Episode 367 – Azure Files vs a Server with an SMB Share

In Episode 367, Ben and Scott kick off 2024 with a discussion of Azure Files. They start out reviewing a customer scenario Ben encountered and how they would approach it, breaking down the options available with Azure Files, hosting traditional SMB shares in Azure, and how a hybrid deployment can be the best of both worlds.

Show Notes

• Planning for an Azure Files deployment

Replace or extend Windows file servers with Azure Files and Azure File Sync

• Authentication & Identity

Overview of Azure Files identity-based authentication options for SMB access

• Data protection

What are the benefits of Microsoft Defender for Storage?

• Prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares

• Accidental delete protection for Azure file shares using Azure Backup

• Azure Files data redundancy

• Costing

Optimize costs for Azure Files with Reservations

• Understand Azure Files billing

• Performance and scale

Azure Files scalability and performance targets

• Azure Files networking considerations

• NFS file shares in Azure Files

• Robocopy sees Cloud Tiered files in Azure File Sync as “modified” even though they are not, how to fix?

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