Introduction

Azure Storage is Microsoft's cloud storage solution for modern data storage scenarios.

Azure Files offer fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the industry standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

Azure file shares can be mounted concurrently by cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Additionally, Azure file shares can be cached on Windows Servers with Azure File Sync for fast access near where the data is being used.

Environment and Access Requirements

Repository Support

The Azure File Storage connector supports crawling the following the repositories:

Environment Requirements

To access the Azure File Storage connector, a connection must be established to a valid Azure storage account.

Microsoft Azure storage is a service that is independent of Accenture Aspire technologies and licenses. See Create a storage account.

User Account Requirements

To access the Azure Files Storage, a connection string must be supplied. See Microsoft's Manage Storage Account Access Keys documentation for the steps on how to get the connection string.

Framework and Connector Features

Framework Features

Connector Features

The Azure File Storage connector has the following features:

• Performs incremental crawling (so that only new/updated documents are indexed)
• Fetches Object ACLs (Access Control Lists) for Azure document-level security
• Runs from any machine with access to the given Azure File Storage source

Content Crawled

The Azure File Storage connector can crawl the following objects: