Azure Unblogged - Replace your file server with a serverless Azure file share!
Channel: ITOpsTalk
Date: 2020-02-24

You can already extend your on-premises file servers into Azure using Azure File Sync, but now you can completely decommission those old on-premises file servers and replace them with serverless Azure file shares. This video gives you a quick look at how to domain join your storage account to your on-premises domain, and configure Azure networking to access your Azure file share from on-premises.

Planning for an Azure Files deployment: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-planning?WT.mc_id=azureunblogged-c9-thmaure
Enable Active Directory authentication over SMB for Azure file shares https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-active-directory-domain-services-enable?WT.mc_id=azureunblogged-c9-thmaure
Configure a Site-to-Site VPN for use with Azure Files: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-configure-s2s-vpn?WT.mc_id=azureunblogged-c9-thmaure
Azure Files networking considerations: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-networking-overview?WT.mc_id=azureunblogged-c9-thmauree