Azure AI Solution Development Guide

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Azure Files is Microsoft's easy-to-use cloud file system. Azure file shares can be seamlessly used in Windows and Windows Server.

To use an Azure file share with Windows, you must either mount it, which means assigning it a drive letter or mount point path, or access it via its UNC path.

Unlike other SMB shares you may have interacted with, such as those hosted on a Windows Server, Linux Samba server, or NAS device, Azure file shares do not currently support Kerberos authentication with your Active Directory (AD) or Azure Active Directory (AAD) identity, although this is a feature we are working on.

Instead, you must access your Azure file share with the storage account key for the storage account containing your Azure file share. A storage account key is an administrator key for a storage account, including administrator permissions to all files and folders within the file share you're accessing, and for all file shares and other storage resources (blobs, queues, tables, etc) contained within your storage account.

The correct answer is C, a File service in a storage account.

Explanation: Mapping a network drive from several computers that run Windows 10 to Azure Storage requires creating a storage solution in Azure that can be accessed by these computers as if it were a local drive.

Azure Storage provides several services, including Blob, File, Queue, and Table storage.

Blob storage is designed to store unstructured data, such as text and binary data, and is accessed through REST APIs. It does not provide the ability to map a network drive.

Table storage is a NoSQL key-value store that is used to store large amounts of structured data, such as logs and telemetry data. It also does not provide the ability to map a network drive.

Queue storage is used to store messages that can be accessed by multiple clients. It does not provide the ability to map a network drive.

File storage is designed to store and share files using the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, which enables users to access files in a similar way to a local file share. It is the appropriate solution to create a mapped drive to Azure Storage for Windows 10 computers.

Therefore, the correct answer is C, a File service in a storage account.