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Can't mount NFS storage to windows machine

Deepkumar Mulapakula 40 Reputation points
2025-11-28T15:22:59.0933333+00:00

Hi Team,

We have customer running in Linux with NFS storage attached, and we provide a tool to access the contents stored in the NFS from windows machine only.

Currently customer can't mount the NFS storage to windows as a network drive, so customer can't access the data via our tool.

Could you help me provide a solution to this problem of how can the NFS storage accessed from windows?

Thanks!

Deepkumar

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  1. Vallepu Venkateswarlu 1,145 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-11-28T15:54:38.68+00:00

    Hi @ Deepkumar Mulapakula,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform.

    Currently customer can't mount the NFS storage to windows as a network drive, so customer can't access the data via our tool.

    If you're using Azure File Share with the NFS protocol, it cannot be mounted on Windows because Azure Files over NFS is supported only on Linux clients.

    As per the document Available Protocols , The NFS protocol will only support is limited to Linux and is not supported on Windows operating systems.

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    2025-11-28T15:23:10.96+00:00
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    To access NFS storage from a Windows machine, you can follow these steps:

    1. Mount the NFS Volume on a Linux VM: First, you need to mount the NFS volume onto a Unix or Linux VM. This can be done using the appropriate mount command for your NFS setup.
    2. Set Permissions: After mounting the volume on the Linux VM, run the command chmod 777 or chmod 775 against the volume to set the necessary permissions.
    3. Mount on Windows: Once the permissions are set, you can mount the volume via the NFS client on Windows. Use the mount option mtype=hard to reduce connection issues. An example command would be: 
         Mount -o rsize=256 -o wsize=256 -o mtype=hard \\10.x.x.x\testvol X:*
      Replace 10.x.x.x with the IP address of your Linux VM and testvol with the name of your NFS volume.
    4. Alternative Access via SMB: If you want better performance, consider accessing the NFS volumes from Windows clients via SMB by setting the protocol access for the volume to "dual-protocol." This allows access to the volume via both SMB and NFS.

    By following these steps, your customer should be able to access the NFS storage from their Windows machine using the provided tool.

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