Azure Files

aid: azure-file-storage
name: Azure Files
description: Azure Files is a fully managed cloud file share service from Microsoft Azure that provides hosted SMB and NFS
  file shares accessible from cloud and on-premises clients using standard file system protocols and the FileREST HTTPS API.
  It supports identity-based authentication via Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, snapshots, soft delete, and Azure
  File Sync for hybrid scenarios. The FileREST data-plane API uses shared key, shared access signatures (SAS), or Microsoft
  Entra ID OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens for authentication, while the control plane uses Azure Resource Manager.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/azure-file-storage.png
tags:
- Storage
- File Storage
- File Shares
- SMB
- NFS
- Cloud
- Azure
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-file-storage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: azure-file-storage:filerest-api
  name: Azure Files FileREST API
  description: Data-plane HTTPS REST API for operations on file shares, directories, and files in Azure Files, including create,
    copy, lease, list, range, and snapshot operations. Authentication uses shared key, shared access signatures (SAS), or
    Microsoft Entra ID OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api
  baseURL: https://{account-name}.file.core.windows.net
  tags:
  - Azure Files
  - File Shares
  - Data Plane
  - Storage
  - Azure
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api
  - type: Operations on Shares
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/operations-on-shares--file-service-
  - type: Operations on Files
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/operations-on-files
- aid: azure-file-storage:storage-rp-api
  name: Azure Storage Resource Provider API (File Services / Shares)
  description: 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.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storagerp/file-shares
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - Storage
  - Control Plane
  - Resource Manager
  - Azure
  properties:
  - type: File Services
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storagerp/file-services
  - type: File Shares
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storagerp/file-shares
- aid: azure-file-storage:azure-file-storage-account-api
  name: Azure Files Account API
  description: Account-level file service operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api
  baseURL: https://{account-name}.file.core.windows.net
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-file-storage-account-api-openapi.yml
- aid: azure-file-storage:azure-file-storage-directories-api
  name: Azure Files Directories API
  description: Directory operations within a share
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api
  baseURL: https://{account-name}.file.core.windows.net
  tags:
  - Directories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-file-storage-directories-api-openapi.yml
- aid: azure-file-storage:azure-file-storage-files-api
  name: Azure Files Files API
  description: File operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api
  baseURL: https://{account-name}.file.core.windows.net
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-file-storage-files-api-openapi.yml
- aid: azure-file-storage:azure-file-storage-shares-api
  name: Azure Files Shares API
  description: File share operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api
  baseURL: https://{account-name}.file.core.windows.net
  tags:
  - Shares
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-file-storage-shares-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/azure-file-storage-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/azure-file-storage-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/azure-file-storage-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/azure-file-storage-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/azure-file-storage-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/storage/files/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/files/
- type: Signup
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
- url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/s/gxcuf89792/rss/board?board.id=AzureStorageBlog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com