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2025 (7)

December (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Zonal placement for Azure file shares Azure Files Premium LRS in select regions.

Azure Updates

2025-12-05

Zonal Placement for Azure Files Premium LRS is now generally available in select regions, allowing you to pin storage accounts to a specific availability zone for explicit control over zone locality, improved high availability, fault isolation, and more predictable behavior.

November (2)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in New Zealand North

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Azure File Sync is now generally available in the New Zealand North region, enabling customers to tier data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid scenarios and simplified migration while preserving on-premises file server performance and compatibility.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Entra-only identities support with Azure Files SMB

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Files now offers Entra-only identities in public preview, providing a cloud-native authentication option for SMB file share access using Microsoft Entra Kerberos so customers can retire on-premises domain controllers.

September (3)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Vaulted backup for Azure Files (Premium)

Azure Updates

2025-09-22

Azure Backup now offers generally available vaulted backups for Azure Files premium shares, providing vault-based protection to help ensure business continuity and compliance.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in Poland Central and Spain Central

Azure Updates

2025-09-16

Azure File Sync is now generally available in the Poland Central and Spain Central regions. The service lets you tier data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid scenarios and simplified migrations while retaining on-premises file server performance, flexibility, and compatibility.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: File share centric management model (Microsoft.FileShares) for Azure Files

Azure Updates

2025-09-10

Azure Files is in public preview for a file share–centric management model (Microsoft.FileShares) that makes file shares top-level resources to simplify creating and managing file shares in Azure.

August (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for SSD (premium)

Azure Updates

2025-08-15

Azure Files has introduced the provisioned v2 billing model for its SSD (premium) tier, allowing separate provisioning of storage, IOPS, and throughput.