by Cale Teeter
May 21, 2014
What is this all about?
SMB 2.1 protocol
VM/Web/Worker on Azure can share files using standard file api (ReadFile/WriteFile)
REST interface as well
Moving existing apps to the cloud (without more integration work)
App Settings
Logs
Install share (dev builds)
How do I use this thing
- PowerShell cmdlets
- REST Apis
RDP Drives works!
Limitations:
- Must be in the same region as the storage account hosting (REST everywhere!)
- Currently can't copy directly from blob to files or between File Shares
- Reading GEO copy of Files
- Using SAS (must use accountname/accountkey)
- No emulator support currently
Media File: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode29.mp3
VS 2013 Update 2 Azure related enhancements:
http://www.asp.net/visual-studio/overview/2013/aspnet-and-web-tools-20132-preview-for-visual-studio-2013-release-notes#AzureResources
Regional Virtual Networks: http://blog.azure.com/2014/05/14/regional-virtual-networks/
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/
Final warning about Guest OS family 1 (2008 based servers)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wats/archive/2014/05/19/how-to-determine-current-guest-os-family-only-for-pass-instance-web-role-and-worker-role-windows-azure-powershell.aspx