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BoeDillard-9400 asked SumanthMarigowda-MSFT commented

Can I replace a file server & active directory with azure?

Hello,

I don't really know much about azure other than we set up adsync for our hybrid exchange a while back. I think adsync goes to azure and I think MFA goes to azure.

We use AD for three things - 1 so people can sign in with a password on just about any workstation joined to our domain. 2 to map drives to our shares. 3. We set up groups - e.g. sales, accounting, HR - to restrict who has access to what shares. Ideally all of these things would go to the cloud.

We current store all our files on our file server - not sure if the correct cloud storage solution is onedrive, sharepoint or azure. We'll want to be able to restrict who has access based on what groups they belong to as well as being a member of the domain

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Hi @BoeDillard-9400 , are you using Azure FIles? You said you were unsure where your file server is. If I understand your question, you want to integrate your file server with Azure for user access groups? You can definitely do this but the "how" depends on where your files are stored now. Please let me know and I can help you further.

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James


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BoeDillard-9400 answered

We are not currently using azure for anything other than MFA for 365 hosted email.

Sorry it should have said we currently store all our files on our on prem file server. We are looking for a cloud storage solution for a file server - and are not sure what the right choice is - onedrive, sharepoint or azure. We want to get rid of all our on prem physical servers.

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BoeDillard-9400 answered JoelGuerra edited

Just to be clear - I'm hoping for something that gets to the point quickly.

Most of the MS articles I've seen seem to be a 50,000 foot response. E.g. How do I replace the turn rod on a Wankel rotary engine. Article - the ancient Greeks used steam power to move simple automations when coins were deposited by worshippers - a page later, during Ming dynasty used combustion based machinery... Must resist overwhelming urge to kill myself or the person who wrote this article...

What I'd like is a simple article - using your subscription 365 for the company create a central storage location using... Create groups in... Give rights to the shared subfolders by.... (insert image of actual interface) Your total storage is based on the number of x 365 subcriptions and the total central shared location holds z Gigabytes based on x subscriptions times y default gigabytes = z total gigabytes.

Cloud based AD gives you these features but not these features of an on prem AD server. This is how to set up an azure or cloud ad server...

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Steam was not used as a source of power until 1698 so I doubt the ancient Greeks or Chinese would have made such use of it.

While some of those articles can be snoozers, they cover many important facets of the technology. I suggest you read the book instead of the Cliff notes as you are about undertake an important migration of your organization's storage/adds and whatever else from local to cloud and there are security and other implications.

If you don't believe me just search the news feeds for all the exposed data caused by improperly configured AWS buckets.

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2193350-one-drive-vs-azure-storage-fundamental-differences


-Miguel
https://www.falconitservices.com

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"Steam was not used as a source of power until 1698 so I doubt the ancient Greeks or Chinese would have made such use of it."

I'd suggest you research more carefully. The Greeks used steam power to open doors, actually create a spinning ball (technically it is a jet), mechanical birds with whistles and other items over 2000 years ago. If your teachers failed you in school, you can watch the history channel or try google. Look up the term automaton and its origin.

The Chinese were using steam to power things as far back as the Song dynasty which came long before the Ming dynasty.

Nothing wrong with knowing the history of steam as a power source but why on earth would you post that response without knowing the facts or taking 2 seconds to google it?

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I did look it up and you are correct, I guess you learn something new every day...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile

Thank goodness we weren't playing final Jeopardy, I would have waged it all and lost.

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WendyLi-MSFT answered SumanthMarigowda-MSFT commented

@BoeDillard-9400 Per your description, I understand you want to find a cloud storage solution to replace the old on-prem file server, is it right?

OneDrive is designed for individual use, with the occasional sharing of files. SharePoint sites are used to store files that have shared ownership where several people own the files and might collaborate on them. You can choose them based on your requirement.

The below lists the details about OneDrive and SharePoint:
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For more information about setting up file storage and share in M365, you can refer to the article.

To set permission based on groups, you can create Azure AD Security Groups or Microsoft 365 groups, then grant the groups needed permissions.

About groups in Microsoft 365, you can refer to this article.

Please check if the above helps you, if any misunderstanding, please free feel to reply.


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