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Azure Files provides the best-in-class fully managed file share solution in the cloud. We are excited to showcase several new capabilities, some already launched and others upcoming, all aimed at…

We are excited to announce the public preview of faster server onboarding and disaster recovery. This will significantly accelerate customer onramp and scaling with Azure File Sync for hybrid access…

Migrating storage from on-premises can be challenging. That’s why we are on a mission to make your migrations as simple as possible. We've developed robust solutions that enable you to…

Azure Files is excited to announce that geo-redundancy for 100 TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available, enabling customers to achieve higher resiliency for production scale workloads.  …

Azure Blob Storage team is announcing the Public Preview of the capability to use Blob storage on Windows using Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol, while capability to access Blob…

Disclaimer: The following post shares product details and their benefits from our partner Dremio. Some of the content has been provided by Dremio.   Introduction Today, Dremio is introducing Dremio Cloud…

To support customers in regulated industries and compliance scenarios who asked about higher integrity protection of storage blobs, the Azure confidential ledger team has launched a preview of a managed…

Azure Files is excited to announce the public preview of Metadata Caching for the premium SMB file share tier.  Metadata Caching is an enhancement aimed at reducing metadata latency for…

AzCopy support for Entra ID authentication using Azure CLI or PowerShell authentication tokens   Using AzCopy version 10.22.0 or newer you can reuse your existing Entra ID authentication tokens from…

Azure Files is offered as a fully managed file share service in Azure cloud. Azure file shares can be mounted via SMB (Server Message Block) and NFS (Network file System)…

In the contemporary digital landscape, the establishment of robust business continuity strategies is imperative for organizations navigating the complexities of technology. Given the heavy reliance on digital infrastructure, fortifying these…

Credits: This blog post has been reviewed by @Aditya_Balaji, @GargiBanerjee.   Hello everyone!  This is Daya Patil here, continuing our series on business continuity with ABCC. In our previous session, we explored the…

Azure Storage has started to enable TLS 1.3 support on public HTTPS endpoints across its platform globally to align with security best practices. Azure Storage currently supports TLS 1.0, 1.1…

Guidance for protecting Azure Virtual Machine against Zonal/Regional outages using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup   Summary   Disaster Recovery (DR) and Backup are two ways to recover from outages.…

Credits: This blog post has been reviewed by Utsav Raghuvanshi.   Hello everyone!  This is Daya Patil here, continuing our series on business continuity with ABCC. In our previous session, we…

To meet evolving technology and regulatory needs and align with security best practices, we are removing support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 for both existing and new…

Azure Blob Storage event, a powerful feature of Azure blob storage platform, has emerged as a game-changing solution that allows applications to react to changes in blob storage, providing a…

Hello everyone!  This is Daya Patil back with the next part of our series on business continuity with ABCC. In our last session, we delved into using ABCC to understand…

Greetings everyone!  This is Daya Patil returning with the next instalment in our series on business continuity with ABCC. In our previous session, we explored utilizing ABCC to grasp the…

In today's digital landscape, ensuring robust business continuity strategies is pivotal for organizations navigating an increasingly complex technological terrain. As businesses rely heavily on digital infrastructure, the need to fortify…

Kubernetes has emerged as the leading platform for deploying containerized applications, and many organizations are turning to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to enjoy a managed and efficient container orchestration experience.…

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, where innovation and resilience stand as pillars of success, business continuity is not merely a concern; it's the bedrock upon which organizations build their…

We are announcing various new capabilities for Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files to continue to improve file share experiences for enterprise workloads. You can now enjoy more flexibility, security,…

We are announcing various new capabilities for Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files to continue to improve file share experiences for enterprise workloads. You can now enjoy more flexibility, security,…

Azure Native Qumulo v2 reduces file system TCO & adds Global Namespace capabilities   A few years ago we were introduced to the team at Qumulo and were impressed with…

Earlier this year, we announced the preview of Azure Container Storage (ACS), the industry’s first platform-managed container native storage service in the public cloud, providing highly scalable, cost-effective persistent volumes,…

Since launching our preview, many enterprise customers validated their workloads on To serve even more workloads, we are excited to introduce performance improvements, and various security enhancements, while making Elastic…

Azure Files is a fully managed cloud file share service that enables organizations to share data across on-premises and cloud. The service is truly cross-platform and supports mounting of file…

In today’s post, I’m excited to shed light on a creative solution I devised to meet a unique client requirement. Azure Blob storage, in its native form, doesn’t inherently support…

The following blog contains important information about TLS certificate changes for Azure Storage endpoints that may impact client connectivity.   Azure Storage uses some intermediate certificates that are set to…

Today we announced a new, simplified integration for creating and managing Azure Front Door profiles for your Azure Storage accounts. Azure Front Door accelerates the global delivery of static content…

NOTE: The following is a post authored by our partner Tiger Technology. Tiger Technology has been a valued partner in the Azure Storage ecosystem for many years and we are…

On April 17, 2023, we announced the general availability of Azure Storage Mover , which is a fully managed, hybrid migration service that makes migrating files and folders into Azure a…

As we approach general availability of Azure Elastic SAN, we continue improving the service and adding features based on your feedback. Today, we are releasing private endpoint support and volume…

Today we are happy to announce public preview support for multi disk crash consistency mode in Virtual Machine (VM) restore points. A crash consistent VM restore point is an agentless…

Last October, we announced the preview of Azure Elastic SAN: the industry's first fully managed storage area network (SAN) offering in the cloud. Combining on-premises SAN-like capabilities with the benefits of…

If you were an attentive reader of the "Looking Forward" section in Karl's last update on the Azure Storage Migration Program, you probably took note of this: "...adding partners to…

We’re excited to announce Azure Files geo-redundancy for large file shares is now in public preview for standard SMB file shares.   Azure Files has supported large file shares for…

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) support for Azure Files REST API.   This capability enables share-level read and write access…

Azure Storage to disable anonymous access and cross-tenant replication on new storage accounts by default      Azure storage will begin phased roll out of changes that disables anonymous access and…

Organizations everywhere are rapidly modernizing applications to leverage the agility and scale of containers. To accelerate your journey to run production-scale stateful workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), we are…

In Part 2 of our series, @DarrenKomprise, reviewed the options and alternatives to drive down file storage costs. In this final post in the series, we focus on how Komprise's solution,…

Introduction In Part 1 of our series, @DarrenKomprise, outlined the factors that often lead to higher than anticipated costs to store file data to support on-premises and Cloud-based applications. Now, we…

Hello everyone!   It is my pleasure to feature the first of three blog posts by @DarrenKomprise from our valued partner Komprise. We have been thrilled to see the great work Komprise…

We have heard a lot of buzz about the cloud of the last several years as more and more organizations begin to move existing workloads to the cloud, or deploy…

As part of our commitment to continuously delivering increased value for our Azure Disk Storage customers, we are excited to introduce a cap on the number of billable Azure Standard…

Background Users often find themselves in a situation where they have managed disks in one or more subscriptions that are no longer attached to a Virtual Machine (VM). These disks…

New Releases  Azure HPC Cache Premium Read-Write  We’re excited to announce the preview of Azure HPC Cache Premium Read-Write. This next generation of premium caching for high-performance computing workloads is…

We have heard a lot of buzz about the cloud of the last several years as more and more organizations begin to move existing workloads to the cloud, or deploy…

On February 8th of 2021 we launched a program with our partners Data Dynamics and Komprise to help address the complexity of migrating multi-terabyte file shares, exports, and object stores…