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Azure Storage Folder-Level Security Requirements

MDFT Pro, a well-known training agency, stores sensitive course materials, student records, and assessment data in Azure Storage. The academy needs to implement granular security controls to ensure that different departments and roles can only access specific folders and directories within their storage containers.

Mark, the security architect at MDFT Pro, is tasked with implementing a security model where trainers can access course materials in their subject-specific folders, while administrators have broader access, and students can only access their individual assignment directories. Claire, the storage administrator, needs to understand what Azure Storage feature must be enabled to support this folder and directory-level access control requirement.

What Azure Storage feature must be enabled to implement folder-level security controls?

Choose the correct answer from the options below.

Explanations for each answer:

Enable Hierarchical Namespace is correct. This is correct. Hierarchical Namespace is required to enable folder and directory-level access control in Azure Storage. It provides POSIX-compliant access control lists (ACLs) that allow granular security permissions at the folder and file level.
Use the Cool Access Tier as Default is incorrect. The cool access tier is used for cost optimization by storing infrequently accessed data, but it does not provide folder or directory-level security capabilities.
Use Premium Performance is incorrect. Premium performance tiers provide faster data access through SSD storage, but they do not enable folder or directory-level security features.
Enable Public Access is incorrect. Enabling public access would reduce security rather than provide folder-level access control capabilities.

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Azure Storage Folder-Level Security Requirements