Summary

In this chapter, you learned about Azure Files as the second service available in Azure Storage that we planned to cover in this book. We talked about concepts such as sharing files using this service and discussed the differences between direct mounts and advanced infrastructure while leveraging Azure File Sync for caching and improving the performance of the whole setup. We also tried to improve the reliability and security of the data that’s stored in deployed file shares using snapshots and the soft delete feature.

Everything you learned in this chapter will help you build file shares in the cloud that can be utilized in scenarios where you want to transform your on-premises infrastructure into modern cloud-based components. This is a common task for Azure administrators that is performed in many companies nowadays.

The next chapter will mark the end of Part 4 of this book, Azure Storage for Administrators. We’ll cover more details related to security...