Microsoft Azure File Storage Reviews

I generally help customers use Microsoft Azure File Storage primarily for a lot of purposes, including the storage of files and enhancing storage security. There are private endpoints and private DNS resolver, which is basically a private endpoint resolver that resolves the IP address of the private endpoints internally. It is then further mapped within the application. It also has short file storage which accesses the storage according to the minimum privilege and rights assigned to that storage. It has networking facilities and firewall options to safeguard public data. It also has a SaaS token that can be generated around the storage and shared storage which enables customers to share their files through Azure File Storage. 

Flexible stroage in the cloud is very use and can be cheap and programmaticlay deployed

There are various features attached to the solution, including firewall options to safeguard it. The profile management option is another valuable feature that allows us to manage the profiles and secure them. It allows the user to understand what configuration has been made to the  Azure virtual desktop. Blob Table Container Tables Queues Elastic San & Azure NetApp Files are also lots of other features that can be explored.

There is always going to be room for improvement. Certain use cases will evolve where file storage is used with visual ID and group mapping. As long as the dynamic mapping is working seamlessly, there aren’t any changes needed in Microsoft Azure File Storage. As of now, I've got no such recommendations.

Importing and exporting data needs to have a bit more documentation. Recently, Microsoft has actually stepped up and provided some training about securing data but they need to have a solution in case the data needs to be migrated. They need to include a service to securely transfer the data through Microsoft and encrypt it.

I have been working with Microsoft Azure File Storage for a couple of years.

It is very rare to get an outage in Azure. If there are any issues, the data is replicated into the DR region, allowing you to access it depending on the skew that is actually applied. 

Microsoft Azure File Storage can scale well because of its dynamic nature. It's quite scalable because of a file agent that is set on-premise and helps to scale out pretty much really. Azure can create large storage accounts and manage that, replicating the data securely.

Medium to large enterprises can mostly use file storage because they have a lot of data and Microsoft's features are evolving every day, making it a fit match.

I have direct experience with customer service at Microsoft. Usually, it involved raising a ticket. However, we as consultants are expected to fix the client’s problems first, and if there is a bug, then we raise the ticket. My experience with customer support is pretty good. They've always responded very quickly, and I never had to follow up with them. 

Net App

The setup is easy and easily doable. As long as the steps recommended by Microsoft are applied, it is not very complex. 

Usually, it is our customers who implement the solution. In most cases, they don’t require assistance if they follow the guidelines laid by Microsoft. However, in case there is any kind of assistance required, we help them to set it up. Usually, it is deployed on the cloud, but there are multiple ways to mimic the deployment and in some cases, they require it.

The pricing is usually dependent on your storage requirements. Overall, I believe Microsoft Azure File Storage's price is reasonable. 

On Premises San Storage

As long as one knows how to implement and secure it, Microsoft Azure File Storage can be used efficiently. There aren’t any particular recommendations, because a lot of it is already in place.

Microsoft has been implementing these scenarios but they can work a bit more around the SaaS token scenario. If they can simplify that, it can be great as not enough people use the SaaS tokens. I think this needs to be explained on an engineering level. If they include it, customers can use and choose this facility.

Overall, I would rate Microsoft Azure File Storage an eight out of ten.

We use the solution for migrating local file servers and for file storage of on-premise systems.

The immutable storage features are valuable. It works very well.

It’s a challenge to find the right support person. The technical support must be improved.

I have been using the solution for three years.

I rate the tool’s stability an eight out of ten.

I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten. Our customers are not very large companies. The product is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

If we are in the right queue, the support is very good. If we have the right support person, the support is quite good.

The initial setup is easy, straightforward, and quick.

I did the deployment myself. I have deployed the tool as a consultant for other companies.

The product must improve its price.

I am a service provider for Microsoft. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

I work for a company that is a partner with Microsoft. Therefore, the use cases depend on the client. I've used it for various solutions, including those for banks and financial institutions.

I like that we can copy and download data using Azure. It's not just for file storage; we can also use it for large data sets or to host static web applications.

A lot of things could be better, especially when it comes to accessing File Storage for monitoring. Azure Copy is fine, but there could be additional integration and security features for those who want more privacy and control over access to Azure.

I have been using this solution for four years now. I always use the latest version available.w

Azure is pretty stable, but occasionally, like many cloud services, it has stability issues. But most of the time, it’s stable.

It's highly scalable. Most of our clients are enterprise businesses.

The customer service and support are good. 

Positive

I've worked with a lot of different solutions, including e-commerce and cloud migration solutions in various domains, such as banking and finance.

