Use the storage account name and storage account key when prompted for a username and password: When you click "Connect" on the "Connect to Server" dialog, you will be prompted for the username and password (This will be autopopulated with your macOS username). Your link should look like the following: Select "Connect to Server" from the "Go" Menu: Using the UNC path from the prerequisites, convert the beginning double backslash ( \\) to smb:// and all other backslashes ( \) to forwards slashes ( /). Open Finder: Finder is open on macOS by default, but you can ensure it is the currently selected application by clicking the "macOS face icon" on the dock: Premium file shares (FileStorage), LRS/ZRS On your client machine (the Mac), check to make sure your firewall is not blocking TCP port 445. SAS keys are not currently supported for mounting.Įnsure port 445 is open: SMB communicates over TCP port 445.
Storage account key: To mount an Azure file share, you will need the primary (or secondary) storage key. Storage account name: To mount an Azure file share, you will need the name of the storage account. Prerequisites for mounting an Azure file share on macOS This article shows two different ways to mount an Azure file share on macOS: with the Finder UI and using the Terminal. Azure file shares can be mounted with the industry standard SMB 3 protocol by macOS High Sierra 10.13+. Azure Files is Microsoft's easy-to-use cloud file system.