When you have a local network, you can have network storage — an SMB share on a file server, or a Network Attached Storage (NAS) box that everything on the network can access. Inside a cloud service, ...

Setting up a place to store files in the cloud isn't quite as easy as doing it on-prem. That's where Microsoft's Azure Files service comes in. The file share has been a ubiquitous presence in the IT ...

Take advantage of Azure Files in your .Net applications to access managed, secure, SMB file shares in the Microsoft Azure cloud Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform provides interoperable cloud ...

Microsoft has announced some new security features for Azure Files entering general availability. These include Azure AD DS authentication, permission modifications through File Explorer, and more.

The file storage service will now feature cross region replication in preview. Other enhancements that provide customers with more data security and operational agility have been introduced as well.

Microsoft has announced the general availability of vaulted backup support for Azure Files Premium SSD shares. The feature extends Azure Backup’s enterprise protection to high-performance SMB file ...

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What can you do with Azure Files? Your email has been sent Microsoft has long put forward the view that the future of the cloud is hybrid, extending on-premises systems into its hyperscale Microsoft ...

Today is a big day for Microsoft. It’s making a large number of announcements around its developer tools at its enterprise-centric TechEd event in Houston today and in addition, it is also bringing a ...