Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

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

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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?
              • About the sponsors
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