IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Top 10
2023-07-06T15:59:00Z
Jul 6, 2023
As long as one knows how to implement and secure it, Microsoft Azure File Storage can be used efficiently. There aren’t any particular recommendations, because a lot of it is already in place. Microsoft has been implementing these scenarios but they can work a bit more around the SaaS token scenario. If they can simplify that, it can be great as not enough people use the SaaS tokens. I think this needs to be explained on an engineering level. If they include it, customers can use and choose this facility. Overall, I would rate Microsoft Azure File Storage an eight out of ten.
To those looking into using the solution, I recommend getting Azure documentation. This will help you to configure the solution with other tools. Owing to the fact that some features might get added in the future after sending my notes to Azure, I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
Depending on the size of the deployment will determine out much maintenance staff is needed. However, two people are typical for maintenance. Some of the maintenance tasks are modifying the code as per the requirements and fixing bugs and issues. I would advise others if they want a life cycle storage it is a good option. The cloud solutions are good. I rate Microsoft Azure File Storage a nine out of ten.
I give the solution a nine out of ten. The entire organization of around 800 people uses Microsoft Azure File Storage. I recommend Microsoft Azure File Storage to others.
Managing Executive, Client Coverage at Absa Group Ltd
Real User
Top 5
2023-04-03T09:59:45Z
Apr 3, 2023
This is becoming a very widely used platform throughout the world. I think the sooner people get on to it, the better it will be for their organization. I rate this solution nine out of 10.
I rate the solution a nine out of ten. The solution is good, but improvements could be made to its stability and the way retention policies are applied could be more optimized.
While there are some areas for improvement, Azure File storage is, overall, a highly comprehensive solution which ticks all the boxes for us. For cloud file storage and file transfers, it is definitely our preferred solution. I would rate Microsoft Azure File Storage an eight out of ten.
We're a Microsoft reseller. I am not sure if I am using the latest version of the solution. I'd recommend the solution to others. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
Manager - IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2022-01-20T10:28:54Z
Jan 20, 2022
We are focused on the Indian market and we have a lot of SMEs and enterprise customers. The most difficult aspect of capturing more customers is for Microsoft Azure File Storage to offer higher discounts and credits. They do not provide enough discounts. I rate Microsoft Azure File Storage an eight out of ten.
Manager Cloud Platform at AGILE CLOUD SOLUTIONS LLC
Real User
2021-07-27T18:59:20Z
Jul 27, 2021
We are a Microsoft partner. While I only use the cloud deployment, it can be integrated with any on-premises solution as well. I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. It's been a pretty good solution so far.
Overall, I think Microsoft Azure File Storage is workable, but you really need to make a design to make it redundant. There is a possibility to connect several discs, several file storage accounts. Then you can make it scalable yourself. I'm fully comfortable with that solution. We worked it out that we direct users to different storage accounts. But that all needs to be done before you start. Before you start, you really need to consider your design and make it scalable yourself. That's my recommendation. I think that they should implement on the background so that you can upgrade and migrate on the fly. It doesn't feel hardware-wise that I'm working in a cloud, and it doesn't really feel like cloud. It feels like I have a dedicated device disc I am working on and that doesn't provide me the cloud experience. Because I'm working on the dedicated device I expect that I can read the usual suspects as normal, the IOPS, et cetera, and those figures are not provided standardly. I am sure that we will find a solution. It integrates very well and is easy to implement. But like I said, I expect more of the cloud experience. So taking all that together, on a scale of one to ten I would give Microsoft Azure File Storage a six.
I would certainly recommend this product, especially if you are working with the Microsoft and Azure ecosystem, because then it's really easy to be used and you get all the benefits and I can't think of any reason not to like it. Once you're on the platform, it should be that it's more a question of how strong the solution is. I would rate this solution a nine out of 10.
Senior Director of IT Operations at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-02-26T05:55:56Z
Feb 26, 2020
We try to push as many clients as we can toward Azure because most of our clients are Office 365 clients as it stands already, so they already have Azure integrated. They have the authentication and because of that, it allows us to push Azure a little easier because it is already native to the products they are using and familiar to their users. On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this solution as a six. Currently, you just have to spend too much time wrapping your head around what the product does and how it does it. Then the build-out takes a lot of effort. If it took less effort in that way — especially from my perspective as a reseller and consultant where implementation is so important — then I could rate it higher. The economy of scale plays in, but it is just hard to invest into that build-out on the front end.
CTO & Co-Founder at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-02-13T07:51:01Z
Feb 13, 2020
We use quite a few different products on Azure. For example, we also use Azure Backup and Stack. A small team at our organization is using the software. We use the solution daily. I don't really have any advice to give to others. I would just say that it's pretty straightforward and it works well for our team. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. It's generally okay. It doesn't blow my mind in the sense that it's so unique or revolutionary. It does what it needs to do.
Implementations with other products are easy. In the past we had to use a multi-cloud, but we had a preference for one unique tool for each subject that we wanted to manage. So now we are using one cloud only. We had a very new team and we were building everything from scratch. I will rate this solution an eight out of ten. We haven't been using it very long, but we don't have any complaints. The interface is easy to work on, but sometimes it takes very long to refresh the information. Perhaps that can be improved. It is not a big problem but it would be nice if you could get what you need straight away. So an improvement in the design and speed of things would be great.
