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Microsoft Azure File Storage pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft

4.1 out of 5

45 reviews
97% willing to recommend

346 followers

Pros & Cons summary

Microsoft Azure File Storage enhances operational continuity with easy integration across the Azure platform. Scalable and supporting diverse file types, it is quick to implement and sync with on-premise servers. Cost-effective, it includes features like life cycle functionality for cheaper storage solutions. Robust security and seamless integration with tools like Power BI make it a secure choice. However, integration with SQL is not seamless, setup can be challenging, and pricing lacks transparency.

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PROS

Microsoft Azure File Storage integrates easily with various platforms, including Office 365, enhancing overall system compatibility and user experience.

It is scalable and can be adjusted to fit any required capacity, supporting a broad range of use cases and business sizes.

Microsoft Azure File Storage offers competitive pricing which many users find economical compared to other public cloud storage options.

It provides robust security features, ensuring that data is secure and complies with industry standards.

Microsoft Azure File Storage supports life cycle management features that allow users to save costs by moving older files to cheaper storage options while keeping new data readily accessible.

CONS

Sometimes it takes very long to refresh the information.

The pricing could be improved. They need to make the costs more transparent so users know what they will be charged and why ahead of time.

Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that scalable. Once you reach the boundaries, you need to migrate to another solution.

The upload speed has room for improvement.

Some of the procedures are a bit more complex in Azure than in other providers.

Microsoft Azure File Storage Pros review quotes

Senior Director of IT Operations at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Feb 26, 2020

General user familiarity with Office 365 products make adopting this solution easy to adopt in production.

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Srikanth Madduri

Program Director at Cognizant

Sep 6, 2022

The biggest advantage of Azure File Storage vis-à-vis other public cloud storage providers, and why we recommend Azure first and foremost, is that many of our customers have partnerships with Microsoft and so they have access to better cloud economics. Compared to AWS, we have found that (from a customer perspective) Azure is much more competitive.

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reviewer1346826

Manager - IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Jan 20, 2022

We have not explored the desktop performance analysis of the file storage, but the user interface, API, and the response that we receive over the file storage are very good. We have a lot of customers that connect to the client-side, click the images, and upload them. The beauty of the solution is that we can mount the file storage into a critical server as well as an external drive. The speed that we receive with the images is pretty good.

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SA

Manager Cloud Platform at AGILE CLOUD SOLUTIONS LLC

Jul 27, 2021

The solution can scale to fit any requirement.

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SF

Infrastructure Team at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Nov 11, 2021

It was quick to synchronize back from Azure to the on-premise server.

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PB

IT consultant at Secoptrial

Feb 1, 2023

I like that Microsoft Azure File Storage works fine and is quick to deploy. It's also easy to connect to it, particularly when connecting it with my on-premise file servers.

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IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Jul 6, 2023

The profile management option is another valuable feature that allows us to manage the profiles and secure them.

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Cloud Solutions Architect at UGL

May 8, 2023

The most significant aspect of Microsoft Azure File Storage is its life cycle functionality, which enables us to transfer files to various storage options, such as hot storage, full storage, and archive. This feature is crucial since we can apply a life cycle method to files that have not been in use for an extended period, and then move them to a cheaper cold storage option to save costs. Since the newest files are stored in the hot storage, it met our specific requirements. Consequently, older files can be transferred to archive and cold storage.

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Marcus Van Houten

Project Manager / Solution Architect at Ultimum

Dec 23, 2020

The initial setup is fairly easy.

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MA

Operations Engineer at Nokia Corporation

Aug 2, 2022

It's a scalable solution.

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Microsoft Azure File Storage Cons review quotes

Senior Director of IT Operations at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Feb 26, 2020

The initial setup is complex. Unless you have done it a few times it, it is going to be hard.

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Srikanth Madduri

Program Director at Cognizant

Sep 6, 2022

One thing that Azure File Storage could help us with is some kind of impact assessment. When we talk to some of our larger customers who have between 500 and 1,000 applications, we normally do an assessment of all these applications and then tell them which ones are ready to be lifted and shifted, and which ones need to re-architected. It would really help if Azure File Storage could come up with a better way to give estimations of the total investment required, including all costs incurred during the migration.

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reviewer1346826

Manager - IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Jan 20, 2022

In our use cases, we see the weakness in mobile internet connectivity.

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SA

Manager Cloud Platform at AGILE CLOUD SOLUTIONS LLC

Jul 27, 2021

The solution should support all the legacy storage systems.

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SF

Infrastructure Team at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Nov 11, 2021

The storage account key could be a security issue.

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PB

IT consultant at Secoptrial

Feb 1, 2023

Microsoft Azure File Storage needs more integrations. In the future, I also want to see GRC added to the portal. If you enroll or sign up for Azure services, your country may not have GRC available in the portal, so you may have to choose a strange country, for example, Kenya, to activate credit.

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IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Jul 6, 2023

Importing and exporting data needs to have a bit more documentation.

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Cloud Solutions Architect at UGL

May 8, 2023

I have used the file storage explorer in multiple systems, and it seems a bit cumbersome and not very efficient, particularly with authentication. It can be tricky to set it up.

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Marcus Van Houten

Project Manager / Solution Architect at Ultimum

Dec 23, 2020

Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that scalable. Once you reach the boundaries, you need to migrate to another solution.

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MA

Operations Engineer at Nokia Corporation

Aug 2, 2022

The security could always be modernized.

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