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title: Create and use an Azure file shares on Windows VMs
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description: Create and use an Azure files shares in the Azure portal. Connect it to a Windows VM, connect to the Files share, and upload a file to the Files share.
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title: Tutorial - Create and use an Azure file shares on Windows VMs
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description: This tutorial covers how to create and use an Azure files shares in the Azure portal. Connect it to a Windows VM, connect to the file share, and upload a file to the file share.
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author: roygara
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ms.service: storage
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ms.topic: quickstart
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ms.date: 07/27/2021
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ms.topic: tutorial
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ms.date: 02/14/2022
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ms.author: rogarana
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ms.subservice: files
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ms.custom: mode-ui
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#Customer intent: As an IT admin new to Azure Files, I want to try out Azure file share so I can determine whether I want to subscribe to the service.
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# Quickstart: Create and manage Azure file shares with Windows virtual machines via the Azure portal
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# Tutorial: Create and manage Azure file shares with Windows virtual machines via the Azure portal
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The article demonstrates the basic steps for creating and using an Azure Files share. In this quickstart, the emphasis is on quickly setting up an Azure Files share so you can experience how the service works. If you need more detailed instructions for creating and using Azure file shares in your own environment, see [Use an Azure file share with Windows](storage-how-to-use-files-windows.md).
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Azure Files offers fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the industry standard [Server Message Block (SMB) protocol](/windows/win32/fileio/microsoft-smb-protocol-and-cifs-protocol-overview) or [Network File System (NFS) protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System). In this tutorial, you will learn a few ways you can use an Azure file share in a Windows virtual machine (VM).
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If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a [free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=A261C142F) before you begin.
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> [!div class="checklist"]
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> * Create a storage account
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> * Create a file share
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> * Deploy a VM
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> * Connect to a VM
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> * Mount an Azure file share to your VM
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> * Create and delete a share snapshot
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## Applies to
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| File share type | SMB | NFS |
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| Standard file shares (GPv2), LRS/ZRS |||
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| Standard file shares (GPv2), GRS/GZRS |||
Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com).
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## Prepare your environment
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## Getting started
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In this quickstart, you set up the following items:
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### Create a storage account
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- An Azure storage account and an Azure file share
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- A Windows Server 2016 Datacenter VM
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Before you can work with an Azure file share, you have to create an Azure storage account.
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### Create a storage account
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1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com).
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1. On the Azure portal menu, select **All services**. In the list of resources, type **Storage Accounts**. As you begin typing, the list filters based on your input. Select **Storage Accounts**.
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1. On the **Storage Accounts** window that appears, choose **+ New**.
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1. On the **Basics** tab, select the subscription in which to create the storage account.
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1. Under the **Resource group** field, select your desired resource group, or create a new resource group.
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1. Next, enter a name for your storage account. The name you choose must be unique across Azure. The name also must be between 3 and 24 characters in length, and may include only numbers and lowercase letters.
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1. Select a region for your storage account, or use the default region.
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1. Select a performance tier. The default tier is *Standard*.
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1. Specify how the storage account will be replicated. The default redundancy option is *Geo-redundant storage (GRS)*.
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1. Select **Review + Create** to review your storage account settings and create the account.
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1. Select **Create**.
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Before you can work with an Azure file share, you have to create an Azure storage account. A general-purpose v2 storage account provides access to all of the Azure Storage services: blobs, files, queues, and tables. The quickstart creates a general-purpose v2 storage account but, the steps to create any type of storage account are similar. A storage account can contain an unlimited number of shares. A share can store an unlimited number of files, up to the capacity limits of the storage account.
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The following image shows the settings on the **Basics** tab for a new storage account:
:::image type="content" source="media/storage-files-quick-create-use-windows/account-create-portal.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing how to create a storage account in the Azure portal." lightbox="media/storage-files-quick-create-use-windows/account-create-portal.png":::
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### Create an Azure file share
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Next, you create a file share.
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Next, create a file share.
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1. When the Azure storage account deployment is complete, select **Go to resource**.
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1. Select **File shares** from the storage account pane.