I've used Microsoft technologies, like Azure and .NET, but not their products. I have experience with Windows Azure CDN. I've worked with a variety of Azure products, including CDN, and AKS.

I've used Azure AKS, Azure Functions, and Azure Storage accounts. I've used File Storage, Block Storage, ADSL, and Data Lake Storage Gen2.

The initial setup is easy. The deployment model depends on the customer. Some want cloud, but if it's not suitable, it's deployed on-premises. Most customers are hybrid.

Moreover, the deployment time depends on the workload. Some take minutes, and some take weeks.

I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being the most expensive. It's not cheap.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Microsoft Azure File Storage has multiple functionalities, and you can use it as a source, but you may face some problems when contributing something in Azure. This is hard to do. The configuration in Azure doesn't help. This is okay, and it's not a big problem since I am not too aware of Azure resources. That's why I might have faced problems at first.

The solution is not user-friendly.

I have been using Microsoft Azure File Storage for a year.

It's a stable product.

The solution can be expanded because one can manage and install huge amounts of data in Azure. Those using the solution in my organization are using it for DevOps. We have around 20 users using the solution in my company.

I never faced any issues that prompted me to contact technical support.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

To those looking into using the solution, I recommend getting Azure documentation. This will help you to configure the solution with other tools.

Owing to the fact that some features might get added in the future after sending my notes to Azure, I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

We use it to easily access data from the user side into our network. Like, we have some remote sites, and we have the user on the remote site who can easily access all the data as per the permissions and our requirements.

First of all, the solution is very secure. Secondly, the solution is very fast. It is reliable and available all the time. In the backup, it allows us to create the rate servers to save our data and use our data in multiples.

Firewall rules should be introduced to secure the access date from any virus attacks. Anti-virus should be introduced in the work filtering and document filtering.

I have been using Microsoft Azure File Storage for three years.

It is a stable solution because we don't need to care about hardware or electricity. We need a strong internet connection to access our data everywhere, logging in with our password.

It is a scalable solution. The number of users depends on our requirements. Sometimes it can be ten, sometimes hundred or fifty. I rate it eight out of ten.

The technical team is good and responsive.

The initial setup was easy from the user's side. They could quickly get access to the data. The deployment takes some time. First, we need to buy the storage and implement the policies per our network design. Whether it will take one week, two weeks, or one month depends on the network design. If we are on-premises, we must buy hardware according to our requirements. For the deployment, we had a technical team consisting of an assistant manager for network, system, or micro administrators. Also, there is a network engineer or system engineer. The solution is deployed on the cloud and on-premises.

We pay for both yearly and monthly licenses. The yearly one is cheaper than the monthly one.

I recommend the solution to those planning to use it. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution in the IoT environment to gather information from devices in file form using FTP protocol and SDP to move the files from the clients to the cloud. Naturally, we kept those files in the file system that we moved for various internal reasons into a database. Due to physical and preconceived infrastructure reasons, we moved the installation into the data of up to a week. This is to block storage for analytics and data warehousing.

The solution used a standard file system. It is very easy to use SSTP and some traditional code to move the data into a database because we can easily use the permissions and we don't have any integration or conversion issues.

The integration of the site storage with SQL was not completely seamless. We had to do some extra steps as there was no immediate support for file storage, only for block storage. For whatever reason, since we were working with a managed service and a secure service, most of the connections we made were not very successful. We had to do some networking. The integration has room for improvement.

In our process, we use the entire system just as an intermediate. An ideal solution is to gather the information from the endpoint and then move it into a database or sign-up. With that, we can do some analytics. In the future, it would be nice if there was a tight progression between the five storage and the analytical tools. For example, if we are working with Power BI, it would be very helpful if we could point to the signer, SQL environment, global environment, or file system environment and have them be completely synchronous.

I have been using the solution for two years.

The stability is good except for a few occasions when we had issues with the SQL.

The solution is scalable.

We have 100 people using the solution in our organization.

The technical support is good.

The initial setup is straightforward.

I give the pricing of the solution a seven out of ten.

I give the solution a seven out of ten.

I used Microsoft Azure File Storage for a project focused on deploying a Windows server and connecting that server to my Active Directory domain. I synchronized the file server with Microsoft Azure File Storage. I then set up and connected the disc storage with storage in the cloud to back up the data. My intent for using the solution was to back up data in the cloud. My company doesn't use Microsoft Azure File Storage, but other organizations, government, and non-government could be using it. The usage of the solution depends on whether an organization can integrate Microsoft Azure File Storage into its environment.

I like that Microsoft Azure File Storage works fine and is quick to deploy. It's also easy to connect to it, particularly when connecting it with my on-premise file servers. Microsoft Azure File Storage doesn't give me any connection issues.

