In many organisations, there is a need to map Azure Files shares to Windows virtual machines without deploying a traditional file server or a fully-fledged Entra Domain Services (Azure AD Domain Services) environment. One efficient and secure method is to use the system-assigned managed identity on your Azure VM. This approach eliminates the need to store credentials on the VM and ensures that access to your storage account is governed through Azure RBAC roles rather than static credentials. This guide will walk you through: This solution is especially useful for scenarios like FSLogix profile containers utilising Cloud Cache. By setting…