
Then use Azure File Sync for a hybrid cloud deployment. The goal is to move the shares that you have on your Linux Samba server to a Windows Server instance. Premium file shares (FileStorage), LRS/ZRS This article guides you through the planning and execution of such a migration. It does not support sync to and from Linux clients, or a remote Server Message Block (SMB) share, or Network File System (NFS) shares.Īs a result, transforming your file services into a hybrid deployment makes a migration to Windows Server necessary. If your scenario is different, look through the table of migration guides.Īzure File Sync works on Windows Server instances with direct attached storage (DAS).


Caching files on-premises: Yes, the final goal is an Azure File Sync deployment.Migration route: Linux Server with SAMBA ⇒ Windows Server 2012R2 or later ⇒ sync with Azure file share(s).

Data source: Network Attached Storage (NAS).
