persisting-shell-storage-powershell.md

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Persist files in PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell (Preview) | Microsoft Docs	Walkthrough of how Azure Cloud Shell persists files.	azure		maertendmsft	timlt	azure-resource-manager		azure	infrastructure-services	vm-linux	na	article	07/17/2017	damaerte

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How PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell (Preview) works

PowerShell in Cloud Shell (Preview) persists files through the following method:

• Mounting your specified file share as clouddrive in your $Home directory for direct file-share interaction.

List Cloud Drive file shares

The Get-CloudDrive command retrieves the file share information currently mounted by the Cloud Drive in the Cloud Shell.

Unmount Cloud Drive

You can unmount a file share that's mounted to Cloud Shell at any time. If the file share has been removed, you will be prompted to create and mount a new file share at the next session.

The Dismount-CloudDrive command unmounts a file share from the current storage account. Dismounting the Cloud Drive terminates the current session. The user will be prompted to create and mount a new file share during the next session.

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Next steps

Quickstart for PowerShell
Learn about Azure File storage
Learn about storage tags