Many first applications move into Azure are a lift and shift operation utilizing Infrastructure as a Service. If this is a Windows application it will invariably require some sort of SMB file share, but the lack of shared storage in Azure can make providing resilient file services an issue.

This presentation covers what options are available for SMB shares in Azure and the benefits and problems associated with these. Updated for 2020 with new capabilities, this includes Azure Files, Azure NetApp files, Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica.