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How to create a File Share in Azure and mounting it

Written April 2018. Microsoft changes these admin screens often, so the screenshots below may not match what you see today. The sequence of steps is usually still correct — if something looks wrong, tell us and we'll update it.

Creating File Share

  • On the navigation menu, click Storage accounts or Storage accounts (classic).

  • Choose your storage account.

  • Choose "Files" service.

  • Click "File shares" and follow the link to create your first file share.

  • Fill in the file share name and the size of the file share (up to 5120 GB) to create your first file share. Once the file share has been created, you can mount it from any file system that supports SMB 2.1 or SMB 3.0.

Mounting File share

  • Click Connect to get the command line for mounting the file share from Windows.

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