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        "content_html": "<h2>Source facts</h2>\n<p>Microsoft documents a Storage Explorer workflow that copies an Azure file share and pastes it into another storage account. The source share is selected under its account, while Paste File Share is invoked on the destination account. <a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-explorer/vs-azure-tools-storage-explorer-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Learn</a></p>\n<h2>Applicability</h2>\n<p>This guide is for an operator carrying out an approved Azure Files share copy through Storage Explorer, with source and destination accounts already chosen.</p>\n<h2>DSE recommendation</h2>\n<p>DSE recommends listing the source account, share name, destination account, intended copy scope, and acceptance sample before starting. Agree how changes to the source will be handled during the copy and who owns the later application decision. Preserve the source under the agreed recovery arrangements until the destination has been assessed. Treat copying the share and redirecting application access as two separately controlled steps with their own completion evidence.</p>\n<h2>Verification</h2>\n<p>Open the destination account and confirm that the expected share and directory structure are present. Compare a representative set of files with the source, including application-relevant content and properties identified by the owner. Record incomplete or discrepant items and resolve them before a cutover decision. Retain the copy observations without claiming that application access has moved unless that separate action was performed and tested.</p>\n<h2>Official references</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-explorer/vs-azure-tools-storage-explorer-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft: Using Storage Explorer with Azure Files | Microsoft Learn</a></li>\n</ul>",
        "content_text": "Source facts\nMicrosoft documents a Storage Explorer workflow that copies an Azure file share and pastes it into another storage account. The source share is selected under its account, while Paste File Share is invoked on the destination account. Microsoft Learn\nApplicability\nThis guide is for an operator carrying out an approved Azure Files share copy through Storage Explorer, with source and destination accounts already chosen.\nDSE recommendation\nDSE recommends listing the source account, share name, destination account, intended copy scope, and acceptance sample before starting. Agree how changes to the source will be handled during the copy and who owns the later application decision. Preserve the source under the agreed recovery arrangements until the destination has been assessed. Treat copying the share and redirecting application access as two separately controlled steps with their own completion evidence.\nVerification\nOpen the destination account and confirm that the expected share and directory structure are present. Compare a representative set of files with the source, including application-relevant content and properties identified by the owner. Record incomplete or discrepant items and resolve them before a cutover decision. Retain the copy observations without claiming that application access has moved unless that separate action was performed and tested.\nOfficial references\n\nMicrosoft: Using Storage Explorer with Azure Files | Microsoft Learn",
        "content_markdown": "## Source facts\n\nMicrosoft documents a Storage Explorer workflow that copies an Azure file share and pastes it into another storage account. The source share is selected under its account, while Paste File Share is invoked on the destination account. [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-explorer/vs-azure-tools-storage-explorer-files)\n\n## Applicability\n\nThis guide is for an operator carrying out an approved Azure Files share copy through Storage Explorer, with source and destination accounts already chosen.\n\n## DSE recommendation\n\nDSE recommends listing the source account, share name, destination account, intended copy scope, and acceptance sample before starting. Agree how changes to the source will be handled during the copy and who owns the later application decision. Preserve the source under the agreed recovery arrangements until the destination has been assessed. Treat copying the share and redirecting application access as two separately controlled steps with their own completion evidence.\n\n## Verification\n\nOpen the destination account and confirm that the expected share and directory structure are present. Compare a representative set of files with the source, including application-relevant content and properties identified by the owner. Record incomplete or discrepant items and resolve them before a cutover decision. Retain the copy observations without claiming that application access has moved unless that separate action was performed and tested.\n\n## Official references\n\n- [Microsoft: Using Storage Explorer with Azure Files | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-explorer/vs-azure-tools-storage-explorer-files)"
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