access Azure File share on Azure AD joined Devices with Azure AD Credentials

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Hi everyone

 

We're currently testing Azure File for a customer. The customer already has an AVD environment, and we need an Azure File share for a specific application that runs on the AVD instance. We can mount the Azure File share on AVD with no problems and Azure AD credentials.

 

All local and physical Windows Devices from the employees, which they use to open the AVD Application, are Azure AD joined. However, we also need to mount the Azure File share locally on every Azure AD joined Device. Problem is that we're not able to do that. We're able to mount the Azure File share with the storage account key, but this is a no-brainer. We're not giving out the storage account key to achieve this.

 

Tbh, I'm not very fit in all these Azure Stuff but I think it's an authentication issue, because we're able to mount the Azure File share locally with the Storage Account Key. If we want to mount the share with the user logged on Azure AD credentials, it throws an error back that the network path could not be found (0x80070035).

 

I think there is smth I'm missing out, which prevents me to mount the Azure File share on a Azure AD joined Devices and authenticate it with the user logged on AAD creds.

 

Thanks for every reply, advice & help ❤️ 

 

 

3 Replies
It sounds like you need to access an SMB share from a computer that is Azure AD Joined. IT is possible, this setup is supported for FSLogix profiles with Azure AD joined session hosts. The link below provides more information on the setup. The one catch is that this configuration requires the users to be hybrid, meaning they are sourced from Windows AD and replicated to Azure AD with Azure AD Connect.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-identity-auth-azure-active-direc...

Good luck!
Travis

@preuley30 

 

did you find a solution for this as im facing same issue