Fully managed file shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol
Key scenarios:
Share data across on-premises and cloud servers
Migrate file share-based applications to the cloud with no code changes
Integrate modern applications with File storage
Simplify hosting for high availability workload data
I am a service provider for Microsoft. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
New features might be introduced in the future, but the solution is already good from our perspective. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
I rate the product an eight out of ten. The solution is easy to use. However, you need to be careful with the tool's pricing.
Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
As long as one knows how to implement and secure it, Microsoft Azure File Storage can be used efficiently. There aren’t any particular recommendations, because a lot of it is already in place. Microsoft has been implementing these scenarios but they can work a bit more around the SaaS token scenario. If they can simplify that, it can be great as not enough people use the SaaS tokens. I think this needs to be explained on an engineering level. If they include it, customers can use and choose this facility. Overall, I would rate Microsoft Azure File Storage an eight out of ten.
My advice would be to get information about the products and features Microsoft provides. I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
To those looking into using the solution, I recommend getting Azure documentation. This will help you to configure the solution with other tools. Owing to the fact that some features might get added in the future after sending my notes to Azure, I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
Depending on the size of the deployment will determine out much maintenance staff is needed. However, two people are typical for maintenance. Some of the maintenance tasks are modifying the code as per the requirements and fixing bugs and issues. I would advise others if they want a life cycle storage it is a good option. The cloud solutions are good. I rate Microsoft Azure File Storage a nine out of ten.
I give the solution a nine out of ten. The entire organization of around 800 people uses Microsoft Azure File Storage. I recommend Microsoft Azure File Storage to others.
This is becoming a very widely used platform throughout the world. I think the sooner people get on to it, the better it will be for their organization. I rate this solution nine out of 10.
I give the solution a seven out of ten.
I recommend Microsoft Azure File Storage to other people. My Microsoft Azure File Storage rating is a nine on a scale of one to ten.
I rate the solution a seven out of ten and recommend it to others.
I rate the solution a nine out of ten. The solution is good, but improvements could be made to its stability and the way retention policies are applied could be more optimized.
While there are some areas for improvement, Azure File storage is, overall, a highly comprehensive solution which ticks all the boxes for us. For cloud file storage and file transfers, it is definitely our preferred solution. I would rate Microsoft Azure File Storage an eight out of ten.
I would rate Azure File Storage eight out of ten.
We're a Microsoft reseller. I am not sure if I am using the latest version of the solution. I'd recommend the solution to others. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
We are focused on the Indian market and we have a lot of SMEs and enterprise customers. The most difficult aspect of capturing more customers is for Microsoft Azure File Storage to offer higher discounts and credits. They do not provide enough discounts. I rate Microsoft Azure File Storage an eight out of ten.
We are a Microsoft partner. While I only use the cloud deployment, it can be integrated with any on-premises solution as well. I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. It's been a pretty good solution so far.
Overall, I think Microsoft Azure File Storage is workable, but you really need to make a design to make it redundant. There is a possibility to connect several discs, several file storage accounts. Then you can make it scalable yourself. I'm fully comfortable with that solution. We worked it out that we direct users to different storage accounts. But that all needs to be done before you start. Before you start, you really need to consider your design and make it scalable yourself. That's my recommendation. I think that they should implement on the background so that you can upgrade and migrate on the fly. It doesn't feel hardware-wise that I'm working in a cloud, and it doesn't really feel like cloud. It feels like I have a dedicated device disc I am working on and that doesn't provide me the cloud experience. Because I'm working on the dedicated device I expect that I can read the usual suspects as normal, the IOPS, et cetera, and those figures are not provided standardly. I am sure that we will find a solution. It integrates very well and is easy to implement. But like I said, I expect more of the cloud experience. So taking all that together, on a scale of one to ten I would give Microsoft Azure File Storage a six.
I would certainly recommend this product, especially if you are working with the Microsoft and Azure ecosystem, because then it's really easy to be used and you get all the benefits and I can't think of any reason not to like it. Once you're on the platform, it should be that it's more a question of how strong the solution is. I would rate this solution a nine out of 10.
We try to push as many clients as we can toward Azure because most of our clients are Office 365 clients as it stands already, so they already have Azure integrated. They have the authentication and because of that, it allows us to push Azure a little easier because it is already native to the products they are using and familiar to their users. On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this solution as a six. Currently, you just have to spend too much time wrapping your head around what the product does and how it does it. Then the build-out takes a lot of effort. If it took less effort in that way — especially from my perspective as a reseller and consultant where implementation is so important — then I could rate it higher. The economy of scale plays in, but it is just hard to invest into that build-out on the front end.
We use quite a few different products on Azure. For example, we also use Azure Backup and Stack. A small team at our organization is using the software. We use the solution daily. I don't really have any advice to give to others. I would just say that it's pretty straightforward and it works well for our team. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. It's generally okay. It doesn't blow my mind in the sense that it's so unique or revolutionary. It does what it needs to do.
Implementations with other products are easy. In the past we had to use a multi-cloud, but we had a preference for one unique tool for each subject that we wanted to manage. So now we are using one cloud only. We had a very new team and we were building everything from scratch. I will rate this solution an eight out of ten. We haven't been using it very long, but we don't have any complaints. The interface is easy to work on, but sometimes it takes very long to refresh the information. Perhaps that can be improved. It is not a big problem but it would be nice if you could get what you need straight away. So an improvement in the design and speed of things would be great.