Microsoft introduced a new storage option for its Azure cloud computing platform in preview today: the Azure Archive Blob Storage. This will give developers a cheaper alternative for the long-term ...

Take advantage of Azure Files in your .Net applications to access managed, secure, SMB file shares in the Microsoft Azure cloud Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform provides interoperable cloud ...

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In June, Microsoft announced the general availability of a new premium tier for its Azure Files service. The new tier, available in 19 regions globally, offers a higher level of performance and ...

Microsoft has announced the general availability of vaulted backup support for Azure Files Premium SSD shares. The feature extends Azure Backup’s enterprise protection to high-performance SMB file ...

Microsoft today announced that Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for Azure Storage now also allows customers to protect data stored in Azure Files file shares and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 API data ...

Storage is a finite IT asset, and organizations can’t get enough of it. Businesses are consuming more storage every day, and it’s up to IT to keep up. Rather than consistently add expensive new ...

Cloud storage is increasingly sophisticated and flexible. The initial appeal of storing data in the cloud was flexibility and cost, and to achieve that, the majority of cloud services based their ...

Storage is key to cloud operations, but offerings differ between the main players in the market. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM Softlayer all bring similar ...

Azure introduces public preview of user delegation SAS for Tables, Queues and Files with Entra ID. Identity-based SAS reduces reliance on storage account keys and improves cloud security posture. User ...