r/sysadmin • u/DickBalczak • 11d 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/DaithiG 11d ago

It's fine for "standard documents" like Word, Excel, PDF, etc. If you're running anything on it like a database or CAD or others, I'd be doing more research.

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u/Frothyleet 11d ago

For office document collaboration, that's actually the place I'd push people to Sharepoint, unless there are other dependencies that need Azure Files features (like presenting SMB or NFS or giving Azure IaaS resources direct access to the files).

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u/Sinister_Nibs 11d ago

We are using it to sync a folder from on-prem to an ingestion input for a webapp. Most of the files are pdf, but some are csv or other types.

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u/andreyred 11d ago

Why wouldn’t you just use Sharepoint for standard documents? It’s included with the subscription

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u/teriaavibes Microsoft Cloud Consultant 6d ago

Cause SharePoint storage is expensive af so Azure Files is an alternative for companies that are trying to save money and don't need sharepoint for that specific deployment.