title: Microsoft Azure Symbolic Link Storage folder Laravel
body: <p>I am using laravel 5.3 on Microsoft Azure web server...</p>
  
  <p>I am having an issue creating a symbolic link between my /public/storage/ and /storage/app/public/ folders</p>
  
  <p>I do not have the required permissions to create a symbolic link, and I have also tried to use the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>php artisan storage:link
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which automatically creates a symbolic link, however it gives the error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Access is denied.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I have tried to also run the command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mklink /d "D:home\site\wwwroot\storage\app\public\" "D:home\site\wwwroot\public\storage\"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the error is something along the lines of:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>You do not have sufficient privileges to perform this operation</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How can I run command prompt in Microsoft Azure in elevated administrator mode so that I can actually create a symbolic link...</p>
  
  <p>Please help.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>