File Server

Aidan shows you how to restore files that were synchronized to the cloud, using Azure File Sync, and backups up using Azure Backup.

In this post, Aidan will show you how to deploy Azure File Sync to synchronize files from a file server to Azure, which you can then use to enable tiering of hot/cold files, inter-site replication, cloud-based backup. and disaster recovery.

This post will discuss what the general availability of Azure File Sync will mean to customers that are continuing to use on-premises file servers.

Microsoft has launched the final preview release of Azure File Sync.

Aidan Finn explains how the components of Azure File Sync fit together and how they work together in an example multi-site scenario.

Aidan Finn discusses what the recent GA of system state protection by Azure Backup means for you and shows how to add system state to MARS agent backup policy.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Azure File Sync works and how to enable it in the Azure management portal.

I have known about Azure File Sync for quite a while under NDA and have been itching to start talking about it. It’s a killer service that an incredible number of businesses could benefit from.

Aidan Finn walks you through configuring a StorSimple appliance as a file server/NAS.

Aidan Finn shows us how to enable distributed BranchCache on a Microsoft Azure file server.