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Manage Azure File Sync with Windows Admin Center

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Want to improve the reliability and performance of your existing on-premises file shares? Azure File Sync is the next step in providing a central file server in Azure, offering the ability to synchronize file servers in different branches to a central storage solution in Azure. Get a full tour of the benefits of this approach, including centralized management, less downtime, and consistent data across locations. We'll also look at how the Windows Admin Center is the ideal "better together" companion for a simple and powerful deployment of Azure File Sync.

 

Speaker: Gregor Reimling

 

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Char_Cheesman
Updated Dec 27, 2024

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  • Char_Cheesman's avatar
    Char_Cheesman
    Bronze Contributor
    Mar 29, 2024

    Thank you for joining us this week for the Windows Server Summit! Q&A is now closed, but all sessions are available on demand so you can watch and learn when it is convenient for you. We hope you enjoyed the event.

  • Sofiane965's avatar
    Sofiane965
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 27, 2024
    Ich habe Kunden die schon über viele verteilte Standorte Azure File Sync verwenden. Nun möchten sie auf Cloud-only gehen (Storage Account/Azure Files). Das Problem der versachtelten Ordnerfreigabe innerhalb vieler Ordner Strukturen on-prem, erschwert das Vorgehen. Gibt es hierfür Best Practices bzw. Vorschläge wie am besten hier vorzugehen wäre?
    • Gregor Reimling's avatar
      Gregor Reimling
      MVP
      Mar 28, 2024

      Hi Sofiane, 

      für die Migration selbst würde ich dir empfehlen, einen Blick auf den Azure Storage Mover zu werfen, damit habe ich gute Erfahrung gemacht.

      Eine weitere Möglichkeit wäre für die Migration in Azure zunächst Windows Server mit aktiviertem File Sync bereitzustellen, mit denen sich die Clients weiterhin verbinden, darüber kannst du aber die vorhandenen Fileserver schon langsam außerbetrieb nehmen.

       

      For the migration itself, I would recommend that you take a look at the Azure Storage Mover, which I have had good experience with.

      Another option for the migration in Azure would be to first provide Windows servers with File Sync enabled, to which the clients continue to connect, but you can use this to slowly decommission the existing file servers.

  • northra's avatar
    northra
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 27, 2024
    We implemented last year on all our Windows File Servers and it has performed very well for us and also saved local backup resources. I can recommend.
  • ciscen's avatar
    ciscen
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 27, 2024
    regarding file sync, how versioning is being handled if the files are accessed both on-prem and online
    • Gregor Reimling's avatar
      Gregor Reimling
      MVP
      Mar 27, 2024
      Hi Cem, currently, the best practice is to only access the fileshares on Windows Server and synchronize the files with the Azure fileshare and not give clients access to the Azure fileshares directly. You can use a Azure VM also in Azure so that the changes will everytime detect by the agent and synchronize to the Fileshare
  • Char_Cheesman's avatar
    Char_Cheesman
    Bronze Contributor
    Mar 27, 2024

    Welcome! Manage Azure File Sync with Windows Admin Center is starting now. If you have any questions or feedback for our product teams, please post them here in the Comments.

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Mar 27, 20242:00 PM - 2:30 PM PDT