When you have a local network, you can have network storage — an SMB share on a file server, or a Network Attached Storage (NAS) box that everything on the network can access. Inside a cloud service, ...

The feature, part of Microsoft's Azure cloud service, makes it easy to create file shares in the public cloud. In its effort to make its cloud service more appealing as an alternative or companion to ...

Setting up a place to store files in the cloud isn't quite as easy as doing it on-prem. That's where Microsoft's Azure Files service comes in. The file share has been a ubiquitous presence in the IT ...

Microsoft introduces a file share-centric model for Azure Files, removing storage account complexity and offering more ...

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Last month, Microsoft announced general availability for a new premium tier of its Azure Files service. Today, the tech giant has unveiled new security features that are being brought to enhance the ...