Departments currently use shared network file shares on-premises and want a lift-and-shift style share in Azure using SMB. Which Azure Storage service matches that need?
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Short Explanation
Shared folders that feel like old file servers are Azure Files — SMB shares in the cloud. Queues pass messages; blobs and tables are not classic departmental file shares. Lift-and-shift shares map to Azure Files.
Full Explanation
Azure Files provides fully managed file shares in the cloud that can be accessed via SMB, supporting lift-and-shift of departmental file-share workloads. That compare-level purpose differs from queues for messaging, blobs for objects, and tables for structured NoSQL entities.