Cannot connect to Azure File Share

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Created Azure file share in portal and copied the PowerShell script to connect it as drive Q: (verified not in use). Response:

New-PSDrive : The network resource type is not correct
At line:3 char:1
+ New-PSDrive -Name Q -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\\xxxx.file.c ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Q:PSDriveInfo) [New-PSDrive],  Win32Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId :      CouldNotMapNetworkDrive,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewPSDriveCommand

where "xxxx" is the share name. The PS command was copied directly from the portal and not altered.

whas your Windows\powershell versions? You can find out with `$PSVersionTable`. I just tested and it works for me. — 4c74356b41, Jan 12 '18 at 20:08
PSVersion=5.1.15063.786; BuildVersion 10.0.15063.786; CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000 — Barry Briggs, Jan 12 '18 at 20:18
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-use-files-windows well its supported, i dont know, try copy\pasting in a fresh PS sessión. try rebooting? — 4c74356b41, Jan 12 '18 at 20:37
Fiddler shows a 400 response, "The requested URI does not represent any resource on the server" — Barry Briggs, Jan 14 '18 at 20:06
try verifying share name, try another pc? open support ticket? — 4c74356b41, Jan 14 '18 at 20:14
Possible duplicate of [Azure Files - System error 53](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32850682/azure-files-system-error-53) — Dherik, Jun 27 '18 at 14:59
@BarryBriggs please provide your own answer and accept it. if you resolved your issue by own — Jayendran, Aug 19 '18 at 05:44

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 15:08

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As noted in comments above, Comcast blocks port 445. Solution was to have another object in the cloud reference the Azure File and then return the data to the client over HTTP.

answered Aug 20 '18 at 15:08

Barry Briggs

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '20 at 22:49

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Several workaround for port 445 (SMB port) being blocked are listed here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-troubleshoot-windows-file-connection-problems#error-53-error-67-or-error-87-when-you-mount-or-unmount-an-azure-file-share

answered Mar 02 '20 at 22:49

Mike Emard

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I would be helpful if the answer had more guidance. Something like you could follow "Solution 4 - Use REST API based tools like Storage Explorer/Powershell" and use the following powershell.code.example. – Jason Pyeron Mar 02 '20 at 23:11

Cannot connect to Azure File Share

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