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title: Replace or extend Windows file servers with Azure Files and Azure File Sync
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title: Replace Windows File Servers with Azure File Sync
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description: Azure Files and Azure File Sync can be useful when replacing your on-premises Windows file servers or extending them into the cloud. Learn how you can use Azure storage services to increase flexibility, improve data protection, and reduce TCO for file storage.
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author: khdownie
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ms.service: azure-file-storage
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ms.topic: concept-article
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ms.date: 03/17/2023
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ms.date: 07/15/2025
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ms.author: kendownie
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# Customer intent: As an IT manager planning to modernize file storage, I want to replace or extend on-premises Windows file servers with Azure file services, so that I can enhance flexibility, reduce total cost of ownership, and simplify data protection.
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# Customer intent: As an IT manager planning to modernize file storage, I want to replace or extend on-premises Windows file servers with Azure Files and Azure File Sync, so that I can enhance flexibility, reduce total cost of ownership, and simplify data protection.
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# Replace or extend Windows file servers with Azure Files and Azure File Sync
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| Microsoft.Storage | Pay-as-you-go | HDD (standard) | GeoZone (GZRS) | ![Yes](../media/icons/yes-icon.png) | ![No](../media/icons/no-icon.png) |
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## Reduce TCO with fully managed file shares
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## Reduce TCO with cloud file shares
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There's more to file share TCO than the price per GiB of storage. By centralizing your file shares in Azure, you can reduce TCO in many ways:
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Access control works just like your Windows file servers. You can [use identity-based authentication](storage-files-active-directory-overview.md) and integrate SMB Azure file shares with your on-premises Active Directory environment or Microsoft Entra ID, and control share-level and directory/file-level access as well as administrator privileges.
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## See also
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- [Migrate to Azure Files](storage-files-migration-overview.md)
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- [Migrate to SMB Azure file shares](storage-files-migration-overview.md)
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- [Azure Files networking considerations](storage-files-networking-overview.md)

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