Active Directory Authentication for Azure Files Enters Public Preview


Active Directory authentication for Azure Files, which is now in preview, builds on Azure AD DS authentication over SMB by letting you mount shares created using Azure Files with Windows Server Active Directory (AD) credentials.

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What’s New in Azure File Sync? – November 2018 Edition


Improvements are coming quickly to Azure File Sync (AFS), a new hybrid service that has server admins very interested. This post will discuss some of the new features that were introduced with v4 of the AFS agent.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – September 2018 Edition

Septemeber was full of Azure announcements from Ignite, Aidan breaks all the news down so that it is easier to digest.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – August 2018

Aidan summarizes what’s been going on in Azure IaaS in August, and I’ll also discuss a few features and services that you might have missed or forgotten about.

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Replicating Between File Servers Using Azure File Sync

Aidan explains how you can easily synchronize folders between multiple file servers via Azure File Sync.

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Restoring Files with Azure File Sync

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

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Backing Up Files with Azure File Sync

Aidan explain’s how you can back up folders & files that have been synchronized and/or tiered to the cloud with Azure File Sync.

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