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Setting up permissions for an Azure File Share is a great way to maintain control over who can access it and determine the level of access they have. By adding users to the designated Access Control List, you can manage the privilege associated with each user. Depending on their requirements and privileges allocated by you, a user’s permission might range from full control all the way down to read-only usage. Having this granular authority enables administrators to better secure their data while giving their users the necessary functionality to properly use it.
Connecting from multiple platforms is becoming increasingly important as organizations look to access their data across devices and systems. By utilizing industry standard protocols such as SMB or RESTful web service APIs, it is possible to mount a share over diverse platforms like Windows, Linux, Docker containers and more without having to tailor for each environment. This enables an organization to have a uniform structure for accessing the same source of information regardless of which device is being used. Additionally, cross platform/hybrid cloud connections further extend this capability by allowing all users within an organization to access uniformed data that can be mounted on different applications and thus allow for collaboration beyond traditional boundaries.
An Azure file share is a secure SMB file share that can be mounted over the internet to a customer’s on-premises environment or in Azure.
Azure File Sync is a service that enables organizations to centralize file services in Azure while keeping the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server.
Locally redundant storage (LRS) replicates your data three times within a single physical location in the primary region. In contrast, zone-redundant storage (ZRS) replicates your data synchronously across three Azure availability zones within a single region.
An Azure file share can grow up to 5 TiB.
You can create an Azure file share using the Azure portal, Azure Storage Explorer, Azure PowerShell, or Azure CLI.
You can secure an Azure file share by using either SMB or SMB over the internet with a private endpoint.
Azure File Sync planning helps you assess whether the service is a good fit for your organization and provides guidance on how to set up and configure the service.
The Storage Sync Service Agent is a lightweight service that runs on a Windows Server to synchronize files between an on-premises file server and an Azure file share.
Yes, you can use Azure File Sync to synchronize data between multiple file servers.
Azure File Sync enables organizations to reduce storage costs, improve data protection and disaster recovery, and simplify file server management.
You can extend your Storage Sync Service Agent deployment to additional servers by registering them with the Azure File Sync service and installing the agent on them.
Synchronous replication ensures that data is written to multiple locations simultaneously, providing strong data consistency, while asynchronous replication writes data to a single location first and then copies it to other locations, providing greater flexibility and scalability.
You can create up to 200 file shares in an Azure file share account.
An SMB file share uses the SMB protocol, which is typically used in Windows environments, while an NFS file share uses the NFS protocol, which is typically used in Linux and UNIX environments.
No, Azure File Sync can only be used to synchronize files between an on-premises file server and an Azure file share.
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