Authenticating to Azure Storage Account on Local Windows PC
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I'm trying to work a little more with Azure and find my way around. I'm currently testing how to work with storage accounts and file shares.
I've managed to get a file share setup and i'm at the point where i'd like to map it as a local drive on my windows PC.I'm falling over at the authentication screen where you'd typically enter your network credentials to then authenticate to the server and access shares.
Maybe a silly Q, but what should username be? I've tried the domainname\email address, just the email address, just first name, but anything I do wont authenticate...Does it need to be subscription\email address? Just wondered if anyone has faced this. -
We've used a bit of Azure functionality but have not used their individual storage, I'm afraid.
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This seems odd - is Azure Storage Account suppose to act like SMB shares on a local Windows Server?
I've hear of doing weird things like mapping a drive letter to an FTP site, but again, that seems weird.. and this seems like something similar.
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So I figured out how to do it.
It is possible to map a local shared drive to a Storage account in azure using the net use command in powershell. There is an access key generated within azure which is needed when processing the command.I just need to play around now with permissions and GPO to see if I can get multiple connections working
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Neat, I need to play with this as well.
