Azure Storage : Deploy Azure File Sync

2024-01-17

Azure File Sync is a new Azure file service for file syncing between On-premises server and Azure Files. With this New feature, Microsoft Azure saves a lot of time from IT staff daily routine.

Prerequisites

We need to complete the following steps before starting :

Create an Azure Storage Account {File Share} / (details on how to create a Storage Account you can see here)
Install Windows Management Framework 5.1 (MUST BE, On-Premises Server)
Install the latest AzureRM Powershell module (MUST BE, On-Premises Server)

Open elevated Powershell and run the following commands :

#Install the PowershellGet Module
Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet -RequiredVersion 1.1.2.0 -Force 

#Install the AzureRM Manager
Install-Module -Name AzureRM -AllowClobber

#Import the AzureRM Module
Import-Module -Name AzureRM

Now, we are ready to start.

Deploy Storage Sync Service

On the Deploy Storage Sync blade, type the parameters:

Setting	Value
Name	Type the Storage Sync service name, e.g Demo_FileSync
Subscription	Select the Subscription name, e.g Azure Pass
Resource Group	Select or Create a Resource Group, e.g Demo_FileSync
Location	Select a Data Center location, e.g West Europe

Register Server

From the Demo_File Sync blade – Sync – Registered servers you must download and install the Azure Storage Sync agent on your on-premise server.
After you installation drive to path C:\Program Files\Azure\StorageSyncAgent, and run AfsUpdater.exe

register server by typing all the mandatory fields (Azure Subscription, Resource Group, Storage Sync Server) and click Register.

After completion of the above, the server is registered.

Create Sync group

From the "Storage Sync Service" blade select Overview and click + Sync group

Filled up all the necessary field and click Create.

Setting	Value
Sync group name	Type the Sync group name, e.g demosyncgroup
1st Cloud endpoint – Subscription	Select the Azure Subscription, e.g Azure Pass
1st Cloud endpoint – Storage account
Storage Account – Azure File Share	Select Azure File Share from the Storage Account, e.g demofileshare

Add server endpoint

The last step is to Add Server endpoint on the Azure Sync Group.

Setting	Value
Registered server	Select the registered server, e.g WIN-KG0SNBQAKSQ
Path	Set the path from your on-premises data folder, e.g C:\Demo_Data
Cloud Tiering	Enabled this if your path point to a cloud storage / Disabled if your path point a local system storage

Conclusion

In this post, we talk about Azure File Sync and how to deploy via Azure Portal. This solution gives any customer the ability to sync file between on-premises and Azure Files. With that way solved a problem for IT Pros called "backup".

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