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- The agent installation package must be installed with elevated (admin) permissions.
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- The agent isn't supported on Nano Server deployment option.
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- The agent is supported only on Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025.
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- The agent installation package is for a specific operating system version. If a server with an Azure File Sync agent installed is upgraded to a newer operating system version, the existing agent must be uninstalled. Restart the server and then install the agent for the new server operating system (Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 or Windows Server 2025).
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- The Azure File Sync agent installation package is specific to the operating system version. If you're upgrading a server to a newer version of Windows Server, you must first uninstall the Azure File Sync agent and restart the server. Then, upgrade the operating system to the new version. After the upgrade is complete, install the Azure File Sync agent that matches the new Windows Server version such as 2016, 2019, 2022, or 2025. There is no need to unregister the server before upgrading the operating system. After installing the agent on the upgraded server, the Azure portal should reflect the correct server status within 5 to 10 minutes.
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- The agent requires at least 2 GiB of memory. If the server is running in a virtual machine with dynamic memory enabled, the VM should be configured with a minimum 2048 MiB of memory. See [Recommended system resources](file-sync-planning.md#recommended-system-resources) for more information.
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- The agent uses TLS 1.2 or 1.3 (Windows Server 2022 or newer) by default and TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not supported.
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- Server registration using the [Register-AzStorageSyncServer](/powershell/module/az.storagesync/register-azstoragesyncserver) and ServerRegistration.exe require .NET Framework 4.7.2. or higher
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- The agent isn't supported on Nano Server deployment option.
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- The agent is supported only on Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025.
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- The agent installation package is for a specific operating system version. If a server with an Azure File Sync agent installed is upgraded to a newer operating system version, the existing agent must be uninstalled. Restart the server and then install the agent for the new server operating system (Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 or Windows Server 2025).
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- The Azure File Sync agent installation package is specific to the operating system version. If you're upgrading a server to a newer version of Windows Server, you must first uninstall the Azure File Sync agent and restart the server. Then, upgrade the operating system to the new version. After the upgrade is complete, install the Azure File Sync agent that matches the new Windows Server version such as 2016, 2019, 2022, or 2025. There is no need to unregister the server before upgrading the operating system. After installing the agent on the upgraded server, the Azure portal should reflect the correct server status within 5 to 10 minutes.
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- The agent requires at least 2 GiB of memory. If the server is running in a virtual machine with dynamic memory enabled, the VM should be configured with a minimum 2048 MiB of memory. See [Recommended system resources](file-sync-planning.md#recommended-system-resources) for more information.
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- The agent uses TLS 1.2 or 1.3 (Windows Server 2022 or newer) by default and TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not supported.
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- Server registration using the [Register-AzStorageSyncServer](/powershell/module/az.storagesync/register-azstoragesyncserver) and ServerRegistration.exe require .NET Framework 4.7.2. or higher
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- The agent installation package must be installed with elevated (admin) permissions.
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- The agent isn't supported on Nano Server deployment option.
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- The agent is supported only on Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2022.
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- The agent installation package is for a specific operating system version. If a server with an Azure File Sync agent installed is upgraded to a newer operating system version, the existing agent must be uninstalled. Restart the server and then install the agent for the new server operating system (Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022).
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-The Azure File Sync agent installation package is specific to the operating system version. If you're upgrading a server to a newer version of Windows Server, you must first uninstall the Azure File Sync agent and restart the server. Then, upgrade the operating system to the new version. After the upgrade is complete, install the Azure File Sync agent that matches the new Windows Server version such as 2016, 2019, 2022, or 2025.There is no need to unregister the server before upgrading the operating system. After installing the agent on the upgraded server, the Azure portal should reflect the correct server status within 5 to 10 minutes.
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- The agent requires at least 2 GiB of memory. If the server is running in a virtual machine with dynamic memory enabled, the VM should be configured with a minimum 2048 MiB of memory. See [Recommended system resources](file-sync-planning.md#recommended-system-resources) for more information.
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- The Storage Sync Agent (FileSyncSvc) service doesn't support server endpoints located on a volume that has the system volume information (SVI) directory compressed. This configuration will lead to unexpected results.
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- All supported Azure File Sync agent versions use TLS 1.2 by default and TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not supported. Starting with v18 agent version TLS 1.3 will be supported for Windows Server 2022.
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- The agent installation package must be installed with elevated (admin) permissions.
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- The agent isn't supported on Nano Server deployment option.
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- The agent is supported only on Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2022.
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- The agent installation package is for a specific operating system version. If a server with an Azure File Sync agent installed is upgraded to a newer operating system version, you must uninstall the existing agent, restart the server, and install the agent for the new server operating system (Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022).
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- The Azure File Sync agent installation package is specific to the operating system version. If you're upgrading a server to a newer version of Windows Server, you must first uninstall the Azure File Sync agent and restart the server. Then, upgrade the operating system to the new version. After the upgrade is complete, install the Azure File Sync agent that matches the new Windows Server version such as 2016, 2019, 2022, or 2025. There is no need to unregister the server before upgrading the operating system. After installing the agent on the upgraded server, the Azure portal should reflect the correct server status within 5 to 10 minutes.
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- The agent requires at least 2 GiB of memory. If the server is running in a virtual machine with dynamic memory enabled, the VM should be configured with a minimum 2048 MiB of memory. See [Recommended system resources](file-sync-planning.md#recommended-system-resources) for more information.
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- The Storage Sync Agent (FileSyncSvc) service doesn't support server endpoints located on a volume that has the system volume information (SVI) directory compressed. This configuration will lead to unexpected results.
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- The agent is supported only on Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2022.
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- Windows Server 2012 R2 requires .NET Framework version 4.6.2 or higher.
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- The agent installation package is for a specific operating system version. If a server with an Azure File Sync agent installed is upgraded to a newer operating system version, the existing agent must be uninstalled. Restart the server and then install the agent for the new server operating system (Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022).
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- The Azure File Sync agent installation package is specific to the operating system version. If you're upgrading a server to a newer version of Windows Server, you must first uninstall the Azure File Sync agent and restart the server. Then, upgrade the operating system to the new version. After the upgrade is complete, install the Azure File Sync agent that matches the new Windows Server version such as 2016, 2019, 2022, or 2025.There is no need to unregister the server before upgrading the operating system. After installing the agent on the upgraded server, the Azure portal should reflect the correct server status within 5 to 10 minutes.
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- The agent requires at least 2 GiB of memory. If the server is running in a virtual machine with dynamic memory enabled, the VM should be configured with a minimum 2048 MiB of memory. See [Recommended system resources](file-sync-planning.md#recommended-system-resources) for more information.
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- The Storage Sync Agent (FileSyncSvc) service doesn't support server endpoints located on a volume that has the system volume information (SVI) directory compressed. This configuration will lead to unexpected results.
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