Windows 10: Azure File Sync

Hi,


We are looking to entertain Azure Files to store some important documents on the cloud and I had some concerns. Our files are currently stored on a NAS server and they are recursively embedded with many folders. My questions are:


1.) Can you move files to Azure Files if the path exceeds the 260 character limit? (currently, I can get passed these limitations locally by using robocopy, changing the max_path constant, or by using \\?\)


2.) Is it bad practice to store these long path files on Azure?


What are your thoughts about this? Is there a KB regarding this?


Thanks!

:)

 

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