Storage
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SFTP (and FTPS) protocol support for Azure storage
Exposing the SFTP protocol for Azure Files or Azure Blob storage would facilitate a bunch of scenarios where today 2 VMs (with all the management overhead that implies) are required.
6,287 votesThank you for the strong feedback on this request. We are working on this and will share our plans for this offering soon. Thank you for your patience!
Aishwarya Manoharan
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make it possible to use SSL on blob storage using custom domains
Currently you can use SSL but you have to user the standard URL. You can create a CNAME to your storage account but most browsers complain that the traffic was rerouted and is possibly an attack. There should be a way to install a domain certificate to your containers.
5,086 votesThank you for the continued feedback on this request. We’re evaluating this support in the context of various storage services and connectivity mechanisms.
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Enable immediate sync after changes on the Azure file share for Azure File Sync
When I make a change on my server endpoint (Windows File Server), Azure File Sync initiates a sync session very quickly after file save, however for changes on the cloud endpoint (Azure file share), I have to wait at least 24 hours to have changes get synced down to my server endpoints.
Please invest in features to initiate a sync session immediately after changes are made cloud-side, or at least increase the interval of sync from the Azure file share.
2,268 votesAs you mentioned, we initiate a change detection job once every 24 hours to enumerate the Azure file share and scan for changes. This is required for the Azure file share because Azure Files currently lacks a change notification mechanism like Windows Server has. Long term we will add this capability and have automatic immediate sync.
There is now a way to trigger sync to happen on files that are placed directly in the Azure File share. With this new cmdlet you can point sync to particular files or directories and have it look for changes right then. This is intended for scenarios where some type of automated process in Azure is doing the file edits or migrations are done by an admin (like moving a new directory of files into the share). For end-user changes, the best thing to do is install Azure File Sync in an IaaS VM…
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Add TableStorage LINQ query support for Select, Count and Contains
Critical functions such as Select, Count and Contains are not currently available when querying TableStorage data.
If I only want a total number of rows that match a certain criteria I have no choice but to retrieve the data, count it and throw it away.
Adding support for Select would also help with heavy queries by only returning the data selected from a query.
Contains would be useful for searching. Using the Compare function is annoying.
1,720 votesThis work is on our backlog and currently under consideration. We will update here if this changes.
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Global File Locking for Azure File Sync
For Azure File Sync on multiple geographically diverse servers, lock files across the enterprise to eliminate conflicts.
For example, a user in Chicago opens a spreadsheet on a local server, and that server is running Azure File Sync to a share that is also mounted by a server in Atlanta also running Azure File Sync. The file lock for the spreadsheet should be global, preventing write access in Atlanta when opened in Chicago.
See Panzura.com for reference.
1,479 votesWe’re working on global file locking and will share more once we’re ready to start the preview program.
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Allow Access to file storage configuration to use alternate port instead of often blocked port 445
Allow Access to file storage configuration to use alternate port instead of often blocked port 445
1,446 votesHi folks,
We are evaluating what we can do to address this feedback and would very much appreciate your continued votes and suggestions on it.
One alternative to mounting the share on-premises over port 445 is Azure File Sync, which enables you to create a cache of an Azure file share on an on-premises Windows Server. Azure File Sync only sends data over the Azure Files HTTPS (using the File REST APIs). You can learn more about Azure File Sync here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-sync-files-planning
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any additional questions!
Thanks,
Will Gries
Program Manager, Azure Files -
Support secondary Indexes
Need to be able to sort on something other than the rowkey
1,420 votesWe understand this is a top customer ask and as such it is currently on our backlog to be prioritized. We will update when the status changes.
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Rename blobs without needing to copy them
Copying blobs in order to rename them is a heavy operation, especially when the blob is big, or when you need to change many files, such as when changing a directory name.
1,149 votesOur apologies for not updating this ask earlier. Renaming Blobs is on our backlog, but is unlikely to be released in the coming year. Today, you can use the “Copy Blob” API as a workaround.
Using the Azure Files service you can address Azure Storage like a network share using the SMB2.1 protocol. This enables usage of normal Windows API’s to rename files and directories. You can get started with the Files service by visiting https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-dotnet-how-to-use-files.
For any further questions, or to discuss your specific scenario, send us an email at azurestoragefeedback@microsoft.com.
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Add ability to view Azure Table size/entity count (rows)
Hi Mike,
I've created this idea as suggested on the forums: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsazure/thread/ea18ae29-36a3-42c6-8420-877216efbd42
One of the big challenges in adopting azure table storage over traditional SQL storage is the ability to know how much data is stored and how it is being used.
