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2026 (5)

May (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Managed Identity Support for Azure Files SMB Is now GA

Azure Updates

2026-05-14

Azure Files SMB now supports Managed Identities in general availability. Applications and services can authenticate to Azure Files without storing static credentials or account keys, using Entra-issued tokens instead.

April (4)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in Belgium Central, Malaysia West, and Indonesia Central

Azure Updates

2026-04-13

Azure File Sync is now generally available in Belgium Central, Malaysia West, and Indonesia Central. The service supports tiering data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid scenarios and migration.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Granular Encryption-in-Transit Controls for SMB and NFS on Azure Files

Azure Updates

2026-04-13

Azure Files now lets you configure encryption-in-transit separately for SMB and NFS at the storage account level. This enables protocol-specific security policies instead of a single shared setting.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Files assessments are now available using Azure Migrate

Azure Updates

2026-04-08

Azure Migrate now supports public preview assessments for Azure Files. It can discover on-premises SMB and NFS file shares and provide migration planning for Windows and Linux shares to Azure Files.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Data Box now supports Azure Files Provisioned v2

Azure Updates

2026-04-01

Azure Data Box now supports ingesting data into Azure Files Provisioned v2 storage accounts. Azure Files Provisioned v2 lets customers provision and pay for specific capacity, IOPS, and throughput.