azure-storage-file-share
Microsoft Azure Azure File Share Storage Client Library for Python
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Yes. This is a production-stable, actively maintained official Azure SDK library with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. Install it if you need to work with Azure File Share storage from Python—it's the standard way to do so. No gotchas for typical use cases.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later.
- You must have an Azure subscription and a pre-configured storage account with file service endpoint.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT License (permissive) — MIT License (permissive). You may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-06-08 (67 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 5,588 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 19,395,613 downloads/mo, #1,065 on PyPI
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pip install azure-storage-file-share
from azure.storage.fileshare import ShareServiceClient
service = ShareServiceClient(
account_url="https://<account>.file.core.windows.net/",
credential="<account_key_or_sas_token>"
)- Whether async support requires aiohttp or another specific transport library to be installed separately.
- Maximum file size and share capacity limits beyond the 1 TiB per-file mention in the description.
What it is and what it does
This is the official Python client library for Azure File Share storage, part of the Azure SDK. It provides a programmatic interface to interact with fully managed file shares hosted in Azure, accessible via the standard SMB protocol. You can work with storage accounts, file shares, directories, and individual files up to 1 TiB in size.
The library supports multiple authentication methods (shared keys, SAS tokens, and other credential types) and offers both synchronous and asynchronous APIs. It's designed for scenarios like replacing on-premises file servers, migrating applications to the cloud, or sharing configuration and diagnostic data across cloud and on-premises deployments. The package is production-stable, actively maintained, and part of the official Azure SDK ecosystem.
Use it for
- Replace on-premises file servers with cloud-hosted shares accessible from multiple operating systems.
- Store and retrieve shared application configuration, diagnostic logs, and dev/test artifacts in the cloud.
- Implement 'lift and shift' migrations by mounting Azure file shares in existing applications.
- Cache frequently accessed files on Windows Servers using Azure File Sync for local performance.
- Programmatically manage file shares, directories, and permissions in automated deployment pipelines.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
This is a production-stable, actively maintained official Azure SDK library with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. Install it if you need to work with Azure File Share storage from Python—it's the standard way to do so. No gotchas for typical use cases.
Install
azure-storage-file-share on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained with recent releases; last commit 2026-08-14. Depends on azure-core, cryptography, typing-extensions, and isodate—all standard Azure SDK components.
Requires Python 3.9 or later. You must have an Azure subscription and a pre-configured storage account with file service endpoint.
License in practice
MIT License (permissive). You may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install azure-storage-file-share
from azure.storage.fileshare import ShareServiceClient
service = ShareServiceClient(
account_url="https://<account>.file.core.windows.net/",
credential="<account_key_or_sas_token>"
)Verify before relying
- Whether async support requires aiohttp or another specific transport library to be installed separately.
- Maximum file size and share capacity limits beyond the 1 TiB per-file mention in the description.
Package facts
| License | MIT License permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesazure-corecryptographytyping-extensionsisodate |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 67 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 19,395,613 / month, #1,065 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
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