File Server

If your business needs to store and manage RAW image files generated by professional cameras, high-resolution videos, or other large media files, then local network storage and specialist software can help you improve productivity. But there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, so evaluate your needs and expectations carefully.

Aidan takes a look back at 2018 and discusses some of the highlights from each month. It is interesting to me how I underrated some announcements which later became significant to Microsoft customers or to me.

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

In this post, Aidan explains what tiering is in Azure File Sync, how to enable it, and how the policy-based system works.

Looking for a few tips on how to troubleshoot issues with Azure File Sync? Aidan has some insight on how to resolve your problems.

Aidan explain's how you can back up folders & files that have been synchronized and/or tiered to the cloud 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.

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.