Azure Files has been improved to support all valid Unicode characters

Azure Files has been improved to support all valid Unicode characters

Azure Files now supports an expanded character set, enabling file and directory names that were restricted until now.

This support includes:

1. Control characters supported by NTFS, and other special case valid Unicode character ranges.
2. Trailing dot (.) characters at the end of directory and file names.
3. Characters that would work individually, but were previously blocked when used in combination with each other (predominant in non-English languages).

This will allow users to create SMB File shares with file and directory names on par with NTFS file system, for valid Unicode characters. It also enables tools like AzCopy and Storage mover to migrate all the files into Azure Files using the REST protocol.

Expanded character support is now available in all Azure regions!

For more information, refer to the documentation here.