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Azure Native Integrations tightly couple partner solutions to the Azure management experience allowing you to deploy and operate industry-leading solutions like Pure Storage Cloud with the same tools and methodology…
Whether you're an enterprise IT administrator or a cloud-native developer, ensuring data protection and resiliency is non-negotiable, especially when running mission-critical workload on Azure Files Premium (SSD) shares. We’re thrilled…
Azure Files makes it easy to run your file shares in the cloud without the overhead of on-premises file servers or NAS devices. Until now, managing file shares in Azure…
We are excited to announce the general availability of network security perimeter support for Azure Storage accounts. A network security perimeter allows organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for…
As organizations adopt Azure Elastic SAN for scalable high-performance storage, we are pleased to announce the public preview of backup support via Azure Backup and Commvault. These fully managed solutions…
For enterprise IT professionals or startup developers alike, cost efficiency for file storage is top of mind. Whether you're running mission-critical databases, production scale applications like SAP, or cloud native…
Disclaimer: The following is a post authored by our partner Qumulo. Qumulo has been a valued partner in the Azure Storage ecosystem for many years and we are happy to…
Azure Blob Storage can be mounted and accessed like a local file system using BlobFuse, which is a FUSE-based driver for the Blob REST API. Customers choose BlobFuse for AI/ML,…
Encryption in Transit (EiT) overview As organizations increasingly move to cloud environments, safeguarding data security both at rest and during transit is essential for protecting sensitive information from emerging threats and for maintaining regulatory…
A few weeks ago, we received a call familiar to many cloud architects—a customer with a massive GlusterFS deployment impacted by Red Hat's end-of-support deadline (December 2024) wondering: "What now?".…
Azure Files NFS v4.1 is a fully managed, enterprise-grade solution purpose-built to run high-performance Linux workloads in the cloud with native NFS semantics and full POSIX compatibility. Azure Files delivers…
We are thrilled to announce a limited public preview of vaulted backups for Azure Data Lake Storage. This is available now for test workloads and we’d like to get your…
Azure Storage Data Management Solutions/Services: 1. Movement: An end-to-end experience to discover, plan and move data into Azure in a performant, cost effective, secure, and reliable way 2. Insights: Store…
Disclaimer: 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…
A leading telecommunications sector customer in Europe was facing challenges with the existing search functionality on their public website. End users could search for information, but the results were often…
Today, we’re excited to announce the General Availability of Azure Data Box 120 and Azure Data Box 525, our next-generation compact, NVMe-based Data Box devices. These devices are currently available…
We are excited to announce the general availability of ACLs (Access Control Lists) for Azure Blob Storage SFTP local users. ACLs make it simple and intuitive for administrators to manage…
This post is co-authored by Cody Hosterman (@codyhosterman), Sr. Director of Product Management - Pure Storage and Karl Rautenstrauch (@karautenMSFT). Today Pure Storage released Pure Storage Cloud, an Azure Native…
We are excited to announce the release of the Azure Blob Filesystem (ABFS) driver with support for the Blob endpoint in flat namespace (FNS) storage accounts. This new capability is…
Handling millions—or billions—of small files is business as usual for many cloud workloads. But behind the scenes, it’s not just about reading and writing data—it's the constant file opens, closes,…
NOTE: This article is co-authored with our partner, CloudCasa. Ensuring reliable backups and fast recoveries in these hybrid setups is challenging. CloudCasa’s partnership with Microsoft Azure Blob Storage offers a…
We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Vaulted Backup support in Azure Backup for Azure files - Standard tier to help seamlessly protect your data and applications…
Azure File Sync enables seamless tiering of data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid use cases and simplified migration. It also enables you to leverage the performance,…
Organizations today face a critical challenge: ensuring consistent and automated data governance across rapidly expanding data estates. Driven by the growth of AI and the increasing reliance on vast data…
Hybrid File Tiering addresses top CIO priorities of risk control and cost optimization This article describes how you can leverage Komprise Intelligent Tiering for Azure with any on-premises file storage…
