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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.
I frequently remind people not to judge an Azure service by its first generally available (GA) release. The developers of Microsoft Azure code in sprint runs. Development cycles last 6 months and planning is done every 3 months. Within those overlapping cycles, the teams can change direction quite quickly and produce new features in a matter of weeks, instead of years.
Azure File Sync was not perfect when it was released – and the team knew that. They already had years of feedback from private and public tests and had built plans. Adoption came with GA, and that brought more feedback and empirical data based on real-world usage. Better informed, the team can now improve the product in ways that will be meaningful to current and potential customers.
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Version 4 of the AFS agent was released in November. This new agent version comes with many improvements:
Some issues were also fixed in AFS:
If you have a previous installation of the agent, then it must be version 3.2.0.0 or later to update to v 4.0.1.0 (the new version). You can manually download the agent, but Windows Update will update the agent if you have included it in any centrally managed system, such as WSUS.
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