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--- title: Understand SMB file permissions in Azure NetApp Files description: Learn about SMB file permissions options in Azure NetApp Files. services: azure-netapp-files author: b-ahibbard ms.service: azure-netapp-files ms.topic: concept-article ms.date: 01/13/2025 ms.author: anfdocs # Customer intent: "As a cloud administrator, I want to understand SMB file permissions using NTFS ACLs in Azure NetApp Files, so that I can effectively manage access controls and ownership for my organization's files and folders." --- # Understand SMB file permissions in Azure NetApp Files SMB volumes in Azure NetApp Files can leverage NTFS security styles to make use of NTFS access control lists (ACLs) for access controls. NTFS ACLs provide granular permissions and ownership for files and folders by way of access control entries (ACEs). Directory permissions can also be set to enable or disable inheritance of permissions. :::image type="content" source="./media/network-attached-file-permissions-smb/access-control-entry-diagram.png" alt-text="Diagram of access control entries." lightbox="./media/network-attached-file-permissions-smb/access-control-entry-diagram.png"::: For a complete overview of NTFS-style ACLs, see [Microsoft Access Control overview](/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/access-control). ## Next steps * [Create an SMB volume](azure-netapp-files-create-volumes-smb.md)