The group of endpoints Azure File Sync keeps aligned: a single cloud endpoint, which is an Azure file share, plus one or more server endpoints, which are folders on registered Windows Servers.
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Terms in this definition
- Azure File Sync
Agent installed on Windows Server on premises that keeps a local cache of an Azure file share, syncing changes both ways and tiering cold files to the cloud.
- File share
Created within a storage account, an Azure Files share works like a shared drive on an office network: clients connect to it using NFS or SMB.
Related terms
- Server endpoint
In Azure File Sync, a folder on a registered Windows Server; its sync group keeps it matched with the cloud endpoint, and cloud tiering can be turned on for it.
- Sync slicers
Has its own pane in Power BI reports: the Sync column carries a slicer's selection onto other pages, and the Visible column also displays the slicer there. Slicers given a common sync group name stay linked too, even when they use different fields.