We are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of Entra-Only identities for Azure Files SMB. With native Microsoft Entra ID authentication, organizations can now grant secure, identity-based access to SMB file shares using cloud-native-only identities.
By continuously optimizing data placement, smart tier ensures your storage costs are aligned with actual usage.
Azure IaaS provides foundational capabilities across compute, storage, and networking to help organizations stay resilient.
Today, we’re excited to introduce instant access support for incremental snapshots of Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra Disk, delivering an industry-leading snapshot experience where creation, disk restore, and production-ready performance all happen instantly.
Data resiliency is no longer optional—it is the foundation that keeps mission‑critical applications running, teams productive, and compliance intact. Organizations must ensure continuous data availability and zero data loss to meet stringent regulatory and audit standards.
2025 was a pivotal year in Azure Storage, and we’re heading into 2026 with a clear focus on helping customers turn AI into real impact.
Whether you are improving the resilience of mission-critical workloads or modernizing legacy systems; Azure Storage has a solution for you.
Since its launch at Microsoft Ignite 2019, Azure Ultra Disk has powered some of the world’s most demanding applications and workloads.
Move data from Files Shares and NAS Storage into Azure Object and File storage with minimal disruption.
We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Storage Discovery.
Today in Wisconsin we introduced Fairwater, our newest US AI datacenter, the largest and most sophisticated AI factory we’ve built yet. In addition to our Fairwater datacenter in Wisconsin, we also have multiple identical Fairwater datacenters under construction in other locations across the US.
Learn about the new features and enhancements announced for Microsoft Fabric at FabCon Vienna 2025
