How to mount an Azure File Share on macOS Sierra?

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I want to mount my File Share to a folder on my MBP called /Users/me/mount-folder. I've read the Windows documentation as well as the Linux documentation.

I've been https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28965714/Can-a-Mac-connect-to-an-Azure-file-share.html, but I do not want to use the storage explorer (I need my Python scripts to access files on the File Share).

I've tried:

mount_smbfs -d 0777 -f 0777 //[storagename]:[key]@[storagename].file.core.windows.net/[sharedname]  [Mount point in Mac filesystem]

and I then get asked for a password, but I do not know what password it wants... I did copy & paste my Azure file share key (exactly, including the ==), but it just tells me that the authentication has failed.

All the posts I've read seem to be old, from around 2015...

This is finally supported. Here's the official walk-through from Microsoft on how to do it: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-use-files-mac — Paulo Gomes, Dec 31 '17 at 17:44

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 18 '18 at 00:35

This should work today, as Microsoft added support for mounting Azure file shares in macOS.

You do not need to provide the key in the mount_smbfs command, though. You'll be prompted for it. You can save it in Keychain if you wish.

mount_smbfs -d 0777 -f 0777 //[storagename]@[storagename].file.core.windows.net/[sharedname]  [Mount point in Mac filesystem]

You can also mount a share via Finder; see Microsoft's official documentation for more.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '17 at 09:30

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Mounting an Azure File share from OSX is currently not supported. There may be a work around but the only officially supported Windows clients can be found here and Linux clients can be found here.

The following is supported clients.

Windows Client  SMB Version Supported
Windows 7   SMB 2.1
Windows Server 2008 R2  SMB 2.1
Windows 8   SMB 3.0
Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0
Windows Server 2012 R2  SMB 3.0
Windows 10  SMB 3.0


Ubuntu Server 14.04+
RHEL 7+
CentOS 7+
Debian 8
openSUSE 13.2+
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (Premium Image)

Also, you could refer to this feedback.

answered Apr 07 '17 at 09:30

Shui shengbao

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That is just a copy & past from here (https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ede25ab3-74d9-4adb-b041-8eb0337b98e2/mac-smb-connect-to-azure-storage-file-share?forum=windowsazuredata), as well as copy & paste my two links. As I mentioned, the post is from 2015. – pookie Apr 07 '17 at 09:35
@pookie You could check the feedback I reply. Currently, Azure File share does not support. – Shui shengbao Apr 07 '17 at 09:35
That "feedback" link contains 2 links, both of which are in my post and in yours... – pookie Apr 07 '17 at 09:37
Yes, if Mac supports, Azure developer will post here. – Shui shengbao Apr 07 '17 at 09:38
It took 2 years for MS to respond to that post! – pookie Apr 07 '17 at 09:39
@pookie: You can consider this answer as a statement from another MS employee that this is (still) not supported 1.5 years later. – Sven Apr 07 '17 at 09:39
@pookie It will update when Mac is supported. Currently, Azure Fileshare has many limit. – Shui shengbao Apr 07 '17 at 09:44
@pookie Do you have other question about this issue? – Shui shengbao Apr 10 '17 at 08:52

How to mount an Azure File Share on macOS Sierra?

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