Announcing UNLIMITED Public Preview of Metadata Caching for Azure Premium SMB/REST File Shares

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 process though feature registration (AFEC) in the support regions. Feature Overview Metadata Caching is an enhancement aimed at reducing…

03/10/2024Azure Storage Blog

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