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Cannot create a Virtual directory on IIS FTP site pointing to Azure FileShare

Sandeep Kandhway 0 Reputation points
2025-04-04T12:13:57.2066667+00:00

Dear Team,

As a part of project requirement, I am creating a Virtual directory pointing to Azure File Share on Azure Windows server 2012R2 and IIS8.5. However its failing at Authorization with the error :

"Path might not exist and could not be verified."

Below are the steps and blog that has been followed for configuring this:

FYI: The exact same set of steps are working without any issues in Windows 2016, IIS 10.

1. Created a local user with the same name as AzureStorage account and the storage Key as password.
2. Added the user to IIS_IUSRS group.
3. Created an application pool with the same name as the StorageAccount details.
4. Created a virtual directory pointing to the UNC path of the Fileshare (\\storageaccntname.FQDN)

Blogs Followed: 
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https://blogs.iis.net/davidso/azurefile 
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iis-support-blog/how-to-use-azure-file-share-in-iis-shared-configuration/874878
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  1. Lex Li (Microsoft) 6,032 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2025-04-04T19:00:10.4766667+00:00

    I'd like to repeat my comment to your same question on Stack Overflow that Windows Server 2012 R2 reached end of life on Oct 2023, so any inquiry on features and configuration will not be supported by Microsoft. You can refer to the official lifecyle information page for more details,

    Note that "Extended Security Update Year" only covers security patches.

    Like you found out, the solution is to migrate to a newer Windows Server release.

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