How can I map a drive to Azue file shares without user intervention or having a user logged on?

Question

I have the file share created, and can manually map the drive. I have even created a batch file that will create the drive mapping.  One step further, I used the following regedit to create the mapped drive:
Regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
add new string value:
value name:  MapS
value data:  c:\azurefileshare.bat
I have a scheduled task running a batch file running the net use command, and the drive is available, and I can create/delete files, so access is not an issue.
All works fine if I log onto the server, however, what I am trying to accomplish, is to have that drive mapped upon reboot without having a user log on.   Checking the log file running the net use command when no one is logged on, I get the following:
Status       Local     Remote                    Network
Unavailable  S:        path of file share
Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
New connections will be remembered.
Is there a way to accomplish this?  Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hello wdick,
Thank you for your response and getting back on this issue. I am sorry that the blog that I referred to was not available. I pretty much thought that you must be referring to the ‘File Services’ which is in preview yet. I recently had another user with a similar
question but currently, the users can access the files using only 'Interactive logon'. You can refer to this link: 
 http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1f1fa9b5-a81d-4067-9d90-2c7c47667732/azure-file-services-authentication-without-prompt-passthrough?forum=windowsazuredata 
Thanks.
Syed Irfan Hussain