# Azure Storage Resource Provider API (File Services / Shares)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/storage-rp-api/  
**Provider:** Azure Files — https://apis.io/providers/azure-file-storage/  
**Base URL:** https://management.azure.com  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storagerp/file-shares

Azure Storage Resource Provider API (File Services / Shares) is one of 6 APIs that [Azure Files](https://apis.io/providers/azure-file-storage/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Storage, Control Plane, Resource Manager, and Azure.

Azure Resource Manager REST API for managing storage accounts, FileService settings, and FileShare resources at the control-plane level. Authentication uses Microsoft Entra ID OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **File Services** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storagerp/file-services
- **File Shares** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storagerp/file-shares

## Other Azure Files APIs (5)

- [Azure Files FileREST API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/filerest-api/)
- [Azure Files Account API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-account-api/)
- [Azure Files Directories API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-directories-api/)
- [Azure Files Files API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-files-api/)
- [Azure Files Shares API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-shares-api/)

## Tags

Storage, Control Plane, Resource Manager, Azure

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/storage-rp-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/azure-file-storage/.