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Difficulty: EasyConfigure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

You configure Azure File Sync to synchronize files between an on-premises Windows Server and an Azure file share. You need to minimize local storage usage on the Windows Server by keeping only recently accessed files on the local disk. What should you configure?

  1. Enable cloud tiering on the server endpoint.Answer
  2. B
    Disable the trusted Microsoft services exception on the storage account firewall.
  3. C
    Assign the Storage Blob Data Contributor role to the Windows Server.
  4. D
    Configure a Shared Access Signature (SAS) token with no expiration date for the file share.

Answer

Enable cloud tiering on the server endpoint.
Enabling cloud tiering on the server endpoint ensures that infrequently accessed files are replaced with pointer files (stubs) locally, while the full file content is safely stored in the Azure file share, thereby reducing the local server's storage consumption.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the technical requirement to keep only active, recently accessed files on the local Windows Server while storing the rest in the cloud.
Identify that Cloud Tiering is the specific Azure File Sync feature designed to optimize local server storage in this manner.
Cloud tiering allows the local server to act as a cache of the full dataset stored in the cloud.
2
Identify the resource configuration location where cloud tiering is enabled.
Cloud tiering must be enabled on the server endpoint within the sync group.
The server endpoint represents the specific path on the registered server where syncing occurs.

Key Concept

Azure File Sync Cloud Tiering
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Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

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