Version 2014-02-14

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Version 2014-02-14 of Azure Storage includes these changes:

  • With the new Microsoft Azure Files service, virtual machines (VMs) that are running in a Microsoft Azure datacenter can mount a shared file system by using the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and access the file system by using standard Windows file APIs.

    Multiple VMs (or roles running in a cloud service) can attach to these file systems concurrently, so that you can share persistent data easily between various roles and instances. The Azure Files REST API is similar to the Azure Blob Storage API, and offers another means of accessing files in addition to the Windows file APIs. For more information, see Azure Files REST API.

  • Shared access signatures now support the api-version parameter, in addition to the SignedVersion (sv) parameter. These parameters give you control over which version of the storage services to use to authorize a request, and which version to use to execute the API operation.

See also

Versioning for Azure Storage