Cloud storage to use inside your cloud service: Azure Files represents another step towards blending the concepts of Platform and Infrastructure as a Service for a very pragmatic approach to cloud.

On Azure, things are different. Instead of having to manage data at an operating-system level, Azure’s object file system leaves everything up to your code.

Azure File Storage is a cloud-based file sharing service based on the SMB 3.0 protocol that was introduced on Azure late last year.

Zone redundant storage is now generally available for Azure Files premium tier, in additional to LRS. Currently being offered in the West Europe region, coverage will soon be expanded.

We run the rule over file, block and object storage from the big three public cloud providers: AWS, Azure and GCP. We look at what’s on offer and the use cases they are aimed at.

In reality, the world of cloud storage has many facets to consider. Each of the three major public IaaS cloud vendors – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – have a ...

Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is a free tool that helps you conveniently manage your Azure cloud storage resources from your desktop.

However, for file storage, there are bigger difference in the offerings from AWS, Azure and Google with AWS leading in offering the most options.

Azure Cloud Shell with Bash is free to use except for the requirement of having to use an Azure Files storage account, which incurs costs, along with outbound data transfer costs, according to ...

Our Windows Azure tutorial series continues with an explanation of usage of local storage in Azure cloud services. Learn how to best configure local storage.