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Automatically mount an Azure file share to a Windows clients using GPO

Momently its not possible to map a azure file storage share via GPO, because the two fields for username and password are greyed out.

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Thorsten shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
under review  ·  AdminMicrosoft Azure Storage Team (Product Manager, Microsoft Azure) responded  · 

Thank you for your feedback! As we work to get Azure Files to parity with Windows File Server, we absolutely agree this functionality is required. For now, I’m leaving this item open so we can collect feedback on it – please vote for it to help us prioritize it!

Thanks,

Will Gries

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi Team, this is a must for many organisations with a large user base and is something I am working on as part of an Architecture Review and the inclusion of Azure File Shares.

  • Jefferson Areche commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I have registered the storage account in AD On Premise to use authentication via Azure AD, with this the authentication to access Azure Files is done through the network user of the computer (desktop computer joined to the domain). With that, it is only necessary to create the unit mapping GPO (without specifying username and password)

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    " we absolutely agree this functionality is required"...february 2018
    September 2019...and...absolutely nothing new !

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Has there been any motion on this function in the last 12 months? I would love to use Azure Files to potentially replace traditional file servers but can not do this until we have a secure way to do persistent mounts via say GPO.

  • Chris Thoms commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agree this is a deal breaker for our use of Azure Files in our enterprise, as creating a GPO w/script for each file share is a serious security concern due to exposing the storage account key and the lack of ACL control. Please keep me posted if this feature becomes available.

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