Introduction to Azure File Sync
Azure File Sync uses Azure Files to keep file shares centralized in Azure but retains on-premise file servers to maintain existing operations, compatibility, and performance. Azure file shares can also be cached locally to on-premise file servers so that they are closest to the location where they are required. The file share data is still accessible locally via SMB, NFS, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
Azure File Sync is comprised of the following components:
- Storage Sync Service: This is the service resource that runs in Azure
- Sync group: A sync group contains endpoints that are to be kept in sync with each other
- Registered server: This is a trust relationship object between the Storage Sync Service and the server to sync to Azure
- Azure File Sync agent: This is a downloadable package that provides the sync process to Azure
- Server endpoint: This represents the folder or volume to sync on Windows Server – that is,...
