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File Shares In The Storage Account In Azure

In this article, we will discuss File Shares in the Azure storage account.

Purpose

In an organization, we have a shared location where each employee can share files and folders with the other resources.

Similarly, we have a file share in Azure. File share uses the Server Message Block protocol. The purpose is to put files and folders in the shared location. The file share is different from the blobs in the container.

In the blobs, you store the files as an object.

How To Create A File Share Inside The Storage Account?

To create the file share: -

In the detail screen of the storage account, there is an option called File shares inside the File service

Picture showing the file shares submenu inside the file service

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Once you click on it, a screen will appear on the right-hand side with the list of file shares. Click on the + File share button to add a new file share

Picture showing a screen with the list of file shares

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A dock window will appear on the right-hand side
Enter the Name, and Quota and click on the Create button

Picture showing a section to add new file share

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A file share is created

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Wednesday, April 28, 2021

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