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Azure Files

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Azure Files

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- [Instructor] Azure Files and the common use cases of file storage. Azure Files offer shared storage for applications using the industry standard SMB protocol, and the network file system NFS protocol. Microsoft Azure virtual machines and cloud services can share file data across application components via mounted shares. And on-premises application can also access file data and the share. That means that multiple VMs can share the same files with both read and write access. You can also read the files using the REST API interface or the storage client libraries. Applications running in Azure virtual machines, Windows, Linux, or other cloud services can mount a file storage share to access file data just as an application would mount a typical SMB or NFS share. Any number of Azure virtual machines or roles can mount and access the file storage share simultaneously. Azure Files SMB file shares are accessible from Windows, Linux, and macOS clients. NFS file shares are accessible from…

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