The Azure File Storage  connector will crawl content from Azure File Storage Container. 


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

Azure Files offers 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.

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Features

Some of the features of the Azure File Storage connector include:

  • 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 Retrieved

The Azure File Storage connector retrieves any type of document and its attributes. Listed below are the included documents. 

Included Documents

  • Documents stored in folders
  • Documents stored in subfolders




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