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How to connect to Azure storage File share using Managed Identity from an application

Punugoti, Ashwin 20 Reputation points
2024-09-25T20:54:12.71+00:00

I am looking to connect to azure storage account (File share) using Managed identity

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Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
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  1. hossein jalilian 7,440 Reputation points
    2024-09-25T22:03:52.5+00:00

    Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

    Grant the Managed Identity the Storage File Data SMB Share Contributor role on the storage account or file share

    Use the Azure SDK in your application to authenticate and access the file share:

    using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.Storage.Files.Shares;

var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();

string storageAccountName = "your_storage_account_name";
string fileShareName = "your_file_share_name";
string endpoint = $"https://{storageAccountName}.file.core.windows.net";

ShareClient shareClient = new ShareClient(new Uri(endpoint), fileShareName, credential);

    Managed Identity cannot be used for mounting Azure File Shares directly. It's primarily used for programmatic access through the REST API or SDKs

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  1. Marcin Policht 24,790 Reputation points MVP
    2024-09-25T22:10:53.94+00:00

    This is not supported. As per https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/answers/questions/1620270/how-do-i-mount-an-azure-file-share-in-azure-contai Managed Identity cannot be used for mounting Azure File Shares

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    hth

    Marcin

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  2. Sumarigo-MSFT 46,286 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-09-26T15:13:39.3366667+00:00

    @Punugoti, Ashwin Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

    Managed identity support for SMB shares is on the roadmap and is being worked upon. (it is in the development pipeline and will be available very soon, although there is no ETA for now.

    We will keep you updated once the feature is released, Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs. Subscribe to notifications to stay informed Azure updates

    Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.     

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