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Azure Files - Map file share on Azure AD joined machine
Hello,
We know articles says there is restrictions for mapping Azure File share on Azure AD Joined machine as per MS article.
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- any news with that feature? We really miss it!
Hi, is there any update on this subject?
It would be great feature for sooo many users and would bring thousands new clients to MS.
Mike_EmardMicrosoft
Azure Files team is working on adding support for AAD joined/registered machines but we have no ETA to share. For SMB mounts, you could use storage account key to map the drive from these AAD joined machines today.
- Still waiting on this functionality too
- Is there a way to map it like a drive mapping using Group Policy like the regular drive letters instead of all these PS and other stuff, that has to be done?
Hi, is there any progress on this subject in recent months?
It would make perfect sense for fully cloud managed systems and finally allow us to drop servers. I bet I'm not the only one.
- You should still be able to mount the share on an Azure AD registered device using SAS key.
rohanislamI'm assuming a SAS key is like an API key?
Thanks for the feedback.
Whilst that would no doubt work; the reason for using existing credentials is to simplify the user experience for a non-technical user audience. Asking a user of an average Enteprise IT environment to use an API key is messy. It also opens up a new security concern with regards to key management practices.
I don't imagine that would gain traction in our environment.
Personally, I'd leave the API key access model to developers and more technical end users.- At this stage, I don't see any other option. Maybe you can see if you can programmatically map it on your users PC without asking them to map it using SAS key.
You can generate a SAS key having mimimum required permission with an expiry date.
- Bump. I'd be interested to know this also.
