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The specified network password is not correct

Trying to map a Azure share on another laptop of mine. On my one laptop I can map it just find in Explorer by simply right clicking on This PC and choosing map network drive. On my other laptop it prompts me for login and once I enter my credentials it…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-12-11T18:39:51.98+00:00
John Lewter 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-12-12T04:48:43.7166667+00:00
Venkatesan S 1,165 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Hybrid AADJ Windows 11 clients not obtaining Entra Kerberos ticket for Azure Files (cifs/<storage>.file.core.windows.net)

We are deploying Azure Files with Microsoft Entra Kerberos authentication in a hybrid environment. Our Windows 11 Pro 25H2 hybrid-joined device meets all prerequisites: DSREGCMD /STATUS AzureAdJoined = YES DomainJoined = YES AzureAdPrt = YES CloudTgt =…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-12-05T18:28:18.9333333+00:00
Eric Cote - adm 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-10T10:23:48.03+00:00
Ganesh Patapati 10,460 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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what is the best / easiest / cheapest / good performance way to set up a file share in Azure that will be accessed by local user apps through a drive share?

I'm not sure if I selected the correct tag and child tag, but here goes. After recovering from a cyber attack, I moved (almost) all our files to SharePoint. What's left are a handful of files that are needed for two local applications and are hard-coded…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-12-08T03:26:59.77+00:00
IT 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-08T04:26:45.74+00:00
Venkatesan S 1,165 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Accessing Workgroup from Azure File Server

Need support regarding an issue with accessing our workgroup from an Azure File Server. We are currently unable to access shared folders or resources on the workgroup machines from the Azure server.

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-11-26T07:26:48.49+00:00
Sriram S 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-12-03T13:07:33.4633333+00:00
Ravi Varma Mudduluru 3,700 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't mount NFS storage to windows machine

Hi Team, We have customer running in Linux with NFS storage attached, and we provide a tool to access the contents stored in the NFS from windows machine only. Currently customer can't mount the NFS storage to windows as a network drive, so customer…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-11-28T15:22:59.0933333+00:00
Deepkumar Mulapakula 40 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-03T08:31:58.3166667+00:00
Deepkumar Mulapakula 40 Reputation points
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Requester Information Missing in Azure File Share SMB Event Logs

Hi , We are collecting Azure File Share SMB events, previously the identity section includes requester details, for example: "identity": { "type": "Kerberos", "requester": { …

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-12-03T06:50:00.66+00:00
Naija R C 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-03T07:34:17.5633333+00:00
Praveen Bandaru 9,250 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Azure Files not honoring ACLs/NTFS

Hello! I have setup Azure Files with Entra Kerberos Authentication. For some reason the Azure Files is not honoring the Entra Identity on the NTFS side. I have outline three scenarios below, one of which is not working. My Summary…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-12-01T20:32:04.9466667+00:00
Jim J 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-01T23:08:54.31+00:00
Jeevan Shanigarapu 3,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"The requested container does not exist or is not accessible." error with Azure blob storage SFTP

I just created Azure blob storage account with SFTP enabled but getting error "The requested container does not exist or is not accessible.". What could be issue?

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
Azure Storage
Azure Storage
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,711 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,291 questions
asked 2022-06-07T00:48:54.03+00:00
Support-SaaSMart Private Limited 21 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-11-24T23:32:50.86+00:00
Alberto Prieto 0 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Migrating away from Azure File Sync with tiering

I am currently using Azure File Sync with on-premise Windows file servers backed by storage appliances acting as a cache holding a portion of the primary data set housed in Azure. We plan to migrate away from this setup to a purely on-premise NAS…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-11-24T22:22:53.5566667+00:00
Hunter Thompson 25 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-24T23:10:52.7066667+00:00
Venkatesan S 1,165 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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File share in Azure for Azure AD (ONLY!) joined PCs

Is there any solution available in Azure (Storage account, VM, dedicated resource, 3rd party appliance) that will allow me to map a share on ONLY! Azure AD joined PC and will let me configure file/folder level permissions based on Azure AD…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
Azure Storage
Azure Storage
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,711 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
678 questions
asked 2022-06-10T07:26:48.117+00:00
Michał Gębala 31 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-24T16:15:08.5366667+00:00
TR 10 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Security in Azure Files

