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--- title: Mount SMB volumes for Windows VMs description: Learn how to mount SMB volumes for Windows virtual machines. author: b-ahibbard ms.author: anfdocs ms.service: azure-netapp-files ms.topic: how-to ms.date: 03/29/2025 ms.custom: - build-2025 # Customer intent: As a system administrator, I want to mount SMB volumes on Windows virtual machines, so that I can enable access to shared storage for applications and improve data management. --- # Mount SMB volumes for Windows virtual machines You can mount an SMB file for Windows virtual machines (VMs). ## Mount SMB volumes on a Windows client 1. Select the **Volumes** menu and then the SMB volume you want to mount. 1. To mount the SMB volume using a Windows client, select **Mount instructions** from the selected volume. Follow the displayed instructions to mount the volume. :::image type="content" source="./media/mount-volumes-vms-smb/azure-netapp-files-mount-instructions-smb.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Mount instructions." lightbox="./media/mount-volumes-vms-smb/azure-netapp-files-mount-instructions-smb.png"::: ## Next steps * [Mount NFS volumes for Windows or Linux VMs](azure-netapp-files-mount-unmount-volumes-for-virtual-machines.md) * [SMB FAQs](faq-smb.md)