What’s the best Azure Files architecture for a hybrid branch-office file share?
We're considering moving a roughly 3 TB branch-office file share from a VM on our corporate SAN to Azure Files. This would be our first Azure deployment, so…
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What’s the best architecture for migrating a branch file share to Azure Files?
We're considering moving a roughly 3 TB branch-office file share from an on-premises Windows file server VM to Azure Files. This would be our first Azure deployment, so…
How can I make multiple Azure file shares read-only without changing NTFS permissions?
I need to switch several Azure file shares to read-only. They contain millions of files and use existing NTFS permissions migrated from on-premises. The goal is not to…
How can I make multiple Azure file shares read-only without changing NTFS permissions?
I need to switch several Azure file shares containing millions of files from read/write to read-only. Different users currently have different NTFS permissions, and the goal is for…
What Would 60 TB of Azure Premium Files Cost Each Month?
We know we need to clean up and remove some older data, but we're planning to move roughly 60 TB of active file data to Azure Files for…
What does Azure Premium Files cost for around 60 TB of active data?
We know we need to clean up and remove some outdated data, but we still need to host roughly 60 TB of file data in Azure. The shares…
What’s the Best Way to Map an Azure Files Share for All Users on Pooled AVD Hosts?
I've set up Azure Virtual Desktop with Cloud Kerberos and FSLogix, and everything is working properly. The session hosts are Microsoft Entra joined and managed through Intune. I…
What’s the best way to map Azure Files for users on pooled AVD hosts?
I've deployed Azure Virtual Desktop with Cloud Kerberos and FSLogix, and everything is working properly. The session hosts are Microsoft Entra joined and managed through Intune. Since the…
What can replace DFS Namespaces in a cloud-native Azure setup?
DFS Namespaces with root consolidation work well when migrating traditional file servers to Azure Files because users keep a stable, friendly path while the underlying storage changes. A…
What can replace DFS Namespace in a cloud-first Azure environment?
DFS Namespace with root consolidation works well when migrating on-premises file servers to Azure Files because users can keep a stable, friendly path while the underlying storage changes.…
Intermittent Error 1326 When FSLogix Mounts Profiles from Azure Files
Has anyone experienced Azure Files intermittently rejecting SMB access in an Azure Virtual Desktop environment using FSLogix and Microsoft Entra Kerberos? The same user, session host, storage account,…
Intermittent FSLogix Profile Attachment Failures with Azure Files and Entra Kerberos
Has anyone seen Azure Files intermittently reject SMB access in an Azure Virtual Desktop environment using FSLogix and Microsoft Entra Kerberos? The same user, session host, storage account,…
Can Azure Files SMB Use Microsoft Entra ID Without On-Premises Active Directory?
I have no on-premises Active Directory Domain Services or domain controllers. My users and Windows PCs are managed through Microsoft Entra ID, and I want them to access…
Can I Mount an Azure Files SMB Share Using Only Entra ID Credentials?
I don't have on-premises Active Directory Domain Services or domain controllers. My users and Windows PCs are managed through Microsoft Entra ID, and I want them to access…
Migrating a 1.5 TB Windows File Share to Azure Files: Standard or Premium?
I'm planning to migrate an on-premises Windows file server to Azure Files using Azure Storage Mover. The server currently hosts one share containing roughly 60 departmental folders and…
What’s the best way to migrate a 1.5 TB Windows file share to Azure Files?
I'm planning to migrate an on-premises Windows file server to Azure Files using Storage Mover. The share contains roughly 1.5 TB of departmental data organized into about 60…
Should I replace our ZFS file servers to improve Veeam backups?
Our consulting engineering company stores its on-premises data on two Ubuntu file servers, each using two ZFS RAIDZ2 pools of roughly 150 TB. The pools are currently about…
Should I replace my ZFS file servers to simplify Veeam backups?
Our consulting engineering company stores its data on-premises. We currently have two production Ubuntu file servers and two replicas, using two ZFS RAIDZ2 pools of roughly 150 TB…
Azure File Share Fails for a User Using Certificate-Based Authentication
I'm testing Azure Files with Active Directory Domain Services identity-based access, and the setup is working for most users. One user consistently receives username and password errors when…
Azure Files Mapped Drive Makes File Explorer Freeze When VPN Is Disconnected
I set up a private Azure Files share using Entra ID authentication and private access only. My Windows 11 25H2 workstation is Entra ID joined and reaches Azure…