The Azure Files service offers you a network file share in the cloud, by using industry standards like Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and Common Internet File System (CIFS). So, you get a comparable offer otherwise provided by conventional Windows or Samba file servers.

An Azure File share can be used from multiple computers and by multiple users simultaneously. The difference is that the users don't have to be connected to the company network anymore. An Azure File share can also be mounted concurrently by Azure VMs and on-premises deployments running Windows, macOS, or Linux. Common scenarios for Azure File shares are diagnostics or debugging data, shared application files, or simply temporary storage.