There isn't a graphical tool for creating the file share in the Azure portal yet either. You can do it with the REST API or the .NET Storage Client Library v4, ...

Access Azure Files programmatically in C#. In this section we’ll discuss how we can access an Azure Files file share programmatically. First off, follow the steps given below to create a console ...

Microsoft this week announced a few milestones for its Azure Files cloud-based file share service.. The use of Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) with the Azure Files service has reached the ...

An Azure file share is just like a file share you're used to setting up on-prem and can be accessed just like an SMB share that's hosted on a local Windows machine. A lot of the time, organizations ...

It facilitates using Azure Files as a centralized file-share repository for access by organizations. The Azure Files plus Azure File Sync combination enables tiered cloud file storage, also known ...

The maximum size of a file share of Azure Files is 5TiB, but Microsoft is working to increase it to 100TiB, according to the Azure Files FAQ document. The service can handle up to "2,000 open handles" ...

Box Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will sell a version of Box’s file-sharing and storage service using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, expanding their partnership in an effort to reach more large ...

“Currently, sharing large data files outside an organization can be complex, costly and often lacks the scale, security and policy controls enterprises need,” wrote Microsoft in a press release.

Windows Server customers can now centralize their file share management and keep spare copies on Microsoft's cloud.

Azure's ability to work with file-based data is based on NetApp's Ontap storage technology, giving Azure channel partners a better way to work with data in the cloud and NetApp channel partners a ...