Public Preview: Entra-only identities support with Azure Files SMB
Microsoft announced a preview of this Azure Files update in November 2025.
In preview1 version
Facts
- Microsoft id
527713- Status
- In preview
- Products
- Azure Files
- Update type
- Features, Microsoft Ignite, Security
- Product categories
- Storage
- Private preview
- September 2025
- Preview
- November 2025
- First captured by us
- (from our first import of this list)
- Microsoft last modified
- Source
- Azure Updates · open the original at Microsoft
Microsoft says
Azure Files now supports Entra-only identities, enabling customers to retire on-premises domain controllers while maintaining secure SMB access to file shares.
What Microsoft changed
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First version we captured ·
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- Status
- In preview
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