General Availability: Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB

Microsoft announced general availability of this Azure Files and Storage Accounts update in April 2023.

Launched1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
azurefilessmblinuxad
Status
Launched
Products
Azure Files, Storage Accounts
Update type
Features, Open Source
Product categories
Storage
General availability
April 2023
Status pages
Azure Storage Accounts status
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 Linux clients to use identity-based authentication over Server Message Block (SMB). Previously only Windows clients were supported by Azure Files.

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What Microsoft changed

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  1. First version we captured ·

    As first seen: Launched
    Status
    Launched

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Other changes for Azure Storage Accounts