Microsoft Azure File Storage needs more integrations.

I encountered a problem with the solution: Microsoft said you could directly integrate Azure file share on your PC by enabling that feature in Microsoft Azure File Storage. It worked at first, but then, when I restarted my PC, that feature stopped working. I did that only for research purposes, so I wonder if Microsoft fixed that bug or if that Azure file share integration feature in Microsoft Azure File Storage was designed wrong.

In the future, I also want to see GRC added to the portal to integrate it with Microsoft Azure File Storage and other Azure services. If you enroll or sign up for Azure services, your country may not have GRC available in the portal, so you may have to choose a strange country, for example, Kenya, to activate credit. Having GRC helps many students, enterprises, and users easily access Microsoft Azure File Storage.

Microsoft Azure File Storage is a stable solution.

Microsoft Azure File Storage has good scalability. Scalability-wise, it's a nine out of ten.

My rating for the technical support for Microsoft Azure File Storage is nine out of ten.

I'm a Microsoft Student Ambassador, so I get free access to Microsoft technologies, and if I need support, I can contact other members or Microsoft directly. I can ask the community via Microsoft Teams. I'm an MVP nominee in the Windows Insider program, so I can ask a question and get an answer quickly, so I rated support as nine.

Positive

It was my first time using a public cloud storage service, such as Microsoft Azure File Storage. It was also my first time using Azure to deploy a web application. The other tool I used wasn't in the public cloud storage but in the data visualization niche. That was Microsoft Power BI, which I connected to a database on Azure and an API gateway.

Microsoft Azure File Storage deployment is quick but depends on your connection. A good connection takes one or two clicks, and the deployment time also depends on the data you have in Microsoft Azure File Storage.

If you have more data, then that takes more time. Still, Microsoft has improved the capabilities, quality, and protocol to help enterprises transfer even massive amounts of data many times. I don't have much data, though, just around 500MB.

I deployed Microsoft Azure File Storage. I didn't need a consultant because I referred to the documentation. Microsoft documentation gives information on different services. For example, if you type "Azure cloud services," you'll find various topics on cloud services. If you choose, for example, "file sync," you'll see information on how to start, the steps you need to take, how to integrate, etc. If you face any issue following the steps in the documentation, you can always Google it.

The licensing cost for Microsoft Azure File Storage is very low. I viewed my bill from Azure on the portal, and the solution didn't cost much.

Microsoft Azure File Storage has a reasonable price. It's cheap, price-wise.

I recommend Microsoft Azure File Storage to other people.

My Microsoft Azure File Storage rating is a nine on a scale of one to ten.

We used the product in a POC that was related to a file transfer from another cloud to our private environment.

This is a risk management tool, and these files were related to the risk management tool and related to reports.

We're a worldwide company, and some of the countries don't have access to the internet. It was very good to distribute the files inside of our network as this is very important to us. In the end, with this solution, it was very easy to perform this goal.

The interface, configuration, and integration were all good features. It is very easy to use. The integration in particular is very good.

We could assess the files from our laptops. We assessed the files through the portal. We have the files wherever we want and that was the goal of this POC.

Technical support was great. 

The customization capabilities are excellent. 

It is very good at file storage.

The product is easy to set up.

It's a scalable solution.

The solution offered everything we needed. It was not lacking features. 

The pricing could be better. 

The security could always be modernized. 

We've used the solution over the last year. We used it for a POC. It was for about three months. 

While in our last project, there was no need to scale. That said, in previous projects, it could scale. We had 200 to 300 people on the solution across several countries. Just regular agents would use the solution. 

Support has been great. We are very pleased with their level of responsiveness. Microsoft really cares about its products.

Positive

We did not previously use any other product.

It was always very easy to implement. The self-storage was connected to a logic app and the part of the logic app was tricky to configure. However, in the end, after the learning path was completed, it was very easy. 

The file storage was always very easy to connect to the old tools that we needed to complete the POC.

The deployment itself was very quick.

In terms of an implementation strategy, the goal of the POC was to transfer files from a third-party company to our internal network. We implemented several file storage items for each country and we distributed the files that came from the third-party company to all of them.

We have a team of five that can handle maintenance, however, only one engineer is really needed. 

We handled the deployment and POC in-house. 

We have seen an ROI. It's helped us with sharing files across countries and made it very easy. 

I don't have any visibility on the price of the product. Someone else handled that aspect. However, my understanding is it could be lower. 

We did evaluate other options. We only use Microsoft products. 

We're a partner.

I'm no longer using the solution as I have finished the POC process.

The solution works very well. I would recommend the solution to others. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.