Being able to break size/rows down by partition would be invaluable when trying to modify / optimize Partition & Row keys. (Given data doesn't always grow as we would expect, and new bottlenecks can & will emerge).
In addition the ability to view the usage data per table / partition would be fantastic.
Obviously there are ways of…
1,120 votesWe understand this is a top customer ask and as such it is currently on our backlog to be prioritized. We will update when the status changes.
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Provide me with full text search on table storage
Does what it says on the tin....really need better search capabilities over azure table storage.
932 votesA common need for users of Azure Table Storage is searching data in a Table using query patterns other than those that Table Storage provides efficiently, namely key lookups and partition scans. Using Azure Search, you can index and search Table Storage data (using full text search, filters, facets, custom scoring, etc.) and capture incremental changes in the data on a schedule, all without writing any code. To learn more, check out Indexing Azure Table Storage with Azure Search: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-indexing-azure-tables
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Ability to delete from Table Storage by Partition
There is no good way to delete multiple entries in Table Storage. All you can do is delete one at a time. For logging tables this can become VERY expensive. It would be great if we had the ability to use Partitions as a way to delete logical groups of data in Table Storage in a single transaction.
This would allow for a partitioning scheme for grouping data in units that can easily be deleted. For example, logging data in WADLogsTable or rolling tables of data captured on a given partition can be archived easily and cleaned up.
796 votesWe understand this is a top customer ask and as such it is currently on our backlog to be prioritized. We will update when the status changes.
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Allow adding headers to static website hosting in blob storage
The static website hosting is fantastic, to make this feature even more awesome please allow adding of custom headers like CSP, HSTS etc secure the static website.
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Available Disk Space monitoring and alerts are not sufficient
The current available tools for visualizing and alerting on available Disk Space for Azure Virtual Machines should be expanded. In the Dashboards module, there is no Live Tile that would allow you to see a Virtual Machine's disks and available space. You can get some data through custom queries, but these queries are manual-refresh only and are not truly suited to a live Dashboard environment.
Similarly, there is no way to create an Alert for low disk space in the current Alerts module. In Alerts (Classic) there was a % Free Disk Space - this is not sufficient because it…
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Enable symlinks in Azure Files (SMB)
There is no posibility to create symlinks on Azure Files Samba Shares. It must be enabled on Samba server. Maybe it should be an option?
414 votesThank you for your feedback. Symlinks is in Azure Files backlog but we do not have specific timeline to share yet.
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Add an atomic Increment operator on table storage. See MongoDB for example.
It's hard to create pre-aggregated counters in table storage when using multiple workers. For example, a page hit counter will have wrong counts if incremented by pulling work from a queue and updating an entity representing the page using multiple workers.
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Support HTTP/2 and SPDY
With all the major browsers behind http/2 and deployed spdy/3 (chrome/ff/IE11) please implement this for Azure Storage
399 votesThank you for your feedback. Providing this functionality is on our backlog but there is no ETA we can share at this time. We will provide updates when they become available. For any further questions, or to discuss your specific scenario, send us an email at azurestoragefeedback@microsoft.com.
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See total size used by container/share and by storage account
We have multiple storage accounts each with blobs and other objects. The dashboards should show the total disk usage at every level: across all storage accounts, when clicking on a blob, the total for each folder, etc. Right now, one needs to get to the individual file level to see the size and manually sum it up.
387 votesThank you for your feedback. Providing container capacity metrics is on our backlog but there is no ETA we can share at this time. We will provide updates when they become available. For any further questions, or to discuss your specific scenario, send us an email at azurestoragefeedback@microsoft.com.
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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.
350 votesThank 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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Azure Antimalware should be able to scan blob storage
Azure Antimalware should be able to scan blob storage. Currently you have to save the file a a file system for the real time protection to be able to scan it. Once it has been scanned then you would have to move it to the blob storage. Would like to be able to write directly to blob storage and have the real time protection monitoring the files.
344 votesWe will take a look. This is an interesting idea!
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Enable Soft Delete in Azure Data Lake Gen2
You can turn on the Soft Delete option in Blob Storage, but not when it's got the ADLS Gen2 box checked. Please make this available in the ADLS Gen2 storage accounts. We just had an accidental deletion of a top-level folder in the container and it couldn't be restored by the MS engineers even with the geo-replication going.
326 votes
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