We are excited to announce the General Availability of customer managed unplanned failover for Azure Data Lake Storage and storage accounts with SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) enabled. What is…
Disclaimer: The following post has been co-authored by our ISV, Qumulo. Qumulo provides cloud and hybrid file data platforms. Qumulo on Azure is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises…
We are excited to announce that customers can now take advantage of new Copilot in Azure (Public Preview) capabilities for Storage services. Copilot in Azure is an intelligent assistant designed…
We are excited to announce the general availability of the Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for the HDD (standard) media tier. Provisioned v2 offers a provisioned billing model, meaning…
Disclaimer: The following post has been co-authored by our ISV, Qumulo. Qumulo provides cloud and hybrid file data platforms. Qumulo on Azure is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises…
Partner post from our friends at Commvault Learn more about Elastic SAN here! Commvault is pleased to share that Microsoft Azure Elastic SAN support for Azure virtual machines (VMs) will…
Microsoft Azure Data Box offline data transfer solution allows you to send petabytes of data into Azure Storage in a quick, inexpensive, and reliable manner. The secure data transfer is…
General Availability: Immutable vault with WORM storage Now with Immutability “Locked” we ensure storage level immutability in addition to management level immutability. Once “Locked” the storage will go into WORM…
Azure Backup-SAP HANA DB Backup Delivers More Value at Lower TCO with Reduced Protected Instance Fee from 1st September 2024. At Azure, our commitment to providing superior value to our…
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…
Note: This post has been co-authored with Dell Technologies Dell and Microsoft have a decades long partnership of customer-focused innovation spanning client computing, servers, software and Public Cloud. We are…
Expanding Azure Backup for the Cloud-Native Ecosystem In today's dynamic digital landscape, with compliance mandates tightening and cyber threats evolving, cloud administrators face the critical task of ensuring applications…
On-premises-first hybrid workflows in healthcare. Why start with digital pathology? Disclaimer: The following post has been co-authored by our ISV, Tiger Technology. Digital pathology includes acquisition, management, sharing and…
We previously announced that support would end for retired Azure classic storage accounts on 31 August 2024. Now that we are past the retirement date and Azure classic storage accounts…
Have you been looking to expand your storage on Azure VMware Solution (AVS), but do not need the extra compute performance and the associated costs that come with adding more…
Azure Files previously announced the limited preview of Metadata caching highlighting improvements on the metadata latency (up to 55%) for workloads running on Azure Premium Files using SMB & REST. Now, we…
Azure Files is excited to announce the Unlimited public preview of Metadata Caching for the premium SMB/REST file share tier. Unlimited Public Preview allows customers to automatically self-serve the onboarding…
Azure Backup for SAP HANA Database Delivers More Value at Lower TCO with Reduced Protected Instance Fees starting 1st Sept’2024 At Azure, our commitment to providing superior value to…
In response to the evolving customer requirements and environments since COVID-19, including the shift towards hybrid work models and the increase in ransomware attacks, we have observed a growing trend…
The Azure Storage product group is heading to the SNIA Developer Conference (SDC) 2024 in Santa Clara, California, USA from September 16th through September 18th. We have a large contingent…
We are excited to share the latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra disks, the next generation of Azure disk storage. We have enhanced the backup and disaster recovery experience for…
It has been a true pleasure to see our friends at Qumulo constantly innovating and delivering a service that adds more value with every release. In the post below, authored…
We are excited to announce customer managed Planned Failover for Azure Storage is now available in public preview. Over the past few years Azure Storage has offered customer managed…
Overview In this article you will learn the difference between API operations on Azure in the control plane and the data plane, how various tools such as AzCopy, Azure PowerShell,…
Soft delete protects your Azure file shares from accidental deletion. The following feature was already made available for SMB File share. Today, we are announcing the general availability of soft delete…
