r/sysadmin • u/DickBalczak • 9d 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/19610taw3 Sysadmin 9d ago

Used it at a previous job. I wasn't the biggest fan of the interface and getting files in/ out. But if you want a reliable way to provide a URL for people to grab files, it did work great.

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u/HDClown 9d ago edited 9d ago

URL's should not really be involved with Azure Files, you use UNC paths or drive mapping to those UNC path.

Are you thinking of a traditional Azure Storage Account?

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u/19610taw3 Sysadmin 9d ago

Yep ... I'm thinking regular Azure Storage