The feature, part of Microsoft's Azure cloud service, makes it easy to create file shares in the public cloud.

Microsoft announced Azure in 2008. Two years later, in January 2010, Windows Azure debuted to the public. Microsoft rebranded its cloud platform as Microsoft Azure in 2014.

What can you do with Azure Files? Your email has been sent Microsoft has long put forward the view that the future of the cloud is hybrid, extending on-premises systems into its hyperscale ...

Microsoft this week announced a few milestones for its Azure Files cloud-based file share service. The use of Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) with the Azure Files service has reached the ...

A few months after the preview of large file shares in Azure Files, the feature is now generally available. A bunch of new capabilities have been added to it during this time period.

Microsoft started Windows Azure (when it was known as "Red Dog") with a team of about 150 people. Today, the Azure team is about 1,200 strong, having recently added some new big-name members like ...

Version 4.1 of the Network File System protocol is now supported on Azure Files. It will be provided to customers in the form of a fully managed NFS file system as a service, in preview for now.