The Contoso IT team has questions about migrating a local file server to Azure and how to ensure that important file shares are replicated across the organization without using DFS.

To answer the IT team’s questions, you learned in this module how to:

• Configure Azure Files
• Deploy Azure File Sync
• Manage cloud tiering
• Migrate from DFS replication to Azure File Sync

You can now explain to the team how Azure File Sync provides the tools needed to migrate shared folders and DFS content to Azure services.

Learn More

You can deepen your knowledge by reviewing the following documents:

• What is Azure Files?
• Migrate to Azure file shares
• Create an Azure file share
• How to create an Azure Premium file share
• Planning an Azure Files deployment
• Overview of identity-based authentication options for SMB access to Azure Files
• Network considerations for Azure Files
• Troubleshooting Azure Files on Windows
• Planning an Azure File Sync deployment
• Deploy Azure File Sync
• Overview of cloud tiering

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