Azure updates

General Availability: Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB

Target availability: Q2 2023

Linux SMB clients can now use Azure Files identity based authentication and authorization. This capability is available to devices that are domain joined to either customer-managed Microsoft AD DS or Azure AD DS.

• Azure Files
• Storage Accounts
• Premium Files Storage
• Features
• Open Source

General availability: NFSv4.1 support on Azure Files

With NFS (Network File Share) on Azure Files, you can now deploy fully managed, POSIX compliant, distributed NFS file shares in your production environments for a wide variety of workloads. 

• Premium Files Storage
• Storage Accounts
• Services
• Features

More IOPS at no additional cost for Azure Files premium tier

All premium shares get additional baseline and burst input/output per second (IOPS) at zero cost, providing better performance and lower cost of deployment.

• Premium Files Storage
• Azure Files
• Services
• Pricing & Offerings
• Features

Azure Files premium tier is now available in more regions with LRS, ZRS, and NFS support

More Azure Files premium tier regions - more premium files regions with locally redundant storage (LRS), zone redundant storage (ZRS) support, and Network File System (NFS 4.1) public preview support.

• Premium Files Storage
• Services
• Regions & Datacenters

Azure Premium Files is now generally available

Azure Premium Files provides fully managed file services optimized to deliver consistent performance. It’s designed for IO intensive enterprise workloads that require high throughput and a single digit millisecond latency.

• Premium Files Storage
• Features