Storage Options by Product Version


This chart outlines the available storage options by product version.

Product Version SMB Shares Azure File Shares via SMB OneDrive SharePoint Azure File Shares Connection String Azure File Shares Entra ID Azure File Shares Managed Identity Blob Connection String Blob Entra ID Blob Managed Identity
6.3 and Earlier Native SMB Supported Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
6.4.x Native SMB Supported Supported Supported Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
7.0 Active Directory ID Native SMB Supported Supported Supported Supported Not Available Not Available Supported Not Available Not Available
7.0 with Entra ID Identity Service Account Not Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

SMB

With NTFS on Active Directory

Via Service Account with Entra ID

Azure File Share via SMB

Azure File Share via SMB does not require specific product support as it is a native SMB implementation. It works with all versions of the product that use Active Directory identity and SMB storage.

It does require setup with Azure. AzureFile Share via SMB Setup.

OneDrive / SharePoint

Support for OneDrive/SharePoint was added in version 6.4.1. It is supported with Active Directory or Entra ID identity providers. See OneDrive Setup here, and SharePoint Setup here.

Azure File Share, Azure Blob Storage via API

Azure File Shares and Azure Blob Storage via API were introduced in version 7.0. See here for a detailed discussion of storage options in Version 7.

Some connection methods in Version 7 require using Entra ID Identity. See here for Entra ID Identity setup.


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