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Azure Files Overview

What is Azure Files?

Azure File offers fully managed file shares in the cloud, accessible via the industry standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Azure File shares is mounted concurrently by cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Azure File offers fully managed file shares in the cloud, accessible via the industry standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Azure File shares is mounted concurrently by cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, macOS, and Linux.


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Hiran T.
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Hiran T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Secured cloud storage for a Enterprises"
Azure files can be deployed as cloud, SaaS, and web-based which reduces the effort of implementation of cloud storage in the IT infrastructure. Azu...
Abhishek D.
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Abhishek D.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"My journey from Servers to Cloud - Azure Files."
1. Azure Files seamlessly integrates with our existing Azure infra 2. Since it is scalable, it ensures we never run out of space 3. Supports both...
aswath k.
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aswath k.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Nice NFS file system for Azure"
Able to mount Files system with cloud and on premises server. Very useful for kubernetes cluster running on state set.
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What do you like best about Azure Files?

Azure files help set up SMB file shares for organisational file share requirements, majorly useful in your AVD deployments for having FSLogix file shares for storing user and office365 profiles. It's easy to set up and maintain and can be secured by enabling private endpoints on the storage account to prevent unauthorised access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Files?

The minimum file share size should be 100 GB, which may not be suitable for more minor share requirements, and the maximum file size capacity of a file is up to 1 TB if using a standard Azure file share and 4 TB for a premium Azure file share; hence organisations should be careful when choosing Azure files, and other best option is to go with Azure Netapp files which gives better performance and storage capacity pool options with higher iops in comparison with Azure files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Files solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our AVD infra uses Azure files to store end-user FSlogix profiles for more than 300+ users. We have Azure files with private endpoints configured to handle the user profiling requirements, which work seamlessly and give the best performance and user experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Azure Files?

It is Exellent Option for small and Midsize companies who is looking for moving on cloud with their on-prem file services. it is very safe and flexible to deploy based on the requirements. I have recently moved our Company's on-prem data to Cloud successfully with improved performance. initially, we were looking for some third party storage Management solution where we will have backup, point in time snapshots and security. we found the solution but the cost ways high. it was costing the solutions somewhere around $40000/year which looks huge. we start exploring the features on azure files with azure file sync. it exact match the our requirment with less the 1/4 of the total third party solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Files?

it doesn't provide global file locking facility. I have deployed the Azure FileSync Agent with Cloud Tiering enabled. when i open a file from AZ Sync Agent 1 and same file can be opened from AZ Sync Agent 2 and can be edited. whoever saves last will be overwrite first saved data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Files solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has proven strong Security features to safely save your data. minimum 3 copies Azure Maintains or you can choose zone-redundancy, geo-redundancy and many more. also strengthen backup options to safegaurd your data. restore data in few clicks and worst case sinario like Ransomeware threats. It is very safe, data is encrypted at rest and in transit, very easy to manage without the need for hardware or operating system implementations, intelligent, thanks to the caching of local files that are used more frequently. Created to offer hybrid flexibility. Access your data from wherever you want, multiplatform or multi regions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

More reliable virtual platforms without maintaining on prem machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

It's a little confusing when setting things up initially. When the connection speed is fine in the States, it's quite bad for our teammates on the otherside of the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's a more secured, scalable on-cloud solution. We moved almost all our servers onto Azure after a Ransome attack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Basically it is the best cloud that blends with Windows. It has good virtualization feature and good feature for security and disaster recovery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

Only the GUI needs to be more interactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cost effective following pay as you go. Better disaster recovery and secure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Azure is a leading cloud computing provider and the. Best qualities that I like about it the integration with azure ad . azure ad can be used with all type of inbuilt as well as 3rd party applications .also it's infrastructure has so many different options.you can find everything on the go here . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

There is no such features to be disliked mainly.its just that some of the advanced features sometimes don't work with Linux or Mac os based devices else everything is perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Azure helps managing identities of all the users, create infrastructure as needed and modify it whenever required save the setup cost and provide all best solution for the setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure Storage?

I am developer and I am using Azure Storage from quite a time. I am very much satisfied with this offering. The integration it offers with developer tools and ease of use is the top priorities and it outshines in both. Many options available with just easy configuration adds to awesomenesa. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure Storage?

There is not a single thing that I dislike about Microsoft Storage Service. I am using it for quite a long, like last 7 years and the journey of making it better every day is incredible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure Storage solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are storing historical financial data and check images and there is not better place than to utilize Azure Storage service to do so. It offers hot and cold storage options and helps in saving cost as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

Azure Active Directory Services(AADS) and the level of data security and data segregation that Azure provides is top notch and I believe way ahead of its competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

In terms of cost effectiveness, management and the actual console, I think sometimes it leaves a lot to be desired.

Also it's a steep learning curve for its platform managed services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloud enablement, Cloud Transformation, Cloud deployment, data segregation and compliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Azure Files?

Azure files keeps you files in highly availability. Your data is replicated across multiple data centers and multiple times, so it is always available and protected against data loss, even in the event of a hardware failure. Also we can easily add more storage capacity as the needs grow. Azure Files also offers high performance so applications can access the stored data quickly and reliably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Files?

Being a cloud service, and especially if you need a lot of storage space it could get very costly. It is also complex to manage, especially if you are not familiar with cloud computing. Consider also that when in cloud you need to mitigate any risks of security breaches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azure Files solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping in data storage for large amounts of data that need to be protected and highly available, for file sharing with other users, to provide application data and backup and recovery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

The Azure infrastructure and its services really stand out and support every business out there. The services we use on Azure are absolutely efficient and time-saving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

Azure is an absolute all-rounder with no disadvantages. Based on my personal and professional experience with Azure, while I had some issues with Azure, they were fixed in no time, which really impressed me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Azure for many purposes such as virtual machines and moving users and segmented products. For all our needs we use various Azure services which are extremely secure. For us, it's mostly useful to save time and reduce manual work, but from the customer's and Azure managers perspectives, it's useful in terms of cost and budget savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Microsoft Azure?

It's very wide, it offers a lot of services especially for web development. You can set up your own website, it has devops processes, app services, app logics. You can also buy your own custom domain and host your app files and a lot more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft Azure?

It's a bit expensive, a lot of services has charge while in normal hosting like Godaddy, once you bought the business hosting, you can buy as much domains you want and create as much websites you want at cheaper prices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Microsoft Azure solving and how is that benefiting you?

Best I can say is it is very easy to connect your website to sql services. And I can have my own virtual machine where I am the admin and accessible anywhere. Also, I can host websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.