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.

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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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