To implement Azure File Sync, you must follow a specific deployment hierarchy.

1. Deploy the Azure Storage Sync service: This is the top-level Azure resource required to manage sync relationships. It must be created first.
2. Install/Register Agent (Provided Step): The agent enables the server to communicate with the Storage Sync Service.
3. Create a sync group: After registering the server, you define the sync topology by creating a sync group. This step also involves defining the cloud endpoint (the Azure file share).
4. Add a server endpoint: Finally, you add the server endpoint to the sync group. This maps the specific local folder path on the registered server to the cloud endpoint, enabling synchronization.

Microsoft Learn. (2024). Deploy Azure File Sync. Retrieved from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/file-sync/file-sync-deployment-guide

See section "Deploy the Storage Sync Service": "The deployment of Azure File Sync starts with placing a Storage Sync Service resource into a resource group of your selected subscription."

See section "Create a sync group and a cloud endpoint": "A sync group defines the sync topology for a set of files... A sync group must be created."

See section "Create a server endpoint": "A server endpoint represents a specific location on a registered server, such as a folder on a server volume."