice to use existing storage like in Colab, Azure tends to operate differently with its pricing and usage policies.
Unfortunately, you can't directly mount your personal OneDrive in Azure AI Studio. The functionality is typically reserved for OneDrive for Business. So yeah, if you're looking to save costs, the only option is probably to create a storage instance and manually move your datasets over when you need them.
I totally get that now. I just assumed things would be a bit more straightforward, like with Google Drive. I'll have to weigh whether the storage fees are worth it based on the models I want to run.