Hello! I ask for your help once again, this time is for Security in Azure Files. I'm currently using Azure File Sync and Azure Files, also have Azure Backup for Files, but I'm worried that if my local file server is corrupted (because of a ransomware…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-11-18T16:25:23.74+00:00
Vannesa Alvarado 85 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-19T20:16:12.57+00:00
Vannesa Alvarado 85 Reputation points
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Newbie: Want to use File Share to store app and support files for execution

I have many users that will run an app, and they all need access to the same shared Estimate files so I thought that I would use File Share to store the app and support files. Using a script, I would mount the file share with the app and shared files to…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-11-17T15:37:31.7166667+00:00
Mark Siminski 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-17T18:20:33.4833333+00:00
Jeevan Shanigarapu 3,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Issue Accessing Azure File Share via VPN Point-to-Site with Private Endpoint

Hi, I have anissue and need your help. When I connects using the P2S VPN to my Azure File Share, I can reach the VNet range (10.0.0.0/16), but I cannot resolve the Private Endpoint DNS name to the private IP. nslookup…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-11-15T06:14:20.5833333+00:00
Jamal Nguyen 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-17T09:37:21.1733333+00:00
Ravi Varma Mudduluru 3,700 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

How to find the last accessed date of the file or folder in an azure file share?

We are accessing the files using a shared network path configured with DFS (Distributed File System) on the VM. The target path in the DFS configuration points to an Azure File Share, where the actual data resides. So How to find the last accessed date…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-10-13T07:02:37.7833333+00:00
Galipelly Rajashekar (Quadrant Resource LLC) 60 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
recommended 2025-11-11T03:37:59.3033333+00:00
Lynn Dang (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I cannot access my Azure SMB file share as either an internal or external users (I've granted access through I AM to the external user)

I am the admin for our Azure account. I made an Azure SMB storage account. I then added several external user through Entra ID pages. I can see the storage through the Azure portal, but I've tried many different variations on a URL to allow myself and…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-11-05T21:09:45.0633333+00:00
Steve Gray 40 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-07T18:09:12.2+00:00
Steve Gray 40 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Securely automate scheduled file upload from Linux to Azure File share.

What is the best way to automate file transfer from a Linux box to a Azure File Share securely without using a SAS key ? Because so far the PowerShell on each of the Linux host is using the embedded secrets (SAS Key) that is deemed insecure.

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-10-25T11:54:14.3033333+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 6,301 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T04:41:10.4566667+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 6,301 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

My storage account is disabled because the spending cap was reached. I need temporary access to delete unnecessary files from the File Share and bring the storage usage back within the budget limit.

I need to delete excess files from my Azure File Share, but the storage account is currently disabled due to the spending cap. Can anyone temporarily enable the account so I can remove the files and reduce the usage?

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-10-27T08:20:05.6733333+00:00
commented 2025-10-31T11:27:20+00:00
Jeevan Shanigarapu 3,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Azure Files identity configuration with entra domain services issue

I will configure it (both through powershell and through azure GUI) and it will either have strange issues where it won't map on a joined vm (or I can't change permissions)... or it will let me do those things (sometimes) but then 20 minutes later it…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-10-29T11:53:25.6733333+00:00
YMCA2838382 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-10-30T11:23:16.1333333+00:00
Priya ranjan Jena 2,295 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I migrate File Server 2008 to Azure files?

Hello everyone, I would like your support with the following: I have a file server 2008 R2 onpremise, but I would to start using Azure Files because the physical server is causing problems. My question is how can I migrate my local files to Azure Files?…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2025-10-24T22:21:44.88+00:00
Vannesa Alvarado 85 Reputation points
accepted 2025-10-30T03:10:17.4633333+00:00
Vannesa Alvarado 85 Reputation points
3 answers

How we can transfer files from blob storage to s3 bucket using ADF

file need to be transferred which is stored in azure blob storage to amazon s3 bucket , how we can achieve this using ADF as currently using ADF copy activity s3 is not allowed as sink.

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,468 questions
asked 2024-05-23T14:04:46.7333333+00:00
A. Kumar 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-30T01:55:03.35+00:00
Ravi Kaushik 0 Reputation points