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MyWorkDrive Blob Storage File Sharing Overview
By utilizing Azure Blob Storage, companies are relieved of the responsibility of maintaining Windows file server-based file shares. Azure Blob storage offers fully managed storage in the cloud at affordable rates that are accessible by the Azure Portal or when using Azure Storage Explorer.
MyWorkDrive provides the ability to connect to this storage as a mapped drive on Windows or Mac PCs, with our mobile client, or using our web file manager in any browser. Connect to Azure Blob Storage from any device.
- Connect through a web-based file manager with your Azure AD/Entra credentials from any device (PCs do not need to be joined to the domain).
- Connect using iPhone or Android apps.
- Use the MyWorkDrive mapped drive client that works over HTTPS (no VPN needed).
Use MyWorkDrive to achieve the elasticity and ease of management found with cloud storage.
- Durable and highly available cloud storage fully managed by Microsoft.
- Pay-as-you-go storage. Only pay for what you use.
- Azure Blob Storage rates as low as $0.02 per GB.
- Connect to Azure Blob Storage using HTTPS instead of port 445 without a VPN.
- Connect as a mapped drive.
- Utilize Hierarchical Namespace for file and folder level permissions with Entra ID.
- Files are encrypted in transit and at rest.
- Secure access with two factor authentication (2FA) & conditional access policies.
- Use Azure AD Entra Authentication to eliminate maintaining Active Directory Domain Controllers.
Directly Connect to Azure Blob Storage with MyWorkDrive
MyWorkDrive supports connecting directly using a connection string, or when NTFS-style permissions are desired, using hierarchical namespace over data lake. Files and folders may be accessed using native Entra ID authentication with no Active Directory required. In our support article here, we present our authentication options for connecting MyWorkDrive to Azure blob storage directly with MyWorkDrive.
Using MyWorkDrive, Azure Blob based file shares can be accessed from any location worldwide over HTTPS (port 443) from any web browser, the MyWorkDrive mapped drive client, or mobile clients.
Dan Gordon
Daniel, Founder of MyWorkDrive.com, has worked in various technology management roles serving enterprises, government and education in the San Francisco bay area since 1992. Daniel is certified in Microsoft Technologies and writes about information technology, security and strategy and has been awarded US Patent #9985930 in Remote Access Networking
