Episode 29 - Azure Files

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