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1. Name the new file share *qsfileshare*, enter "1" for the **Quota**, leave **Transaction optimized** selected, and select **Create**. The quota can be a maximum of 5 TiB (100 TiB, with large file shares enabled), but you only need 1 GiB for this quickstart.
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1. Name the new file share *qsfileshare*, enter "1" for the **Quota**, leave **Transaction optimized** selected, and select **Create**. The quota can be a maximum of 5 TiB (100 TiB, with large file shares enabled), but you only need 1 GiB for this.
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1. Create a new txt file called *qsTestFile* on your local machine.
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1. Select the new file share, then on the file share location, select **Upload**.
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1. Browse to the location where you created your .txt file > select *qsTestFile.txt* > select **Upload**.
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So far, you've created an Azure storage account and a file share with one file in it in Azure. Next you'll create the Azure VM with Windows Server 2016 Datacenter to represent the on-premises server in this quickstart.
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### Deploy a VM
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1. Next, expand the menu on the left side of the portal and choose **Create a resource** in the upper left-hand corner of the Azure portal.
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So far, you've created an Azure storage account and a file share with one file in it. Next, create an Azure VM with Windows Server 2016 Datacenter to represent the on-premises server.
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1. Expand the menu on the left side of the portal and select **Create a resource** in the upper left-hand corner of the Azure portal.
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1. Under **Popular services** select **Virtual machine**.
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1. In the **Basics** tab, under **Project details**, select the resource group you created for this quickstart.
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1. In the **Basics** tab, under **Project details**, select the resource group you created earlier.
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1. Under **Instance details**, name the VM *qsVM*.
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1. For **Image** select **Windows Server 2016 Datacenter - Gen2**.
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1. Once your VM deployment is complete, select **Go to resource**.
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At this point, you've created a new virtual machine and attached a data disk. Now you need to connect to the VM.
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### Connect to your VM
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Now that you've created the VM, connect to it so you can mount your file share.
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1. Select **Connect** on the virtual machine properties page.
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1. In the **Connect to virtual machine** page, keep the default options to connect by **IP address** over **port number***3389* and select **Download RDP file**.
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1. Open the downloaded RDP file and select **Connect** when prompted.
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1. In the **Windows Security** window, select **More choices** and then **Use a different account**. Type the username as *localhost\username*, where <username> is the VM admin username you created for the virtual machine. Enter the password you created for the virtual machine, and then select **OK**.
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1. You may receive a certificate warning during the sign-in process. select**Yes** or **Continue** to create the connection.
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1. You may receive a certificate warning during the sign-in process. Select**Yes** or **Continue** to create the connection.
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## Map the Azure file share to a Windows drive
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###Map the Azure file share to a Windows drive
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1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the *qsfileshare* fileshare and select **Connect**.
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1. Select a drive letter then copy the contents of the second box and paste it in **Notepad**.
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## Create a share snapshot
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1. In the portal, navigate to your file share, select **Snapshots**, then select **+ Add snapshot**.
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1. In the VM, open the *qstestfile.txt* and type "this file has been modified". Save and close the file.
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## Browse a share snapshot
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1. On your file share, select **Snapshots**.
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## Restore from a snapshot
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1. From the file share snapshot blade, right-click the *qsTestFile*, and select the **Restore** button.
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:::image type="content" source="media/storage-files-quick-create-use-windows/restore-share-snapshot.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the snapshot blade, qstestfile is selected, restore is highlighted.":::
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:::image type="content" source="media/storage-files-quick-create-use-windows/restore-share-snapshot.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the snapshot tab, qstestfile is selected, restore is highlighted.":::
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1. Select **Overwrite original file**.
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## Use a share snapshot in Windows
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Just like with on-premises VSS snapshots, you can view the snapshots from your mounted Azure file share by using the Previous Versions tab.
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> [!NOTE]
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> If your file has not changed, you will not see a previous version for that file because that file is the same version as the snapshot. This is consistent with how this works on a Windows file server.
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## Next steps
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> [!div class="nextstepaction"]
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> [Use an Azure file share with Windows](storage-how-to-use-files-windows.md)
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> [Use an Azure file share with Windows](storage-how-to-use-files-windows.md)
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