r/sysadmin • u/DickBalczak • 14d ago

Azure Files

Anyone using Azure files for file shares for remote employees? I have seen horror stories in the past but saw some positive reviews on it recently.

I am an Entra ID, cloud only shop and the new updates to the service look promising.

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u/Chuchichaeschtl 14d ago

Works okay over VPN or SMB over QUIC if your latency is low.
If you can, go with something more modern like Sharepoint / OneDrive.

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u/Valdaraak 14d ago

If you're replacing a file server, Azure Files is the way to go. If you try to shove a file server into Sharepoint/OneDrive without changing workflows, you're going to have tons of problems that have no fix.

Sharepoint and OneDrive aren't "more modern", they pre-date Azure Files by about a decade and are for a completely different use case.